Doo Wop - Rhythm & Blues

Rickie Page & Groups

Posted on February 8 2024 by dion1

Rickie Page & Groups
Rickie Page

Rickie Page & Groups (Los Angeles, Ca)

aka The Georgettes (1) (Ricki)
aka The Page Sisters (Ricki & Sonya)
aka The Austin Sisters (Ricki & Sonya)
aka The Majorettes (1) (Sheila, Joanna, Susie and Rebecca)
aka Joanne & The Triangles (3) (Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
aka Beverly & The Motor Scooters (Ricki, Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
aka Becky & The Lollipops (2) (Joanna,Rebecca)
aka The Bermudas (Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
aka The Cinders (3) (Ricki, Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)

Personnel:

Ricki Page

Rebecca Page

Joanna Page

Sheilah Page

Discography :

The Georgettes (1)
1957 - Love Like A Fool / Oh Tonight (Ebb 125)
1959 - Dizzy Over You / Oh Oh Yes (Jackpot 48001)
1960 - Down By The River / Pair Of Eyes (Fleet 1111/UA 237)
1963 - The Story / Little Boy (Troy 1001)

The Page Sisters
1957 - Sweet Sweetheart / All My Love Belongs To You (Zephyr 70-012)
1958 - Dream Boy / If They Only Knew (Liberty 55133)

The Austin Sisters
It Happened At The Hop / Love Can Do Most Anything (Edison International 401)

The Majorettes (1)
1962 - Stretch Sensation / Dance With Me (Regency 8000)
1962 - White Levi's / Please Come Back (Troy 1000)
1963 - Let's Do the Kangaroo / Dance With Me (Troy 1004)

Rickie Page & Groups

Joanne & The Triangles (3)
1963 - After The Showers Come Flowers / Don't Be A Cry Baby (Vip 25003)

Beverly & The Motor Scooters
1964 - He's My Boy / I Had To Walk Home Myself (Epic 9654)

Becky & The Lollipops (2)
1964 - I Don't Care (What They Say) / Come On Home (Troy 6493)
1964 - I Don't Care (What They Say) / My Boyfriend (Epic 9736)

The Bermudas
1964 - Donnie / Chu Sen Ling (Era 3125)
1964 - Blue Dreamer / Seing is Believing (Era 3133)

The Cinders (3)
1964 - I'll Follow You / The Story (Original Sound 43)

Biography :

Rickie Page was born June Evelyn Kuykendall in tiny Lindsay, Oklahoma on 7 November 1929. June became a recording star with releases on Liberty, Dot, Zephyr, and Rendezvous. Sometimes recording with her sister Sonya (The Page Sisters and The Austin Sisters) and Sometimes with some combination of her three daughters Joanna, Sheila, and Becky (Rebecca) Page and their friend Susan Kuykendall.

Rickie Page & Groups
The Georgettes

She also put records out on Con, Landa, Decca, Epic, Era, Fleet, Hit, Landa, Spar, United Artists, and VIP, using a huge variety of artist names, including The Georgettes. The Georgettes was fronted by Rickie Page in 1957 and were named after her husband/co-writer/producer George Motola. Rickie Page was the only vocalist for the group. The Georgettes appeared on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand in January, 1958.

Rickie Page & Groups
The Majorettes : Sheila, Joanna, Susie and Rebecca

They hired a little Philipino girl, Rosalie, to be the other half and they did the Dick Clark show. The Bermudas, the Majorettes, the Georgettes, Becky & Lollipops, Joanne & the Triangles and Beverly & the Motorscooters – these are just some of the recording names used by Rickie Page and the female members of her musical family. The Majorettes first released "Stretch Sensation" b/w Dance With Me" which is very much inspired by the recordings of Little Eva and Dee Dee Sharp – in 1962 on the Regency International label.

Rickie Page & Groups
The Bermudas : Joanna, Sheilah & Rebecca

They then released “White Levis” on George Motola’s Troy label later that year. “Let’s Do The Kangaroo” followed in 1963 with “Dance With Me” resurrected for the flipside. Rickie Page and George Motola were active in the music business in the late 50s and 60s. They wrote “Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie” for Eddie Cochran, “Donnie” for the Bermudas and “Borealis” for the Markets among other achievements. George wrote “Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)” with John Marascalco.

Videos

Donnie

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Georgettes (1)

Oh Tonight                          Love Like A Fool                          Oh Oh Yes


Dizzy Over You                             Pair Of Eyes                    Down By The River

The Story / Little Boy

The Page Sisters

Sweet Sweetheart

The Austin Sisters

It Happened At The Hop Love Can Do Most Anything

The Majorettes (1)


White Levi's                                     Please Come Back


       Dance with Me                        Let's Do the Kangaroo

Joanne & The Triangles (3)

After The Showers Come Flowers / Don't Be A Cry Baby

Beverly & The Motor Scooters


He's my boy                                I Don't Care (What They Say)

Becky & The Lollipops (2)


I Don't Care (What They Say)    My Boyfriend              Come On Home

The Bermudas

Chu Sen Ling                        Seing is Believing


Blue Dreamer                       Donnie

The Cinders (3)

The Story I'll Follow You

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The Five Scalders

Posted on February 4 2024 by dion1

The Five Scalders

The Five Scalders (Detroit)

Personnel :

Johnny Mayfield (Tenor)

Sol Tilman (Tenor)

Gerald Young (Tenor)

Sir Mack Rice (Baritone)

James Bryant (Bass)

Discography :

1956 - If Only You Were Mine / There Will Come A Time (Drummond 3000/Sugar Hill 3000)
1956 - Girl Friend / Willow Blues (Drummond 3001)

Biography :

Mack Rice was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. In 1950, his family moved to Detroit, Michigan. He attended Detroit’s Northern High School, where he credited a music teacher with helping to hone his skills. Rice began his work in the R&B field, performing with the Five Scalders in 1956. The Five Scalders, a group from Northern High. Called the Scalders because "we were so hot," they consisted of Johnny Mayfield (tenor), Sol Tilman (tenor), Gerald Young (tenor), Mack Rice (baritone), and James Bryant (bass). They won first prize in the school's amateur show singing the Clovers' "Hey Miss Fannie". The Five Scalders recorded a couple of records for the local Sugar Hill and Drummond labels in 1956.

The Five Scalders

But after graduating, he was drafted into the Army and served several years in Germany. When he returned to Detroit in 1957, his mother mentioned an ad in the newspaper placed by a group looking for new members. The group Rice would join was the Falcons. From 1957–63, he performed with the Falcons, a group whose members included Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett and Joe Stubbs. He performed as a solo vocalist in the years to follow, but his biggest successes were as songwriter for other artists on labels like Stax and others in the 1960s and following decades. He began his solo vocalist career at Stax in 1967, recording on Atco Records beginning in 1968. Rice is one of the few musicians whose career touched both Motown and Stax Records. Rice continued to live in the Detroit area. He died at home in Detroit on June 27, 2016, aged 82, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.

Songs :


If Only You Were Mine                  There Will Come A Time


Willow Blues                                      Girl Friend

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The Darts (2)

Posted on February 3 2024 by dion1

The Darts (2)

The Darts (2) (New York)

Personnel :

Bobby Spencer

J. R. Bailey

Discography :

1958 - Sweet little Baby / Gee-Ver-Men-Nee-Vers (Dot 15752)

Biography :

J.R. Bailey, born James Bailey, is an R&B singer and songwriter. He was a member of the Cadillacs from 1956 to 1972 and scored five R&B singles hits under his own name between 1968 and 1975, the biggest of which was "After Hours" (number 29, 1973).

The Cadillacs in the 1959 Alan Freed movie “Go, Johnny, Go”: J.R. Bailey, Bobby Spencer, Earl Carroll and Bobby Phillips

In 1957, differences in opinion caused the Cadillacs to split. The new Cadillacs consisted of J. R. Bailey, Bobby Spencer (of the HARPTONES on Rama and the Crickets on Jay Dee), Bill Lindsey (of the Starlings on Josie and the Twilighters on MGM) and Champ Rollow.

From the Cadillacs, J. R. Bailey and Bobby Spencer cut "Sweet little Baby" b/w "Gee-Ver-Men-Nee-Vers" for Dot in 1958 as the Darts .

Songs :

Sweet Little Baby Gee-Ver-Men-Nee-Vers

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The El Venos

Posted on February 3 2024 by dion1

The El Venos
(Standing) Leon Taylor, Joey Daniels, Bernard Palmer & Daniel Jackson - (Seated) Anna Mae Jackson & Leon Daniels

The El Venos (Pittsburgh, PA)

Personnel :

Leon Daniels (Lead)

Daniel Jackson (First Tenor)

Anna Mae Jackson (Lead)

Leon Taylor (Second Tenor)

Joey Daniels (Baritone)

Bernard Palmer (Bass)

Discography :

The El Venos

Singles :
1956 - Geraldine / Now We're Together (Groove 4G-0170)
1957 - My Heart Beats Faster / You Must Be True (Vik 4X-0305/RCA 8303)
Unreleased :
1956 - Are you An Angel? (Groove)
1957 - You're Gonna Be My Girl (Vik)
1957 - Oui, Monsieur (Vik)
1958 - Pretty Knees (AMP-3)
1960 - It's The Little Things (Calico)
1960 - Stereophonic (Calico)

Anne Keith (Anna Mae Jackson)
1959 - (I Am Just A) Lonely Girl (bb El Venos)/ Lover's Prayer (bb the Altairs) (Memo M3)

Biography :

Formed as a sextet, they stayed that way through the release of their two singles. The members were Leon Daniels (lead), Daniel Jackson (first tenor), Anna Mae Jackson (lead, Daniel's sister). Leon Taylor (second tenor), Joey Daniels (baritone, Leon's brother), and Bernard Palmer (bass). Raised in the Penn Hills and Duquesne area outside Pittsburgh, the six 16- year- olds started hitting street-corner harmonies during 1955.They came to the attention of WILY radio jock Bill Powell who arranged for a record deal with RCA. In 1956 the group was packed off to New York City to record five songs, issuing the Leon Taylor-penned "Geraldine" on RCA's Groove subsidiary by late fall.

Leon Daniels, Daniel Jackson, Anna Mae Jackson, Bernard Palmer, Leon Taylor (Joey Daniels not on the picture)

Geraldine" got immediate play on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand," but when Bill Powell (now their manager) arranged for a live appearance on that program the boys couldn't raise the money from their parents for the Pittsburgh to Philadelphia trek. With no finances to tour or do anything but local TV, the strong radio play of " Geraldine" (from New England to New Orleans) couldn't keep the record happening.

Bill Powell

Still, the El Venos performed locally with many hit acts that were passing through Pittsburgh on one-nighters, The Turbans and The Heartbeats among them. Their next single, "You Must Be True" (1957), was issued on another RCA affiliate , Vik Records, but saw even less activity. Two years passed while the group raised money to audition in New York for Calico Records. Auditioning the same day was another Pittsburgh group, The Skyliners. Doo wop folklore says the El Venos were actually favored by Calico on that fateful day, but the Skyliners' unique sound afforded them the first recording opportunity, subsequently yielding the now standard "Since I Don't Have You."

KQV deejay Al Nobel at tented the Skyliners recording Session for "Since I Don't Have You"

The El Venos did get to do two sides for Calico, but they never saw the light of day. On yet another New York trip, the group managed to cut two more songs for Mercury's Amp 3 division, but these also remained in the can. On her return to Pittsburgh, Anna Mae Jackson left the El Venos. Bill Powell, meanwhile, was busy putting the voices of his new group The Altairs on the El Venos Amp 3 tracks, leaving only Anna's lead vocal. He also dubbed in Altairs lead George Benson's guitar work. Though Powell pumped the record on his show, Amp 3 wasn't impressed enough to release it. Around this time, Ms. Jackson changed her name to Anne Keith and recorded " Lover's Prayer" backed by the Altairs and released on Memo Records in mid- 1959. They soon went their separate ways.
https://www.uncamarvy.com/ElVenos/elvenos.html

Songs :

The El Venos


Geraldine                           Now We're Together             My Heart Beats Faster


You Must Be True                  Are you An Angel?        You're Gonna Be My Girl

Oui, Monsieur

Anne Keith (bb The El Venos)       Anne Keith (bb the Altairs)


(I Am Just A) Lonely Girl                          Lover's Prayer

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