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The Imaginations (2) aka The Expressions (3)

Posted on August 9 2012 by dion1

The Imaginations (2) (Long Island, New York)
aka The Expressions (3)

Personnel :

Frank Mancuso (Lead)

Bobby Bloom (First Tenor)

Philip Agtuca (Second Tenor)

Pete Agtuca (Baritone)

Richie LeCausi (Bass)

Discography :

The Imaginations (2)
Singles:
1961 - The Search is Over / Goodnight Baby (Music Makers 103)
1961 - Guardian Angel / Hey You (Music Makers 108 / Duel 507)
1962 - Mamma Little Baby / Wait A Llttle Longer Son (Ballad 500)
1976 - I'll Never Let You Go / The Mystery Of You (Harvey 101)
Unreleased :
1961 - I Hate To See A Little Girl Crying (Music Makers)

LPs :
1985 - The Imaginations (Relic LP 5058)
Hey You / Autumn Leaves / The Search is Over / Never Let You Go / The Mystery Of Youu / Harry Goody / Fannie Brown / I Love You So / My Little Girl / Chapel Bells / Will / Wait A Llittle Longer Son / Goodnight Baby / Guardian Angel / Mamma Little Baby

Darlene Day & The Imaginations (2)
1961 - I Love You So / Will (Music Makers 106)

The Expressions (3)
1963 - To Cry / On The Corner (Parkway 892)

Biography :

Formed in Bellmore, Long Island, New York, USA, in 1961, doo-wop group the Imaginations consisted of Frank Mancuso (lead), Bobby Bloom (first tenor), Phil Agtuca (second tenor), Pete Agtuca (baritone) and Richard LeCausi (bass).

The Imaginations (2) aka The Expressions (3)

In April 1961, Music Makers released the group's "Goodnight Baby', which featured King Curtis on saxophone. The Imaginations" second studio engagement came as back-up singers for Darlene Day, and, with studio time remaining, they also recorded two of their own songs, "Guardian Angel" and "Hey You".

When the tracks formed their second single, both sides attracted airplay, and the record was licensed to Duel Records, although too late, apparently, to allow it a chance to reach the national charts. Despite this, "Hey You", primarily through repeated radio plays, became established as one of the most popular vocal group records in the New York area throughout the early 60s.

The Imaginations (2) aka The Expressions (3)
Backing up Darlene Day

However, that impetus was stalled when Mancuso joined the air forces, and Music Makers closed down. Bobby Caupin took over on lead as the group switched to a new title, the Ebonaires. A single was recorded ("Chapel Bells") but never released.

The Imaginations (2) aka The Expressions (3)

Still not dispirited, Bobby Bloom took over on lead as the group then reverted to their former name for "Wait A Little Longer Son", issued on new label Ballad Records. Again a release of genuine quality, it too was picked up for extended distribution, this time by Laurie Records.

By 1963 the group had broken up, but they re-formed when producers Pete Antell and John Linde took an interest in their careers. Bloom, Phil Agtuca and LeCausi were then joined by John Governale (first tenor) and Pete Lanzetta (baritone) in the Expressions. As well as backing Tommy Boyce in the studio, The Expressions released a debut single in 1963, "On The Corner" - a eulogy to the origins of doo-wop on street corners. However, it flopped, and the group broke up once again.

The Expressions The Four Motions : left to right Felix Barreto , Googie Page, David Barreto, sitting Phil Agtuca

In 1964, Phil Agtuca recorded with The Four Motions, they have a demo song "My Hero". Bloom, however, persevered as a solo artist, and was rewarded in 1970 when his "Montego Bay" became a US number 8/UK number 3 hit.

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/imaginations-mn0001008944
http://50sspirit.blogspot.fr/2012/01/harmonies-imaginations-entrevista-frank.html

Videos :

"The Search is Over" "Mama's Little Baby"

Songs :
(Update By Hans-Joachim)

The Imaginations (2)


Guardian Angel                   The Search is Over             Wait A Little Longer Son


Hey You                              Mamma Little Baby                   Goodnight Baby


Never Let You Go               The Mystery Of You                    My Little Girl

Harry Goody Chapel Bells Fannie Brown

Autumn Leaves

Darlene Day & The Imaginations (2)

I Love You So Will

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The Sherrys aka The De-Los

Posted on August 8 2012 by dion1

The Sherrys (Philadelphia)
aka The De-Los

Personnel :

Delphine 'Sugar' Cook

Dinelle Cook

Charlotte Walker

Delores 'Honey' Wylie

Discography :

The De-Los
1958 - Lullabye Serenade / Pork And Gravy (Cedar 302)

The Sherrys

Singles :
1962 - Pop Pop Pop-Eye / Your Hand In Mine (Guyden 2068)
1963 - Slop Time / Let's Stomp Again (Guyden 2077)
1963 - Saturday Night / I've Got No One (Guyden 2084)
1963 - Monk, Monk, Monkey / That Boy Of Mine (Guyden 2094)
1964 - No No Baby / That Guy Of Mine (Mercury 72256)
1965 - Slow Jerk / Confusion (Roberts 701)
1965 - This Little Boy of Mine / Lullaby Serenade (Sonet 7642)
1966 - Put Your Arms Around Me / I'm A Happy Girl (JJ 1002/Hot 1002)

Lps:
1962 - At the Hop with the Sherrys (GLP-503)
At The Hop/Dance / Slop Time / Dancin' The Strand/Ooh-La-La- Limbo / Let's Stomp Again / Pop Pop Pop-Pie / Bristol Twistin' Danny / The Fly / Double Order Mashed Potatoes / The New Cha-Cha-Cha / The Last Dance

European Singles :

Biography :

The Sherrys were a short-lived girl group with a rich, soulful sound, built around dance numbers that they performed with extraordinary exuberance, organized by Philadelphia singing star Little Joe Cook. A veteran of gospel and R&B, Cook had led a group called the Thrillers from the mid-'50s. In 1958, Little Joe began putting a group together around his two daughters, Delphine and Dinell Cook, Delores "Honey" Wylie, Joyce ? and Clarence Smith, Bass of the Students.

Little Joe Cook

Billed as the De-Los the group recorded "Lullabye Serenade" b/w "Pork And Gravy" both sides lead by Delores Wylie on the Cedar label. In 1961, they changed their name as the Sherrys and did some backup work for Maureen Gray, Billy & the Essentials and Bobby Rydell . Their big moment as a recording act in their own right came when a dance craze arose in New Orleans called the Popeye -- initially, the dance was done to Chris Kenner's "Something You Got," but Eddie Bo soon came along with "Check Mr. Popeye," which became a major seller in New Orleans.

By early 1962, the dance was being touted as a rival to the Twist, with acts as different as Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns and Chubby Checker starting to push it. Cook, who'd seen his own recording of "Let's Do the Slop" become a serious regional hit in 1956, knew a good prospect when he saw it and had the Sherrys record "Pop Pop Pop-Pie," written by producers Johnny Madera and Dave White and aimed at the dance crowd.

American Bandstand then featured the group and the record heavily, and the single (issued on Guyden) charted in October of 1962, for an eight week run that carried it up to number 35 nationally on the pop charts and to number 25 on the R&B lists. The group's success was short-lived, however, as they never came up with a suitable follow-up -- their "Slop Time" didn't chart nearly as well.

A superb album, At the Hop with the Sherrys, made up almost entirely of Madera-White songs, appeared on Guyden in early 1963, but it undeservedly disappeared without leaving much of a trace. Ironically, while the Sherrys' moment in the sun in the U.S.A. proved to be both brief and over, their records were extremely popular and enduring in Europe, where audiences devoured their authentic soul-dance sound. The quartet ended up touring overseas twice, with great success. They might've regained their career momentum in America, but for a series of personnel and business difficulties that ensued over the next several months.

Delphine, the younger Cook daughter, married, and then Butler left the act soon after. Cook held a version of the Sherrys together to fulfill bookings, but during a successful engagement in Boston, the group -- now a trio -- decided to get a new manager. Their history came to an end with this decision, because Cook owned the name the Sherrys. The trio, deprived of the name under which they were known, was never heard from again, and the Sherrys became part of pop music and dance history.

Thanks to Mike Sweeney

Songs :
(Update By Hans-Joachim)

The De-Los

Lullabye Serenade Pork And Gravy

The Sherrys

Pop Pop Pop-Eye                   Your Hand In Mine                 The Last Dance

Slop Time                     Let's Stomp Again                       The Fly

Saturday Night                       I've Got No One         Oh-La-La Limbo

Monk, Monk, Monkey             That Boy Of Mine       New Cha Cha Cha

Dancin' The Strand Double Order Mashed Potatoes Dance

Bristol Twistin' Danny At The Hop I'm A Happy Girl

Put Your Arms Around Me

Videos :

This Little Boy of Mine

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The Cor-Don's

Posted on August 7 2012 by dion1

Joe Williams, Frank Mancuso ,Tony Jackson, John Masson and Leroy Parham

The Cor-Don's (Long Island)

Personnel:

Tony Jackson

Frank Mancuso

John Masson

Leroy Parham

Joe Williams

Discography :

1963 - Some Kinda Wonderful / Is She The One (Rowe 010)

Biography :

Frank Mancuso Moving out to Long Island in 1959, he formed a group called The Imaginations. In 1960 they landed a recording contract at Music Makers and scored a hit with "Guardian Angel". Then, in 1963 he signed with Rowe Records and recorded with a group called "The Cor-don's", "Some Kinda Wonderful" "Is She The One".

Songs :

Some Kinda Wonderful Is She The One

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The Admirations (1)

Posted on July 20 2012 by dion1

The Admirations (1)

The Admirations (1) (Brooklyn, New York)

Personnel :

Joe (Cookie) Lorello

Fred Mastanduno (First Tenor)

John Mahlan (Second Tenor)

Ralph Minichino (Baritone)

Lou Moshella (Bass)

Discography :

Singles :
1959 - The Bells of Rosa Rita / Little Bo-Beep (Mercury 71521)
1961 - To The Aisle / Hey Senorita (Mercury 71833)
1974 - Over The Rainbow / In My Younger Days (Kelway 108)

Unreleased :
1961 - Remember The Day (Mercury)
1961 - It All Happened So Fast (Mercury)

Biography :

If the quality of a vocal group was judged by the number of records released, then the Admirations would have been judged unfairly. One of the best late-'50s white doo wop groups, the Admirations were also one of the few such acts with only two records on a major label. The quintet would have been better off with one of New York's rock and roll independents,who were used to breaking records like theirs, but in 1958, 15-year-old high school students couldn't possibly forsee such things. The group members were all friends from the same neighborhood in brooklyn, growing up around Elderts Lane and Liberty Avenue.

They consisted of lead Joe (Cookie) Lorello, Fred Mastanduno (First Tenor), John Mahlan (Second Tenor), Ralph Minichino (Baritone), and Lou Moshella (Bass). They practiced in hallways, on street corners, and at the neighborhood candy store and locked their eyes on a large advertisement for admiration cigar. At that moment the Admirations were born. They began doing dances and record hops. performing songs by their favorite groups like The Flamingos and Belmonts. In the fall of 1958, an A&R assistant to Mercury's Clyde Otis named Jerry Maggat saw the group perform and brought them to Otis, who signed them up. Although their first recording was done in February 1959, for some inexplicable reason "Bells of Rosa Rita" was not released by Mercury until November of that year.

It became one of those classic East-Coast doo wop records that seemed more popular as an "oldie" than it was at the time of its ill-fated initial release. With Mercury's interest on the wane after just one record, the group decided to disband, but in 1960 they reformed with Joe Mertens and Diane Salemme (Joe's wife) replacing John Mahlam (In the Army) and Ralph Minichino. By the summer of 1960, the group got an opportunity and cut four more sides for Mercury, two of which were never released and two ("To the Aisle" and "Hey Senorita") that weren't issued until 1961.Though their record releases were few, the Admirations' powerful five-part chime harmony on "Bells of Rosa Rita" have endeared them to vocal group enthusiasts for almost 30 years.

Louie, "friend", Johnny, friend" at Coney Island

Disappointed with Mercury's disinterest, the group disbanded for a second time later thant year as John became a police officer, Joe and Fred joined the sanitation department, and lou joined a construction company. In 1974, the group was resurrected for a third time doing various revival appearances in the New York city Aera.
Jay Warner (American singing groups: a history from 1940s to today)

Songs :


To The Aisle                    It All Happened So Fast            The Bells of Rosa RIta


        Little Bo-Beep             To The Aisle / Hey Senorita

Over The rainbow In My Younger Days

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The Envoys (2)

Posted on July 17 2012 by dion1

The Envoys (2) (New York)

Personnel :

Joel Reinlieb

Discography :

1977 - Springtime / Declaration Of Love (Crystal Ball 110)

Biography :

In 1957-61 the Brooklyn native Joel Reinlieb was in the air force he was approached by four balck serviceman who were looking for a Lead singer for their group The Silk-Tones, with Joey as lead singer they participate in one talent contest at the Westover air force base in Chicopee,MA. they came in second in the voting.

The Envoys (2)

When Joey finished his military obligations he attended NYC community collage where he became a member of the white group The Envoys. Joe had written two original tunes : Springtime / Declaration Of Love.

Raoul Cita

They present the sides to Raoul Cita who managed The Harptones. Mr. Cita send the group to some Harlem theatres where the group have nice live perfomances but unafortunely their songs never were realized. Finally in 1978 Crystal Ball Records released these unreleased sides in one 45 RPM. Later Joe was part of The Newports who recorded for Kane and Guyden Records.

Songs :

Springtime Declaration Of Love

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The Turbans (2)

Posted on July 16 2012 by dion1

The Turbans (2) (Downtown, Philadelphia)

Personnel :

Al Banks (Lead Tenor)

Matthew Platt (Second Tenor)

Charlie Williams (Baritone)

Andrew "Chet" Jones (Bass)

Discography :

Singles :
1955 - When You Dance / Let Me Show You (Around My Heart)(Herald 458)
1955 - Sister Sookey / I'll Always Watch Over You (Herald 469)
1956 - I'm Nobody's / B-I-N-G-O (Herald 478)
1956 - It Was A Nite Like This / All Of My Love (Herald 486)
1957 - Valley Of Love / Bye And Bye (Herald 495)
1957 - Congratulations / The Wadda-Do (Herald 510)
1958 - I Promise You Love / Curfew Time (Red top 115)
1960 - Diamonds And Pearls / Bad Man (Roulette 4281)
1961 - Three Friends / I'm Not Your Fool Anymore (Roulette 4326)
1961 - When You Dance / Let Me Show You (Around My Heart) (Herald 458)
1961 - Golden Rings / When You Dance (Parkway 820)
1961 - Six Questions / The Lament Of Silver Gulch (Imperial 5807)
1962 - This Is My Story / Clicky Clicky Clack (Imperial 5828)
1962 - I Wonder / The Damage Is Done (Imperial 5847)

Unreleased :
1957 - My Girl Has Gone (Herald)
1957 - Say Girl (Herald)
1957 - Lonely (Herald)
1957 - Sockee Soo (Herald)
1957 - Farewell To Arms (Herald)
1957 - Miss Thing (Herald) (Unreleased)
1961 - All She Wants To Do Is Dance (Roulette)
1961 - Gettin' Into Somethin (Imperial)
1961 - Sister Sookey's Back (Imperial)
1961 - Donna Kimberley (Imperial)
1961 - Hey Now! (Imperial)
1961 - It's All Over (Imperial)
1961 - Do You Feel Like I Feel (Imperial)

Biography :

The Turbans became a Philadelphia legend for being in the right place, at the right time, with the right sound. Their place in the history of R & B vocal group music is much greater than the recorded history of the group, certainly owing to the fact of the timelessness of their two best known songs. The original members of the Turbans were Al Banks - lead singer, Matthew Platt - tenor, Charles Williams - baritone, and Chet Jones on bass.

After getting their act together and working on their harmonies, group manager Herman Gillespie made contact with Al Silver the head of Herald Records in New York, one of the premier Eastern independent R & B labels. Soon in mid 1955 a recording session was set up and an uptempo tune written by Jones called "When You Dance" was to be coupled with a tune called "Let Me Show You (Around My Heart)" with the latter song to be the featured side. After a few weeks out and on the radio, it is apparent that even though "Let Me Show You" is a favorite in their hometown of Philadelphia, it is the uptempo multi-rhythmed "When You Dance" that has captured the ear of the record buying public. The release for Herald on #458 starts to get national airplay and by November breaks out into the pop music market. The unique combination of a rumba styled Latin rhythm on the vocals and straight ahead 4/4 R & B behind the sax break catches the ear on radio in 1955.

Al Banks lead ranging from baritone to swooping falsetto in front of superb three part harmony, and the bass tag line at the end of each verse is a "can't miss" vocal group formula for Herald. In December "When You Dance" is on the most played lists in major cities including Atlanta, Boston, and Detroit. In the motor city, The Turbans appear in a sold out show in early December with Detroit radio personalities Robin Seymour and Mickey Schorr.

In January of 1956 The Turbans sign on for a big R & B package tour that also includes Bill Haley, LaVern Baker, Shirley & Lee, The Platters, Drifters, Five Keys, Joe Turner, Bo Diddley, Roy Hamilton, and Red Prysock & his band. The tour will start in Pittsburgh and cover the Southeastern states. In February Herald releases the followup to "When You Dance" on #469. It is "Sister Sooky" and "I'll Watch Over You". The Turbans do some dates in the Midwest with Guitar Slim, including a week at Kansas City's Orchid Room.

"Sooky" gets airplay and sales in the Eastern half of the country, as listeners are intrigued by the multi-rhythmed format used on "When You Dance", and the tag line of "she's gone to Egypt". The exceptional backup vocals of the group behind Al Bank's lead is outstanding. In March the group plays the Circle Theater in Cleveland with Dakota Staton and Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams.

In April The Turbans join up with another big touring R & B show, this one titled "The Big R & B Show of 1956". Featured performers with the group are Fats Domino, Ruth Brown, Little Richard, Al Jackson, The Cadillacs, Sweethearts, Little Willie John, and Choker Campbell & his band. The show will tour for six weeks and include the Southeast, Texas, parts of the Midwest, and Toronto, Canada. After the tour finishes up Herald releases a new side from The Turbans on #478 - "I'm Nobody's" and "B-I-N-G-O".

In July the group hits the road again this time with Sonny Boy Williamson throughout the Midwest. Herald pushes the ballad side of the newest release "I'm Nobody's" hoping for a breakout in the pop market but so far they have been unsuccessful. In September Herald tries again with #486 - "It Was A Night Like This" and "All My Love". In October The Turbans pay a return visit to the Circle Theater in Cleveland.

In 1957 the year sees the last two recordings for Herald Records by the group. Early in the year Herald #495 features "Valley of Love" and "Bye And Bye". It does not do well and the group has to rely on in person appearances with name recognition from their first two hits for the label. There was a long delay in their next and last recording for Herald, which was released late in the year. It was a classic ballad called "Congratulations", and was backed with a throw away jump tune called "The Wadda-Do" on #510.

The ballad side initially did well but then kind of got lost among the great number of records that were released at the time. In later years the ballad side has become one of the most performed tunes by a capella groups and other vocal groups keeping the sound of the music alive. In early 1958 however the label was pushing the jump side in trade publications. Into the early spring, "Congratulations" seems to be making strides in overcoming the flip side as the hit for The Turbans. By late April the record had run out of steam and so had the relationship between Herald Records and the group. The Turbans recorded sporadically in the next few years, none of the releases did much of anything to improve their fortunes. There was one side for Red Top , two releases for Roulette. This was followed by one outing on Parkway. Three forgettable recordings for Imperial in the early 60s ended the recording career of The Turbans. In later years Al Banks spent some time with the post Ben E. King Drifters. There was one last memorable turn for The Turbans.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Turbans/turbans.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/turbans.html

Songs :

This Is My Story            When you dance               Sincerely, But Not Yours

The Damage Is Done           The Wadda-Do                Congratulations

Six Questions                  It's All Over                       Donna Kimberley

Tick Tock A Woo                I'm Nobody's                    Three Friends

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Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (4)

Posted on July 11 2012 by dion1

Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (4) (Philadephia)

Personnel :

Garnet Mimms (Lead)

Sam Bell

Charles Boyer

Zola Pearnell

Discography :

Singles :

Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (4)
1963 - Cry Baby / Don't Change Your Heart (UA 629)
1963 - For Your Precious Love / Baby Don't You Weep (UA 658)
1964 - Anytime You Need Me / Tell Me Baby (UA 694)
1964 - One Girl / A Quiet Place (UA 715)
1964 - A Little Bit Of Soap / I'll Make It Up To You (UA 796)
1965 - So Close / It Was Easier To Hurt Her (UA 848)
1965 - Welcome Home / The Adventures Of Moll Flanders (UA 868)
1965 - Everytime / That Goes To Show You (UA 888)
1965 - Looking For You / More Than A Miracle (UA 951)
1966 - Prove It To Me / I'll Take Good Care Of You (UA 995)

Garnet Mimms
1964 - Look Away / One Woman Man (UA 773)

The Enchanters (4)
1964 - I Wanna Thank You / I'm A Good Man (Warner Bros 5460)
1965 - I Paid For The Party / I Want To Be Loved (Loma 2012)
1966 - God Bless The Girl And Me / You Were Meant To Be My Baby (Loma 2035)
1966 - I've Lost All Communications / We Got Love (Loma 2054)

Lps :

1963 - Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters "Cry baby" (UAL 3305 / UAS 6305)
For your precious love / Cry to me / Nobody but you / Until you were gone / Baby don't you weep / Anytime you need me / Runaway lover / Cry baby / Don't change your heart / A quiet place / So close / Wanting you

Biography :

On returning to Philadelphia in 1958 after completing his military service, Garnet Mimms discovered that times were changing and doo wop music had become serious business. After a brief stint in a secular outfit called the Deltones, Mimms wasted no time in forming a bona fide doo wop quintet, the Gainors, consisting of Sam Bell, Willie Combo, John Jefferson, Howard Tate (another figure destined for great things as a soul singer), and himself.

The Gainors made frequent trips to the recording studio over the next three years, and cut a total of eight singles for three different labels: Red Top (later absorbed by Cameo Parkway), Mercury, and Talley Ho. With little success to speak of, the Gainors folded in 1961 and Mimms and Bell left to form a new group. Together with Charles Boyer and, unusually enough, a female member, Zola Pearnell, they gave rise to Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters.

Mimms was probably disillusioned with Philadelphia by now (shades of W.C. Fields perhaps?!) and, convinced that the city was more concerned with the teen idol phenomenon, persuaded his new bandmates that the future for their musical direction lay elsewhere. Relocation to New York brought a meeting with legendary songwriter and producer Bert Berns. Under Berns' wing, they signed for United Artists and began a collaboration with a second historic songwriter/producer, Jerry Ragavoy.

Jerry Ragavoy with Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters

The partnership was immediately fruitful, yielding the classic "Cry Baby", an epic R&B tune which pretty much defined the sixties soul genre. The record was a smash hit, staying in the U.S. R&B chart for three whole months and reaching the no. 1 position. Even more surprising. "Cry Baby" hit number 4 in the pop chart, no mean feat for an uncompromising soul record.

The Enchanters were warming to the task. Another Ragavoy tune, "Baby Don't You Weep" (surely the inspiration for Billy Joe Royal's wonderful "I Knew You When" a couple of years later?), scored a hit later in the year, and this was followed by a peerless cover of Jerry Butler and the Impressions' Abner classic "For Your Precious Love".

United Artists had themselves a star. Garnet Mimms was something different: a singer with an extraordinary range (from powerful tenor to nerve-tingling falsetto) and an ability to switch from one genre to another with the greatest of ease. Indeed, the partnership between the Enchanters on the one hand and Ragavoy and Berns on the other was very much an experiment in applying Mimms' gospel and deep soul roots to the new uptown soul in vogue in New York.

Somewhat surprisingly, Mimms and the Enchanters parted company in 1964 following their sixth United Artists single, an impressive cover of the Jarmels' "A Little Bit Of Soap". The Enchanters did continue with Sam Bell as replacement lead vocalist, but there was little hope of recreating the magic of those previous UA releases. Mimms, on the other hand, was far from finished, and struck out on a promising solo career.
http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/garnet_mimms.htm

Songs :


For your precious love       Until You Were Gone                One Girl


Ther Goes my baby       Baby Don't You Weep    Dont Change Your Heart


A Quiet Place                        Cry Baby                     Anytime You Need Me

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The Class-Airs

Posted on July 8 2012 by dion1

The Class-Airs ( Bristol, RI)

Personnel :

Jerry Raymond "Cal Raye" (Falsetto, First Tenor)

Al Gilbert (Bass)

Bob Armstrong (First Tenor)

Ken Catalano (Second Tenor,Baritone)

Discography :

The Class-Airs
1961 - Too Old To Cry / My Tears Start to Fal (Honey Bee 1)

Cal Raye & The Class-Airs
1964 - Lovely Lies / Mr. Peppermint Man (Pharaoh 364)

Biography :

Group from Bristol,RI. consited From left to right: Al Gilbert (bass) , Bob Armstrong (first tenor), Ken Catalano (second tenor, barritone), & Jerry Raymond "Cal Raye" (falsetto, first tenor) . They all sang lead, depending on the song and the range. The original group name was the Classics, which they had to suddenly change it to The Class-airs when another group came out with a hit record using the same name 'Classics' whom you all know quite well.
By dowopper51

Songs :

The Class-Airs

Too Old To Cry My Tears Start to Fall

Cal Raye & The Class-Airs

Lovely Lies Mr. Peppermint Man

Cal Raye & Don Decarlo

We Belong Together

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Dean & Jean

Posted on July 7 2012 by dion1

Dean & Jean (Dayton, Ohio)
(By Hans-Joachim)

Personnel:

Welton Young

Brenda Lee Jones

Discography:

1958 - Oh Yeah / We’re Gonna Get Married (Buckeye 1001)
1958 - We’re Gonna Get Married / Too Young To Know (Ember 1048)
1959 - Never Let Love Fade Away / Turn It Off (Ember 1054)
1962 - Come Take A Walk With Me / Dance The Roach (Rust 5044)
1962 - Mack The Knife / You Can't Be Happy By Yourself (Rust 5046)
1963 - Tra La La La Suzy* / I Love The Summertime* (Rust 5067)
1964 - Hey Jean, Hey Dean* / Please Don't Tell Me Now* (Rust 5075)
1964 - I Wanna Be Loved / Thread Your Needle** (Rust 5081)
1964 - Goddess Of Love / The Man Who Will Never Grow Old (Rust 5085)
1964 - Sticks And Stones / In My Way (Rust 5089)
1965 - Goddess Of Love / Lovingly Yours (Rust 5100)
1966 - I Love The Summertime / She's Too Respectable (Rust 5107)
N/A - Seven Day Wonder* / The Man Who Will Never Grow Old (Rust TR 1)
N/A - Lucky Old Sun (Laurie unreleased)**

*bb the uncredited Del Satins
**credited to Dean & Jean, but actually by Brenda Lee Jones solo
*** released on the Crystal Ball LP 106 in 1982

Biography:

Welton Young, a former member of The King Toppers, teamed up with Brenda Lee Jones (later Brenda Lee Nelson) to form the duo of “Dean & Jean.” They recorded for Buckeye, Ember and the Laurie subsidiary Rust, from late 1958 through 1966, and had some Pop chart hits

Their debut was We're Gonna Get Married for Buckeye in 1958. Their first record for Allen Sussel's Rust label, he also ran the Andie, Emge, and Laurie imprints, was Dance The Roach # 5044.

Dean & Jean

They eventually issued something like nine releases on the label and had a minor hit with the third Tra La La La Suzy, the above was their fourth. (“Tra La La La Suzy” went to #35 and “Hey Dean, Hey Jean” made it to #32).

French Eps

Interestingly EMI picked up three of their records and issued them in the UK on Stateside, one of which was the above stormer (see below). Stateside also released When The Boys Happy, which was also a Rust release USA.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/KingToppers/kingtoppers.html

Songs :

         Oh Yeah       We’re Gonna Get Married         Too Young To Know


Never Let Your Love Fade Away         Turn It Off    Come Take A Walk With Me


Dance The Roach                Mack The Knife               Tra La La Suzy


I Love The Summertime        Hey Jean, Hey Dean          Please Don’t Tell Me Now


I Wanna Be Loved              Thread Your Needle               Goddess Of Love


Sticks And Stones                  In My Way                     Lovingly Yours


She’s Too Respectable           Seven Day Wonder                 Luck Old Sun

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Curtis Ware & The Four Do-Matics

Posted on July 3 2012 by dion1

Curtis Ware & The Four Do-Matics (Seattle, WA)

Personnel :

Curtis Ware (Lead)

Jim Iddings

Clayton Lacey

Merve Clements

Del Green

Discography :

1961- Flame In My Heart / Am I In Love (KayBee 101)

Biography :

Well-known popish vocal group from seattle . The Four Do-Matics consisted of Jim Iddings, Clayton Lacey, Merve Clements, Del Green.

In 1961 they backed up Curtis Ware for his two doo wop's sides on The Seatlle's label Kay Bee.

Songs :

Am I In Love Flame In My Heart

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