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The Heartbeats (2)

Posted on March 8 2010 by dion1

The Heartbeats (2) (Jamaica, Queens,New-York)

Personnel :

James Sheppard（Lead）

Albert 'Walter' Crump（Tenor）

Robby Tatumaka "Robby Brown"（Tenor）

Vernon Seavers（Baritone）

Wally Roker（Bass）

Discography :

Singles :
1955 - Tormented / After Everybody's Gone (Network 71200)
1955 - Crazy For You / Rockin-N-Rollin-N-Rhythm-N-Blues(Hull 711)
1956 - Darling How Long / Hurry Home Baby (Hull 713 / Gee 1062)
1956 - Your Way / People Are Talking (Hull 716 / Gee 1061)
1956 - A Thousand Miles Away / Oh Baby Don't (Hull 720 / Rama 216)
1957 - I Won't Be The Fool Anymore / Wedding Bells (Rama 222)
1957 - Everybody's Somebody's Fool / I Want To Know (Rama 231)
1957 - When I Found You / Hands Off My Baby (Gee 1043)
1957 - After New Year's Eve / 500 Miles To Go (Gee 1047)
1958 - Down On My Knees / I Found A Job (Roulette 4054)
1958 - One Day Next Year / Sometimes I Wonder (Roulette 4091)
1959 - One Million Years / Darling I Want To Get Married (Guyden 2011)
1959 - Crazy For You / Down On My Knees (Roulette 4194)

Unreleased :
1956 - Be Mine, Be Mine (Hull)
1956 - Hydromatic Drive (Hull)
1957 - Stars In The Sky (Rama)
1957 - Tell Me (Rama)
1957 - It's All Right (With Me) (Rama)
1957 - Have Rock Will Roll (Rama)
1957 - Lonely Lover (Rama)
1957 - Lovin' Sickness (Gee)
1957 - Be Mine (Gee)

 Lp :
1960 - A Thousand Miles Away (Roulette R-25107
A Thousand Miles Away / Everybody's Somebody's Fool / Crazy For You / After New Year's Eve / One Day Next Year / I Found A Job / I Want To Know / Sometimes I Wonder / Down On My Knees / Lonely Lover / It's All Right (With Me) / Have Rock, Will Roll

The Heartbeats (2)

Biography :

This doo-wop vocal quartet was formed in Queens, New York, USA, in 1954, originally named simply the Hearts. Three of the band members, Albert Crump (lead), Wally Roker (bass) and Vernon Sievers (baritone), met while attending Woodrow Wilson High School. They completed the line-up with Robbie Tatum from a neighbouring school. They acquired a new lead in the shape of James Sheppard (c.1936, Queens, New York, USA; d. 24 January 1970, Long Island, New York, USA) and Crump then sang first tenor.

The group made their recording debut on Philadelphia’s Network Records with Sheppard’s ‘Tormented’. Receiving scant promotion, it brought the group little exposure and fewer sales. More productive would be a liaison with Hull Records. This began in September 1955 with ‘Crazy For You’, a strong regional seller, and continued with ‘Darling How Long’ in February of the following year.

One of the most fondly remembered records of the whole doo-wop era, ‘Your Way’, like all their previous releases was written by Sheppard. Though it did not chart at the time, it has subsequently become one of the most popular songs of the period.

Their star rising, the Heartbeats’ next recording was ‘Oh Baby Don’t’, but it sold mainly on the strength of Sheppard’s plangent b-side composition, ‘A Thousand Miles Away’. This quickly became a nationwide hit, peaking at number 53 in the Billboard charts. The Heartbeats sought to confirm their popularity with nationwide tours in the company of Ray Charles, B.B. King and others.

After a publishing dispute with Hull Records, the Heartbeats’ next single emerged on Rama Records in 1957. ‘I Won’t Be The Fool Anymore’ was followed by ‘Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool’, which returned them to the lower reaches of the charts. Spells at Gee and Roulette Records (two singles each) preceded the band’s break-up in 1958, at which time the members divided into two factions.

The Heartbeats (2)

The rest of the band were allegedly none too impressed when Sheppard fell asleep at the microphone one night in Philadelphia, and other bouts of unshackled egotism exacerbated the situation.The momentum was lost, and all bar Sheppard returned to regular employment.

Their erstwhile lead put together Shep And The Limelites, who released a number of singles, though only one, ‘Daddy’s Home’, enjoyed major success (US number 2 in 1961). Sheppard was found dead in January 1970 after being shot and robbed. The four surviving members of the Heartbeats reunited in December 2003 to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

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The Bermudas

Posted on March 1 2010 by dion1

Rickie Page & Groups
Rickie Page

Rickie Page & Groups (Los Angeles, Ca)

aka The Georgettes (1) (Ricki)
aka The Page Sisters (Ricki & Sonya)
aka The Austin Sisters (Ricki & Sonya)
aka The Majorettes (1) (Sheila, Joanna, Susie and Rebecca)
aka Joanne & The Triangles (3) (Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
aka Beverly & The Motor Scooters (Ricki, Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
aka Becky & The Lollipops (2) (Joanna,Rebecca)
aka The Bermudas (Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)
aka The Cinders (3) (Ricki, Sheila, Joanna,Rebecca)

Personnel:

Ricki Page

Rebecca Page

Joanna Page

Sheilah Page

Discography :

The Georgettes (1)
1957 - Love Like A Fool / Oh Tonight (Ebb 125)
1959 - Dizzy Over You / Oh Oh Yes (Jackpot 48001)
1960 - Down By The River / Pair Of Eyes (Fleet 1111/UA 237)
1963 - The Story / Little Boy (Troy 1001)

The Page Sisters
1957 - Sweet Sweetheart / All My Love Belongs To You (Zephyr 70-012)
1958 - Dream Boy / If They Only Knew (Liberty 55133)

The Austin Sisters
It Happened At The Hop / Love Can Do Most Anything (Edison International 401)

The Majorettes (1)
1962 - Stretch Sensation / Dance With Me (Regency 8000)
1962 - White Levi's / Please Come Back (Troy 1000)
1963 - Let's Do the Kangaroo / Dance With Me (Troy 1004)

Rickie Page & Groups

Joanne & The Triangles (3)
1963 - After The Showers Come Flowers / Don't Be A Cry Baby (Vip 25003)

Beverly & The Motor Scooters
1964 - He's My Boy / I Had To Walk Home Myself (Epic 9654)

Becky & The Lollipops (2)
1964 - I Don't Care (What They Say) / Come On Home (Troy 6493)
1964 - I Don't Care (What They Say) / My Boyfriend (Epic 9736)

The Bermudas
1964 - Donnie / Chu Sen Ling (Era 3125)
1964 - Blue Dreamer / Seing is Believing (Era 3133)

The Cinders (3)
1964 - I'll Follow You / The Story (Original Sound 43)

Biography :

Rickie Page was born June Evelyn Kuykendall in tiny Lindsay, Oklahoma on 7 November 1929. June became a recording star with releases on Liberty, Dot, Zephyr, and Rendezvous. Sometimes recording with her sister Sonya (The Page Sisters and The Austin Sisters) and Sometimes with some combination of her three daughters Joanna, Sheila, and Becky (Rebecca) Page and their friend Susan Kuykendall.

Rickie Page & Groups
The Georgettes

She also put records out on Con, Landa, Decca, Epic, Era, Fleet, Hit, Landa, Spar, United Artists, and VIP, using a huge variety of artist names, including The Georgettes. The Georgettes was fronted by Rickie Page in 1957 and were named after her husband/co-writer/producer George Motola. Rickie Page was the only vocalist for the group. The Georgettes appeared on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand in January, 1958.

Rickie Page & Groups
The Majorettes : Sheila, Joanna, Susie and Rebecca

They hired a little Philipino girl, Rosalie, to be the other half and they did the Dick Clark show. The Bermudas, the Majorettes, the Georgettes, Becky & Lollipops, Joanne & the Triangles and Beverly & the Motorscooters – these are just some of the recording names used by Rickie Page and the female members of her musical family. The Majorettes first released "Stretch Sensation" b/w Dance With Me" which is very much inspired by the recordings of Little Eva and Dee Dee Sharp – in 1962 on the Regency International label.

Rickie Page & Groups
The Bermudas : Joanna, Sheilah & Rebecca

They then released “White Levis” on George Motola’s Troy label later that year. “Let’s Do The Kangaroo” followed in 1963 with “Dance With Me” resurrected for the flipside. Rickie Page and George Motola were active in the music business in the late 50s and 60s. They wrote “Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie” for Eddie Cochran, “Donnie” for the Bermudas and “Borealis” for the Markets among other achievements. George wrote “Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)” with John Marascalco.

Videos

Donnie

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Georgettes (1)

Oh Tonight                          Love Like A Fool                          Oh Oh Yes


Dizzy Over You                             Pair Of Eyes                    Down By The River

The Story / Little Boy

The Page Sisters

Sweet Sweetheart

The Austin Sisters

It Happened At The Hop Love Can Do Most Anything

The Majorettes (1)


White Levi's                                     Please Come Back


       Dance with Me                        Let's Do the Kangaroo

Joanne & The Triangles (3)

After The Showers Come Flowers / Don't Be A Cry Baby

Beverly & The Motor Scooters


He's my boy                                I Don't Care (What They Say)

Becky & The Lollipops (2)


I Don't Care (What They Say)    My Boyfriend              Come On Home

The Bermudas

Chu Sen Ling                        Seing is Believing


Blue Dreamer                       Donnie

The Cinders (3)

The Story I'll Follow You

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The Ran-Dells

Posted on February 26 2010 by dion1

The Ran-Dells (New Jersey)

Personnel :

John Spirt

Robert Lawrence Rappaport

Steven Rappaport

Discography :

1963 - Sound Of The Sun / Come On And Love Me To (Charmain 4407)
1964 - The Martian Hop / Forgive Me Darling (Charmain 4403)
1964 - Beyound The Stars / Wintertime (RSVP 1104)

Biography :

The group consisted of three first cousins: Steven Rappaport, Robert Rappaport and John Spirt. Steven was from Villas, New Jersey and the others were from nearby Cape May, New Jersey. In the early 60's certain things became fashionable, such as space exploration and dance songs. The three cousins were in college when they began discussing writing a song that included these themes. Within minutes they came up with a song they called Martian Hop. Steven had worked as a disc jockey under the name Steve Randle -- hence the group's name, the Ran-Dells. In January of 1963 the three students made a master of the song, with Robert on lead vocals in his natural falsetto voice and playing guitar, and the other two singing the doo-wopish ba-ba-um-mum-mum's and playing the other instruments on the record.

It cost Steven $330 to produce the master, a rather significant amount at that time. Brill Building songwriter Gerry Goffin was in the studio when the song was recorded. He liked it and brought it to producer Don Kirschner. Kirschner signed the group; the record was released in June of 1963 on Kirschner's Chairman label. The members of the Ran-Dells were surprised when they heard it on their car radio four weeks later, when it was spun by Cousin Brucie on WABC. The song began to climb the charts. It was a big hit overseas, reaching number one on the charts in France, Israel and West Germany. In the USA it went as high as number sixteen on Billboard. Worldwide the record sold more than 1 million copies.

The Ran-Dells were stars, if only for a brief time. They appeared on American Bandstand on August 22, 1963. They tried a couple of follow-up songs but without much success. Steven Rappaport recalled receiving a check in the amount of $32,000 in the days when a Pontiac Grand Prix sold for $2,200. Having been razzed by his college buddies during the year he made the record, he got the last laugh by taping a copy of the check to the front of the door of his dormitory room at Brandeis University. Martian Hop was chosen as one of the top songs of the 60's by Doctor Demento, who calls it "neo-doowop." It is a fun novelty song that reflects its era in American pop music.
http://www.tsimon.com/ran-dell.htm

Songs :


Beyound The Stars                   Wintertime


The Martian Hop                   Sound Of The Sun

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The Pentagons aka The Shields (2) aka The Chesterfields (3)

Posted on February 23 2010 by dion1

The Pentagons aka The Shields (2) aka The Chesterfields (3)

Carl McGinnis , Kenneth Goodloe, Josephus Jones, Otis Munson & Ted Goodloe

The Pentagons (San Bernardino, Los Angeles)
aka The Chesterfields (3) aka The Shields (2)

Personnel :

Josephus Jones "Joe C. Jones" (Lead）

Otis Munson （Tenor）

Kenneth Goodloe（Tenor）

Ted Goodloe（Baritone）

Carl McGinnis (Bass)

Bill James

Discography :

The Pentagons
Singles:
1958 - It's Spring Again / Silly Dilly（Speciality 644）
1960 - To Be loved (forever) / Down At The Beach（Fleet Int'l 100/Donna 1337）
1961 - For A Love That Is Mine / I Like The Way You Look（Donna 1344）
1961 - I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong To Me) / She Loves Me（Jamie 1201）
1962 - Until Then / I'm In Love（Jamie 1210 / Caldwell 411）
1964 - Gonna Wait For You / Forever Yours（Sutter 100）
Unreleased:
1960 - Walking Alone (Donna)
1962 - Help Me With My Broken Heart (Jamie)

The Shields (2)
1960 - You'll Be Coming Home / The Girl Around The Corner (Falcon 100/Trans.1013)

The Chesterfields (3)
1962 - You Walked Away / A Dream Is But A Dream (Philips 40060)

Biography :

The original Pentagons group, which was assembled in 1958, comprised the Goodloe brothers, McGinnis, plus Bill James as tenor and Johnny Torrence as lead. They recorded one unsuccessful single for Specialty Records, and then Torrence and James departed to be replaced by Jones and Munson, respectively. A trip to Los Angeles that same year attracted the attention of George Motola's Fleet International, a label Motola owned with Lee Silver. The group recorded a single, "You'll Be Coming Home Soon," which Motola released under the name the Shields.

They were forced to change their name to the Pentagons after discovering a local act from Los Angeles had a hit that year under the same name ("You Cheated").In 1961 the group had a big hit with a Ken Goodloe song, 'To Be Loved (Forever)' (number 48 pop). It was released on Bob Keane's Donna label, but after one follow-up on Donna the group moved to the Jamie label.

They reached the charts again during 1961 with this Goodloe composition, 'I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong To Me)' (number 84 pop). Ricky Nelson was so impressed with the song he recorded it in 1964.In 1962 the group cut two great early soul singles under the alias of the Chesterfields but with no additional hits forthcoming, the group disbanded and faded into obscurity.

Songs :

The Pentagons

To Be Loved                           Until Then                            I'm In Love


It's Spring Again / Silly Dilly    I Wonder / She Loves Me           Forever Yours


Gonna Wait For You           I Like The Way You Look          For A Love That Is Mine


   Down At The Beach            Walking Alone       Help Me With My Broken Heart

The Shields (2)

You'll Be Coming Home / The Girl Around The Corner

The Chesterfields (3)


You Walked Away                             A Dream Is But A Dream

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The Rosebuds (1)

Posted on February 22 2010 by dion1

The Rosebuds (1) (New York)

Personnel :

Dorothy Pasqualini (Lead)

Rosemarie De Santis

Virginia Petasso

Mary Salta

Discography :

Singles :
1957 - Dearest Darling / Unconditional Surrender (Gee 1033) 
1959 - Kiss Me Goodnight / Joey (Lancer 102)

Unreleased :
1957 - Darling I Love You So (Gee)

Biography :

The Rosebuds, four singers from Brooklyn got such a chance in 1957 when they were part of a superb roster of talent, scoring a run in the process. The Rosebuds were from the Bay Ridge/Bensonhurst area of Brooklyn and attended New Utrecht High School. The quartet enjoyed singing for fun, never thinking that they would actually record anything. Through a parent's contact, the girls landed a deal with Gee Records, known for its Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll acts. Their passing fancy for singing did not go unheralded. The girls recorded two sides for Gee. The A-side was “Dearest Darling”, a warm ballad with Dorothy deftly handling the lead role. The song merited local airplay around New York City.

Since most acts singing for the label in 1957 were black, this foursome of Italian- American girls stood out on the roster when they made a personal appearance at Alan Freed's Easter Jubilee at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre in March of 1957. Other Gee-Rama acts on the program were Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, Little Billy Mason, The Harptones and The Cleftones.

After the initial single, Dorothy left to pursue a solo career. The remaining trio, with Mary Salta on lead, recorded one more vivacious single in 1959 entitled, “ Joey”, flipped with “Kiss Me Goodnight” for the Goldner-distributed Lancer Records. After this, the group Disbanded.

Songs :

Dearest Darling Unconditional Surrender Kiss Me Goodnight

Darling I Love You So

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The Octaves (1)

Posted on February 20 2010 by dion1

The Octaves (1) (Philadelphia)

Personnel :

Moses Oliver (Lead)

Paul Davis (Tenor)

Harmon Bethea (Baritone)

James Baker (Baritone)

Leo Carter (Guitar)

Discography :

Unreleased :

1956 - I'll Never Fool My Heart (D.C.)
1956 - Open Up And Let Me In (D.C.)
1956 - I Just Lost My Sweetheart (D.C.)

Biography :

When the Cap-Tans dissolved, Harmon Bethea returned to Gospel singing with a group called the Progressiveaires. They were: Moses Oliver (lead), Paul Davis (tenor), Harmon Bethea (baritone), James Baker (baritone), Ezra Davis (bass), and Leo Carter (guitar). Carter had been with the Clefs who had recorded "We Three" for Chess and "I'll Be Waiting" for Peacock.

The Octaves (1)

The Progressiveaires appeared on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts program and had a couple of releases on the (what else?) D.C. label in 1955. When Ezra Davis left, they changed their name to the Octaves, and did some recording (unreleased) for D.C.

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Bobby Lester & The Moonlighters (1) aka The Moonglows

Posted on February 18 2010 by dion1

Bobby Lester & The Moonlighters (1) (Cleveland, Ohio)
aka The Moonglows

Personnel :

Bobby Lester (Lead/Tenor)

Harvey Fuqua (Lead/Tenor)

Discography :

1954 - So All Alone / Shoo Doo-Be Doo (Checker 806)
1954 - Hug And Kiss / New Gal (Checker 813)

Biography :

Between 1955 and 1957, the Moonglows reached the R&B charts frequently with hits like "Most of All", "In My Diary", "When I'm With You", "See Saw", "We Go Together", and "Please Send Me Someone to Love."

The Moonglows

Different styles defined the Moonglows lead singers: Fuqua favored the uptempo R&B/rock numbers while Lester sung more of the romantic ballads, for which the group was better known, and occasionally the two would share the leads, duet-style.

Although Lester and Fuqua are credited as forming a spinoff group called the Moonlighters, recording in 1955 for the Chess subsidiary label Checker, they paired on only two numbers released as by the Moonlighters, "So All Alone" and "New Gal." The flip sides of these two songs, respectively "Shoo-Do-Be-Doo" and "Hug And A Kiss" featured the full group.

The flip side of "Starlite" called "In Love" also featured a Lester-Fuqua duet.
Alan Freed promotes the tune and the "group within a group" concept.

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Moonglows/moonglows.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/moonglows.html

Songs :

New Gal

Hug And Kiss Shoo Doo-Be Doo

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The Renowns

Posted on February 17 2010 by dion1

The Renowns (Akron, Oh)

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The Romaines

Posted on February 14 2010 by dion1

The Romaines (New York)

Personnel :

Earl Plummer (Lead)

Romaine Brown (Bass)

Bobby Bushnell (Baritone)

Roy Hayes (Tenor)

Henry Tucker Green (Drums)

Discography :

The Romaines
Singles :
1954 - Your Kind Of Love / Till The Wee Wee Morning (Groove 0035)
Unreleased :
1954 - Long Time Dead (Groove)
1954 - Weight Broke The Wagon Down (Groove) 

Romaine Brown & His Romaines
1956 - Soft Summer Breeze / Autumn Leaves (Decca 30054)
1956 - Ooba Dabba Dabba Da / Hold 'Em Joe (Decca 30122)
1957 - When Your Lover Has Gone / Satin Doll (Decca 30399)

Biography :

This Philadelphia pianist and vocalist is mostly known as a member of the Five Red Caps, although he did strike out on his own with the Romaines, a group that together with the Icebergs and the Red Leafs definitely constitute the salad days of doo-wop. Actually, the band which began as the Red Caps began in the late-'30s days of jive, and one of Brown's specialities was that kind of swinging fast-paced music, sometimes complete with novelty vocal numbers. This was a talent he shared with the band's leader, Steve Gibbons. The latter performer was one of the Red Caps since its inception, while Brown came on board a few years later when pianist Beryl Booker became too sick to carry on with the group.

Soon thereafter the combo began its recording relationship with producer Joe Davis. "I've Learned a Lesson I'll Never Forget" was the opening salvo in what would be a four year relationship with Davis' Beacon label, and could easily have been written about any number of publishing agreements made by artists in this recording era. The Beacon track "Boogie Woogie Ball" is a sample of Brown's instrumental style. In 1948, the band, now known as Steve Gibson & the Red Caps and signed to the Mercury label, had what would be its biggest record ever, a cover of the chestnut "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine." Brown's vocal features on the group's Mercury run of recordings are particularly fine.

The Romaines

Romaine Brown & The Romaines in Miami Beach

By the early '50s, it was now Steve Gibson & the Original Red Caps and a small stack of different singles had come out. Sales were falling off, with the jivey mood of the 1951 "Did Ya Eat Yet Joe?" perhaps not the type of musical question the listening public wanted to be asked. Enterprising manager Nat Nazarro, checking out the popularity of the Nat "King" Cole Trio format, tried out a Red Caps Trio highlighting the more delicate interplay of Brown, Gibson, and a bassist, usually either Israel Crosby or David Patillo. This group also recorded as a backup unit for bluesman George "Bon Bon" Tunnell, who had gone to high school with Brown.

The Romaines

Brown finally made the big move in 1953: wilting under pressures from the band, he pulled out and formed his own group, the Romaines. Other members included Bobby Bushnell, a baritone vocalist and bassist; Roy Hayes, a tenor vocalist and guitarist; and drummer Henry Tucker Green, whose name sounds like a location for a cricket match. Lead tenor Earl Plummer joined soon thereafter, and was already a mate from the shifting lineup of various Red Caps outfits. In the summer of 1954, the Romaines signed with the groovy Groove label, later going on to record for Decca under the sway of Harry Mills of the Mills Brothers. The group stayed together through the end of the decade, but only Brown was only able to make Hayes stay around out of the original outfit. Brown tossed out the Romaines in 1959 and went back to the Red Caps salad bowl. He is once again heard playing piano on songs originating from a few sessions that were done before he once again headed out on his own, this time to try working as a single. From the '60s on, this is how Brown finished out his career. He and bandmate Spring died in the same year, 1987.

http://www.uncamarvy.com/RedCaps/redcaps.html

Songs :

Romaine Brown & His Romaines

Autumn Leaves Soft Summer Breeze

The Romaines

Your Kind Of Love / Till The Wee Wee Morning

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The Carlos Brothers aka The Shadows (3)

Posted on February 13 2010 by dion1

The Carlos Brothers (Chicago)
aka The Shadows (3)

Personnel :

Jimmy Carlos

Pete Antoniano

Discography :

The Shadows (3)
1958 - Under the Stars of love / Jungle Fever (Del-Fi 4109)

The Carlos Brothers
1959 - Come On Let's Dance / Tonight (Del-Fi 4112) 
1959 - It's Time To Go / Little Cupid (Del-Fi 4118) 
1960 - La Bamba / It's Time To Go (Del-Fi 4145) 
1963 - I Realize / Meet My Town (Zen 106)

Biography :

Jimmy Carlos and Pete Antoniano were brothers who shared the same mother but had different fathers. They are credited as being the first Los Angeles-based act to bring the Mexican duet style into rhythm & blues. They grew up in the Cabrillo projects in the city of Long Beach, California. Their early influences were all-black doowop & R&B groups. Jimmy & Pete went to Banning High School in the city of Wilmington, California. There, they began performing under the name the Shadows at talents shows and shows for local car clubs.

El Monte Legion Stadium

They were asked to come and perform at El Monte Legion Stadium at a show headlined by Ritchie Valens. Ritchie was impressed by duo and told them he would talk to his manager Bob Keane of Del-Fi Records. At the time Jimmy was 17 and Pete was 15. They recorded "Under Stars Of Love" and "Jungle Fever" under the name the Shadows.

Ritchie Valens

It was released in September of 1958 but the record went nowhere possibly because using the name the Shadows, they were thought to be black. For their next single, the duo recorded "Tonight" and "Come On Let's Dance" For that session they were joined by Ritchie Valens who plays guitar on both sides. The record was released just one month after Ritchie's tragic death in February 1959. For this release & the next they used the name The Carlos Brothers.

The Carlos Brothers aka The Shadows (3)

Later in 1959, Jimmy & Pete would record "It's Time To Go" and "Little Cupid". In 1960 the brothers would record an updated version of La Bamba" and it would be released with "It's Time To Go" as the flip side. For the track " La Bamba" Ritchie's original track was used, Bob Keane added some violins and the Blossoms, a Los Angeles girl group added the backing. The Carlos Brothers would quit music for a while but returned in 1963 for producer H.B. Barnum. They cut "Meet My Town", a sort of Beach Boys-styled tribute to Los Angeles and "I Realize". These tracks were released on the Zen label.
http://wwwyoufoundthateastsidesoundcom.blogspot.fr/2011/08/eastside-legends-carlos-brothers-aka.html

Songs :

The Carlos Brothers

It's Time To Go Come On Let's Dance I Realize

Tonight La Bamba Meet My Town

The Shadows (3)

Under the Stars of love / Jungle Fever

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