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The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

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The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

The Sweet Teens (1) (Pomona, Los Angeles, CA)
aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

 

Personnel :

Elnora Hicks

Betty Hicks

Mary Thomas

Ruth Davis

 

Discography :

The Sweet Teens (1)
1955 - Don't Worry About A Thing / Forever More    (Flip 311)

The Ru-Bee-Els
1961- I'll Try / Evil (Flip 359)

Kell Osborne & The Chicks (2)
1962 - Little Chick-A-Dee / Do You Mind (Class 302)

The Hollywood Chicks
1962 - Tossin' a Ice Cube / Hey, Little Gigolo (Class 303)

 

Biography :

The Sweet Teens were a female quartet from Pomona area of Los Angeles. The Members were Elnora Hicks, Betty Hicks, Mary Thomas & Ruth Davis. Although their name was similar to the Six Teens, they never enjoyed the string of recordings and popularity of their successful label mates. Their lone single, "Don't Worry About A Thing" / "Forever More" (Flip 311) went unnoticed in April 1955. The Ballad "Forever More" written by Elnora Hicks and Mary Thomas is a very close female take-off of the Los Angeles classic "The Letter" (Dootone 347) by Vernon Green & the Medallions.

The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)     The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

Ruth Davis and The Hicks Sisters reappeared seven years later as a trio with one of Flip's last releases, "I'll Try" / "Evil" issued on Flip 359. The Trio comprised Ruth Davis, Elnora Hicks and Betty Hicks, and their name derived from the first two letters of each of their names. The Ru-Bee-Els also backed Kell Osborne as the Chicks and recorded "Tossin' a Ice Cube" b/w "Hey, Little Gigolo" as The Hollywood Chicks, Both singles released by Class records. Barry White once said that this record was his first professional job in the recording industry - he did the handclaps on "Tossin' A Ice Cube".

 

Songs:
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 


The Sweet Teens (1)

  
Don't Worry About A Thing                           Forever More         

The Ru-Bee-Els

  
I'll Try                                                  Evil

The Hollywood Chicks

  
Tossin' a Ice Cube                                  Hey, Little Gigolo   

Kell Osborne & The Chicks (2)


Little Chick-A-Dee / Do You Mind

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The Spydels (2)

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L to R Charles (Turk) Turconi, Harry Hill, Frankie Hill, Gil "Rocky" Rock & Richie Alexander

The Spydels (2) (Holyoke, Massachusetts)

 

Personnel :

Frankie Hill (Lead)

Charles (Turk) Turconi

Harry Hill

Gil "Rocky" Rock

Richie Alexander

 

Discography :

The Spydels (2)
Single :
1961 - No More Teasing / Wanted Dead Or Alive (MZ B-009)
Unreleased :
1961 - Wanted For Your Love (MZ)
1961 - Unhappy Days (MZ)

Davi bb The Spydels (2)
1962 - Reason For Love / Go Charley Go (Stark 110)

 

Biography :

In early 1960, Frankie Hill formed a vocal in Holyoke High School with his brother Harry, Gil "Rocky" Rock, Richie Alexander and Charles (Turk) Turconi. In 1961, The Spydels recorded two song both written by Frankie and released on the M Z label (owned by Mickey Moroni & Frank A. Zenobi): "Wanted Dead Or Alive" b/w "No More Teasin'." The Spydels  Backed Davi, the next year on "Reason For Love" and "Go Charley Go". Davi is Dave Svitenko, originally from West Springfield Ma. Frankie Hill co wrote "Reason For Love" with him. Frankie is the falsetto and The Spydels are the other background voices on this recording and may be the musicians also.

 

Songs :

The Spydels (2)

  
    No More Teasing                           Wanted Dead Or Alive


Wanted For Your Love

Davi bb The Spydels (2)

  
Reason For Love                           Go Charley Go  

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The Loreleis (2)

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The Loreleis (2 

The Loreleis (2) (New York)

 

Personnel :

Sylvia Hammond

Gloria Gilbert

Jehoshabeth (Jay) Dunston

 

Discography :

1964 - A Strange Way /  Why Do I Put Up With You (Brunswick 55271)

 

Biography

From Doo Wop To Soul - Sylvia Hammond had left The Clickettes in 1961, but had a yearning to sing a couple of years later. In 1963, she contacted Johnnielouise, who put her together with Gloria Gilbert. One of Zell's artists, Ada Ray (Kelly) introduced Sylvia and Gloria to Jehoshabeth (Jay) Dunston. They formed a trio that Johnnielouise was going to manage. When Johnnielouise was slow in securing the group a deal, they struck out on their own. The group met with Samson Horton one day outside the Brill Building and decided to sign contracts with him and his songwriting partner, Bobby Adams. The duo had a company called Samada Productions. Christened The Loreleis by the production company, the trio of young ladies recorded, “Why Do I Put Up With You/Strange Way” for Brunswick Records. The group rehearsed feverishly and garnered some studio work, but never followed up their initial single. Sylvia attributes this to the saturation that many  performers encountered from struggling production companies.  Eventually, Jay left the group and was replaced by Dora Brooks. Shortly thereafter, The group disbanded.
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Songs :

  
Why Do I Put Up With You                           A Strange Way        


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The Mighty Jupiters

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The Mighty Jupiters
The Blenders (unrecorded group)

The Mighty Jupiters (Hempstead, Long Island, NY.)
aka The Blenders

 

Personnel :

Dolores Butler (Lead)

Teddy Jackson (Tenor)

Lazarus Moore (Baritone)

George Taylor (Bass)

 

Discography :

1958 - Hy Wocky Toomba  / Your Love (Warner 1020)

 

Biography :

The Mighty Jupiters were a Young group from Hempstead, New York (On Long Island). The Members were Dolores Butler (14) (Lead), Teddy Jackson (15) (Tenor), Lazarus Moore (16) (Baritone) and George Taylor (15) (Bass). Lazarus Moore recalls that they were singing on Hempstead corner when a car pulled up. The man inside rolled down the Window and listened for a while. He then got out and asked if they were interested in making a record. He turned out tube songwriter William Tennyson. Through him they came to record for Shad's Warner Label in mid 1958. Their session was produced by Leroy Kirkland and recorded at Bell Sound Studios, while the session musicians included King Curtis and Kenny Burrell. The Result was "Hy Wocky Toomba"  / "Your Love ", released as Warner 1020.

The Mighty Jupiters     The Mighty Jupiters
Bobby Shad                                                                         King Curtis       

Each member of the group received five white label promo copies and four brown colour label 'stock' copies. "Hy Wocky Toomba" gained some attention through airplay on the "Dr Jive" radio show on WWRL in New York. Because the kids would not sign the recording contract as presented, follow-up promotion didn't take place. The Mighty Jupiters broke up shortly thereafter. Lazarus Moore and George Taylor then formed a new group which included Henry "Stoney" Jackson  from the Heartbreakers on Vic plus Buck green and William Desaur. Calling themselves the Blenders, they became a popular performing group (they did not record), doing club and show venues throughout the northeast (including Atlantic City) well into the Mid 1960s. They were not connected to any group that recorded as the Blenders.

 

Songs :

  
           Your Love                                   Hy Wocky Toomba  

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The Tokens (1)

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The Tokens (1)

The Tokens (1) (Brownsville, Brooklyn)

 

Personnel:

John Spicer

Ray Hall

Robert Honey

Theodore Olds

William Denis

 

Discography :

1958 - Come Dance With Me / Doom - Lang (Gary 1006 / Musictone 1113 (1963))

 

Biography:

Robert Honey, William Dennis, John Spicer, Ray Hall and Theodore Olds were the members of this (black) vocal group from Brownsville in Brooklyn that formed in the mid-1950's. Not to be confused with the band of the same name that rose to fame in the early 1960's, the original Tokens were a traditional doo-wop group who performed often in a-capella style. This Tokens recorded "Come Dance With Me" & "Doom Lang", originally for Gary Records owned by Herb Weiner. Herb Wiener has formed Gary Records with Gene Novello and Eddie Rosenberg. Herb is president and Novello and Rosenberg executive directors. Gary’s initial release, “Come Dance With Me” & "Doom Lang" by The Tokens, is selling steadily through an organization of 32 distribs. The Tokens who recorded  "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", The Tokens who recorded "Oh What A Night" & "Juanita" for Date Records as well as Johnny & The Tokens who released "The Taste Of A Tear" & "Never Till Now" on Warwick Records are separate groups.

 

Songs :

  
      Doom - Lang                            Come Dance With Me


Doom - Lang (Acappella)

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The Lockettes

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Jennell Hawkins

The Lockettes (Los Angeles, CA)

 

Personnel :

Ledoria Ann Knox

Belle Rhea Montgomery

Elaine Carol Brown

Jennell Hawkins

 

Discography :

The Lockettes
1958 - Puddin' Pie / You Don't Want Me (Flip 334)

Richard Berry & The Lockettes
1958 - The Mess Around / Heaven on Wheels (Flip 336)

Richard Berry bb The Lockettes
1958 - Besame Mucho /  Do I Do I  (Flip 339)

Jimmie Smith bb The Lockettes
1959 - I Cry And Cry Every Night / Night Time Is The Time (I Miss You) (Flip 347)

 

Biography :

The Lockettes were a Los Angeles-based girl trio consisting of Ledoria Ann Knox, Belle Rhea Montgomery, and Elaine Carol Brown, with Jennell Hawkins (The Combo-Netts) occasionally enlarging them to a quartet -- Knox's singing was a light alto somewhat similar to a young Diana Ross. They were discovered by Richard Berry, of "Louie, Louie" fame, and were brought to Flip Records, where they recorded "Puddin' Pie" b/w "You Don't Want Me".

      

                                                                                                       Richard Berry

This was their only record and the A-side was characterized not only by radiant singing, but also a pretty powerful performance by their accompanying band (especially the guitarist), while the B-side gave the singers a clearer field. The group also sang backup with Berry on the single "Heaven on Wheels" b/w "The Mess Around" by the Dreamers, and "I Cry and Cry All Night" b/w "Night Time Is the Right Time" by Jimmie Smith.

 

Songs :

(updated by Hans-Joachim)   

The Lockettes

  
   Puddin' Pie                                 You Don't Want Me
 

Richard Berry & The Lockettes

  
The Mess Around                           Heaven on Wheels
 

Richard Berry bb The Lockettes

  
Besame Mucho                                      Do I Do I
 

Jimmie Smith bb The Lockettes

  
   I Cry And Cry Every Night            Night Time Is The Time (I Miss You)

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The Pastels (1)

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 1956 - Robert Mills, Robert Randolph, Norman Palm & Charles McKnight  

The Pastels (1) (Chicago)


 



Personnel :


Fred Buckley (Lead)

Norman Palm  (First tenor)

Robert Randolph (Second tenor)

Charles McKnight (Baritone)

Charles Williams (Bass)

 

Discography :

Singles :
1955 -  Put Your Arms Around Me / Boom De De Boom (United 196)

Unreleased :
1955 - Bye Bye (Unreleased)
1955 - Goodbye (Unreleased)
1955 - Patty (demo tape)
1955 - My Little Girl (demo tape)
1955 - Goodbye (demo tape)

 

Biography :

in 1954, Fred Buckley, the group's lead organized the pastels from among High School Friends in his south side neighborhood, the other members were Vernon Thomas (first tenor), Trey Clark (second tenor), Charles McKnight (baritone), and Pettis Williams (bass). Thomas, Clark and Williams eventually dropped out of the group and Fred recruited Norman Palm (first tenor, whom he had met in the National Guard), Robert Randolph (second tenor), and Charles Williams (Pettis Williams' brother; bass). The group signed with United owned by Leonard Allen in October of 1955. The songs they did at the October 19 session were "Bye Bye" and "Goodbye," both of which were fairly good, but Leonard Allen for some reason chose not to release them.

    The Pastels (1)     

Leonard Allen obviously had plans for the group, because on November 23 the Pastels were recording again, putting on wax an average ballad, "Put Your Arms around Me," with a bouncy El Dorados-type jump tune, "Boom De De Boom." The latter song was originally intended for the El Dorados to record (on Vee-Jay), but the group was out of town when the person who brought it arrived from New York, so he took it to United. "Boom De De Boom" got the original airplay on local station WHFC, but then listener requests pushed "Put Your Arms around Me" onto the playlist. After about a year, Buckley was replaced on Lead by Julius Collins. The Pastels continued on a few more years and they broke up in 1958.

Doowop: The Chicago Scene Par Robert Pruter
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Pastels/pastels.html
http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/unitedstates2.html

 

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 


     
Boom De De Boom                Put Your Arms Around Me            Goodbye 

     
Bye Bye                         Patty (audition)‬                My Little Girl (audition)


Goodbye (audition)

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The Five Fleets

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The Five Fleets 

The Five Fleets (Atlanta, GA)

 

Personnel :

James Simms

Robert Sim Jr

Walter Quillian

Henry Alex

Arthur Simms

 

Discography :

1958 - Oh What A Feeling / I Been Cryin' (Felsted 8513)
1958 - Yo Good Lovin' / Slight Case Of Love (Felsted 8522)
1961 - Pitter Patter / Cheer Up (Seville 112)

 

Biography :

James Simms, Robert Sim Jr, Walter Quillian, Henry Alex and Arthur Simms made up this doo top group from Atlanta, Georgia who had two earlier records for Felsted, one of which had been released in Britain in 1958. Three years later the group were signed to Seville by Murray Spork. Seville record company founded in 1958 by Danny Kessler and Murray Sporn. In 1960 Kessler sold his interests to Edward Kassner who operated the company as a sister label to his UK based President Records.  The Five Fleets had "Pitter Patter" b/w "Cheer Up" outing on the label. Arranger Marv Meredith had previously recorded easy listening album for the Strand label.

 

Songs :

(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

   
Pitter Patter                                  Yo Good Lovin'

  
Oh What A Feeling                        I Been Cryin'     

  
Slight Case Of Love                              Cheer Up           


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The Thrills

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The Thrills
 L to R : Reginald Gammon, Marcus Hampton, Ernest Jack, Haley, Richard Pierson, Robert Hurd, and Warren Hurley.

The Thrills (Indianapolis, IN.)

 

Personnel :

Ernest Jack Haley

Robert Hurd

Reginald Gammon

Marcus Hampton

Richard Pierson

Warren Hurley

 

Biography :

In the 1957, six students From Crispus Attucks High School formed The Thrills, a group that performed rhythm-and-blues songs at school assemblies and concerts. The members were, Reginald Gammon, Marcus Hampton, Ernest Jack Haley, Richard Pierson, Robert Hurd, and Warren Hurley. It was one of many musical acts to emerge from the school, and then The Thrills went on stage, they could count on crowds of screaming students.


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