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The Dukes (2)
The Dukes (2) (Oklahoma)
Personnel :
Don Nero (Lead)
Billy Armistead
Everett Edwards
Willie Moon
Richard Williams
Discography :
Singles :
1956 - Teardrop Eyes / Shimmies And The Shakes (Imperial 5401)
1956 - Wini Brown / Cotton Pickin’ Hands (Imperial 5415)
Unreleased:
1956 - Bad Luck Blues (Imperial)
1956 - The Last Ride (Imperial)
1956 - Lost Dreams (Imperial)
1956 - Baby Please (Imperial)
Biography :
Oklahoma harmony group was the Dukes, a Douglass high school students consisting of Don Nero, Billy Armistead , Everett Edwards, Willie Moon and Richard Williams. The Dukes recorded a couple of sessions in 1956, both at Cosimo Matassa’s new studio on governor Nicholls street and At Radio Recorders on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood which produced "Teardrop Eyes" released in July and "Cotton Pickin’ Hands" some month later.
(L to R) Richard Williams, Jerry Sanders, Don Nero, Willie Moon, Billy Armistead, Everett Edwardsand John Stone KOCY DJ
Cosimo Matassa who ran a legendary recording studio in New Orleans. At the age of 18 in 1945, Matassa opened the J&M Recording Studio at the back of his family’s shop on Rampart Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. In 1955, he moved to the larger Cosimo Recording Studio. As an engineer and proprietor, Matassa was crucial to the development of the R&B, rock and soul sound of the 1950s and 1960s.
The Dukes Cosimo Matassa
Songs :
Teardrop Eyes Shimmies And The Shakes Wini Brown
Cotton Pickin’ Hands The Last Ride Lost Dreams
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