The Cosines
Paul Simon & Carole King
The Cosines (Brooklyn, New York)
Personnel :
Carole King "Klein" (piano, vocals)
Iris Lipnik (vocals)
Joel Zwick (vocals)
Leonard Pullman (vocals)
Discography :
1992 - Ask Me Why / Just To Be With You (Chance 102)
Biography :
Paul Simon produced records for other artists and wrote many songs which he recorded, mainly for Amy Records, as $25 demos for Dion, Fabian & Bobby Vee and many others. From 1958 to 1959 he worked with Carole Klein "Carole King" who formed her own group in 1957, the Cosines. The Cosines were composed of Madison High School Pupils, has been attracting attention locally. The group members are Carole Klein, Iris Lipnik, Joel Zwick and Leonard Pullman.
The Cosines which did demos for The Fleetwoods & The Passions and others. "Just To Be With You" recorded by The Passions in 1958 was their most successful work. Paul published his songs in his own company: Landis Music. From Amy Records times come these two tracks by The Cosines which were released by Chance label in 1992.
Songs :
Just To Be With You Ask Me Why
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