The Daps (Kalamazoo, MI)
Thanks to  Liam

Personnel :

Charles Clark

Jim Pierson

Earl Jones

Willie Walker

Floyd Smith

Henry Dungey

Discography :

The Daps
Single :
1956 - When You're Alone / Down and Out (Marterry 5249)   
Unreleased :
1956 - Love Your Lovin' Ways (Chess)

Charles Clark
1958 - Row Your Boat / Hidden Charms (Artistic 1500)
1959 - Another Chance / Hope For A Miracle (Argo 5332)

Biography :

The Marterry label will be Chess & Checker pop subsidiary to cover their R&B hits. The plan was to name the new brand after Leonard Chess's son Marshall and Phil's son Terry. So after just two Marterry singles from the original batch, the name was changed to Argo. The first release on Marterry was by a doo-wop group called The Daps. The Daps were formed at Kalamazoo Central High School and consisting of Charles Clark, Jim Pierson, Earl Jones, Willie Walker, Floyd Smith and Henry Dungey, signed with Chicago's Chess Records

In December 1955, The Daps recorded  "When You're Alone", "Down and Out" released in January 1956. Marterry 5249 was released in February 1956. Leonard Chess was talking it up in Cash Box for February 26 and taking out a full-page ad for it in the same issue. Another ad ran on March 3. On March 17, Cash Box noted  that the Daps had appeared on Howard Miller's TV show. In April 1956 the Daps appeared in a package show at the Madison Rink (2560 West Madison) put on by DJ Sam Evans; Ray Charles and the Diablos were the headliners.

  
                               Charles Clark                                                                                                                                                  

The group did not record again. A third track from the same session  "Love Your Lovin' Ways," surfaced in 1994 on the Chess Rhythm & Roll box set. in 1958, Charles Clark made a single for Artistic Records with "Row Your Boat" and "Hidden Charms " and another single in 1959 with "Another Chance" and "Hope For A Miracle" For Argo.

Songs :

The Daps

  
 Down and Out                                 When You're Alone


Love Your Lovin' Ways

Charles Clark

  
Row Your Boat                                 Hidden Charms

  
Another Chance                               Hope For A Miracle

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