Eklablog
Edit page Follow this blog Administration + Create my blog

The Crescendos (1)

Posted on by dion1

The Crescendos (1)
top : Mitchell Alexander and Prentice Moreland - bottom : Earl Nelson, Bobby Relf and Bobby Byrd

The Crescendos (1)  (Watts, Los Angeles)
 

Personnel :

Bobby Byrd (Lead)

Bobby Relf (Tenor)

Prentice Moreland (Tenor)

Earl Nelson (Tenor)

Mitchell Alexander (Bass)

 

Discography :

Singles :
1956 - Sweet Dreams / Finders Keepers (Atlantic 1109) 

1959 - Sweet Dreams / I'll Be Seeing You (Atlantic 2014)

Unreleased :
1956 - You'll Be There (Atlantic)




Biography :

In September 1956, Bobby Byrd recorded some sides for Atlantic with a group billed as the "Crescendos".  The others were Earl Nelson (tenor with the Hollywood Flames and the voices with Bobby Byrd and many other groups) , Bobby Relf (lead singer of the Laurels) , Prentice Moreland (lead singer of the Chanteclairs)  and Mitchell Alexander (bass of the Feathers).

The Crescendos (1)

Atlantic released "Finders Keepers" b/w "Sweet Dreams". January 1959 saw a re-release of Bobby Byrd & the Crescendos' "Sweet Dreams" on Atlantic. This time it had "I'll Be Seeing You" as the flip.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/HollywoodFlames/hollywoodflames.html



Songs :

    
I'll Be Seeing You                            Sweet Dreams


Finders Keepers
 

...

See comments