The Ivies (1) (Detroit, Mi)
aka The Sensation-Ivies

Personnel :

Aaron McCray (Lead)

Odel Logan

Jimmy Davis

Conley Griffin

Arnold Johnson


Discography :

The Ivies (1)
1958 - Sunshine / Come On (Ivy 110 / Brunswick 55112)
1959 - Voodoo / I Really Want You To Know (Roulette 4183)

Arron McCray & His Sensation-Ivies
1960 - I’ll Have The Last Laugh / Inter Santum (Reel 111)

The Sensation-Ivies
1961 - Tell Me / God Bless The Child (Willow 23003)

Clarence Paul (BB The Ivies)
1959 - I Need Your Lovin' / I’ll Be By Your Side (Hanover 4519 )
1959 - Falling In Love Again / May Heaven Bless You (Roulette 4196 )


Biography :

From Detroit, the Ivies included Aaron McCray, Odel Logan, Jimmy Davis, Conley Griffin, and Arnold Johnson. In 1958, The group Recorded  "Sunshine" b/w "Come On"  for Ivy Records. Ivy Records was set up in Sept 57 by Stan Feldman & Ed Portnoy. It was based out of 1697 Broadway, New York. The single was reissued on Brunswick 55112 in June 1959.

   
                                                                     Clarence Paul

Clarence Otto Pauling (March 19, 1928 – May 6, 1995), better known as Clarence Paul, was a songwriter and record producer for Detroit's Motown Records. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, and was the brother of the "5" Royales guitarist/songwriter, Lowman Pauling Jr. In 1958, he had one of his first major songwriting credits. He co-wrote and recorded "I Need Your Lovin'" for the Hanover label. It was covered less than a year later, in 1959, and became a #14 R&B hit for Roy Hamilton.

The Ivies were the back-up group for Clarence Paul on the Hanover "I Need Your Lovin' b/w "I’ll Be By Your Side" . Clarence Paul brings the group for his appearance and sings even on their singles. The     Ivies' next single is on the Roulette Label with "Voodoo" b/w "I Really Want You To Know". Probably The Ivies were again the back-up group for Clarence Paul on his Roulette Records.  The group next recorded on Johnnie Matthews' Reel label around 1960 under the name "Sensation-Ivies " and had a  release the next year on Willow, a subsidiary of the Cincinatti-based King labelowned by Mickey Guitar Baker & Syliva Robinson in New York.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

The Ivies (1)

  
Sunshine                                  Come On

  
            Voodoo                           I Really Want You To Know

Arron McCray And His Sensation-Ivies

  
I’ll Have The Last Laugh                       Inter Santum            

The Sensation-Ivies

  
        Tell Me                                     God Bless The Child

Clarence Paul (bb The Ivies)

  
I Need Your Lovin'                        I’ll Be By Your Side

  
Falling In Love Again                    May Heaven Bless You



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