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The Sultans (1) aka The Admirals

Posted on January 11 2009 by dion1

The Sultans (1) aka The Admirals

The Sultans (1) (Omaha, Neb.)
aka The Admirals
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

Personnel :

Willie Barnes (Lead)

Wesley Devereaux (First Tenor)

Gene Mc Daniels (Second Tenor)

James Farmer (Baritone)

Richerd Beasley (Bass)

Discography :

The Sultans (1)
1954 - Good Thing Baby / How Deep Is The Ocean (Duke 125)
1954 - I Cried My Heart Out / Baby Don't Put Me Down (Duke 133)
1954 - Boppin' With The Mambo / What Makes Me Feel This Way (Duke 135)
1957 - If I Could Tell / My Love Is So High (Duke 178)

The Admirals
1955 - Oh Yes / Left With A Broken Heart (King 4772)
1955 - Close Your Eyes / Give Me Your Love (King 4782)

Cathy Ryan & The Admirals
1955 - It's A Sad, Sad Feeling / [Lucky Millinder - Ow!] (King 4792)

Bubber Johnson (BB The Admirals)
1955 - Ding Dang Doo / Drop Me A Line (King 4793)
1957 - A Crazy Afternoon / [So Much Tonight (Bubber Johnson solo)] (King 5068)

Biography :

Gene McDaniels was born in Kansas City, Kansas, in February of 1935. He was interested in music from an early age then living in Omaha, Nebraska, where he studied music at the Omaha Conservatory. During the post war forties he was part of a gospel music quartet called The Heavenly Wanderers and later The Echoes Of Joy. As a teenager he formed a vocal group called The Echoes along with lead singer Will Barnes, James Farmer, Jimmy Mimms, and Richard Beasley.

The Sultans (1) aka The Admirals

This group never did record, but two years later the same personnel with the exception of Mimms (who was replaced by Wesley Devreaux ) now known as The Sultans, secured a recording contract with Duke Records which had recently relocated to Houston, Texas, from Memphis. The Sultans first recorded effort for Duke Records was the pop music standard "How Deep Is The Ocean" and "Good Thing Baby" on #125 in April of 1954.

The group was backed up on the record by the Johnny Otis orchestra. The Sultans perform at a number of venues in the Midwest including the statewide meeting of the Music Guild of Nebraska in June. In October The Sultans have their second record out for the Duke label. It is comprised of the tunes "I Cried My Heart Out" and "Baby Don't Put Me Down" on #133. At the very end of the year The Sultans give it one more chance with Duke and record the songs "Boppin With The Mambo" and "What Makes Me Feel This Way" on Duke #135. As with the previous two releases for Duke, this one does not sell or gain airplay for the group.

The Sultans (1) aka The Admirals

The Sultans in early 1955 decide on a change of name for the group. With the same personnel they are now known as The Admirals. By the end of January they have set up a recording date for one of the giant R & B independents, King Records of Cincinnati, Ohio. late in February King #4772 is released. It features The Admirals on the songs "Oh Yes" and "Left With A Broken Heart". One month later the group has a second recording for King - "Close Your Eyes" and "Give Me Your Love" on #4782. Neither record does anything on the selling front or on airplay for the group. In April the group appears on a record by Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra. The vocal is by Cathy Ryan and The Admirals do the backing vocals on one side of the record - "It's A Sad Sad Feeling".

The flip side is an instrumental called "Ow" released on King #4792. That same month the group also does backing vocals behind singer Bubber Johnson on the songs "Ding Dang Doo" and "Drop Me A Line" on #4793. By the end of 1955 The Admirals are no more and Gene McDaniels decides to try and make it as a solo act. However in July of 1957 another Bubber Johnson vocal with backing by The Admirals is released by King on #5068. The session was actually recorded in 1955 with the tunes "A Crazy Afternoon" and "So Much Tonight". That same year an old recording by The Sultans is released on the Duke label of the songs "My Love Is So High" and "If I Could Tell" on #178.

The Sultans (1) aka The Admirals
Gene McDaniels

Gene McDaniels after the breakup of The Admirals, worked on his songwriting skills, and soon landed a recording contract with Liberty Records. Starting with "In Times Like These" and "Once Before" on #55231 recorded late in 1959 which was not a success, he worked hard to make it as a single. Finally in April of 1961, a tune called "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay" on Liberty #55308 broke out as a national hit. Gene McDaniels has become a well rounded musician in all phases of the art form, and it all started those many years ago as part of a blend of voices lifted in song as part of a R & B vocal group.

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Songs :

The Sultans (1)


Cried My Heart Out                      Baby Don't Put Me Down


Boppin' With The Mambo              What Makes Me Feel This Way


If I Could Tell                                     My Love Is So High

The Admirals


Oh Yes                                Left With A Broken Heart


Close Your Eyes                             Give Me Your Love

Cathy Ryan & The Admirals

It's A Sad, Sad Feeling

Bubber Johnson (bb The Admirals)

A Crazy Afternoon Drop Me A Line

Ding Dang Doo

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The Violinaires aka The Gales (1) aka The Question Marks (1)

Posted on January 11 2009 by dion1

The Gales (1) (Detroit)
aka The Question Marks (1) aka The Violinaires

Personnel :

Isaiah Jones (Lead)

Calvin Fair (Lead)

Bob Gandy

Wilson DeShields (Baritone)

Leo Coney

Discography :

The Violinaires
1954 - Another Soldier Gone / Joy In The Beulah Land (Drummond 4000)

The Gales (1)
1955 - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying / My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble (J.V.B 34)
1955 - Darling Patricia / All Is Well, All Is Well (J.V.B 35/J.O.B. 3001)

The Question Marks (1)
1954 - Another Soldier Gone / Get Some More (Hollywood Flames) (Swing Time 346)

Biography :

Calvin Fair, along with Isaiah Jones, Wilson DeShields, Leo Coney, and Dempsey were the Violinaires singing "Another Soldier Gone." The Pressing plant personnel at Drummond misspelled the Group's name on the label as Voilinaires. The same group of people recorded the four (4) songs attributed to the Gales. Los Angeles label Swing Time issued 'Another Soldier Gone' with the credited artists as The ? Marks. In fact "Another Soldier Gone" seems to be an alternate take by the Violinaires. The group who sing on the flip of the record featured here is in fact The Hollywood Flames.
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Songs :

The Violinaires


Another Soldier Gone        Joy In The Beulah Land

The Gales (1)


My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble     Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying      Darling Patricia

All Is Well, All Is Well

The Question Marks (1)

Another Soldier Gone

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The Five Bops aka The Whirlwinds (3)

Posted on January 8 2009 by dion1

The Whirlwinds (3) (Phillips, Texas)
aka The Five Bops

Personnel :

Bill Baker

Eugene Richmond

Melvin Webb

H.F. Ritchie

Bill Dees

Gerald Hanners (Guitar)

Discography :

The Five Bops
1959 - Unforgotten Love / Jitterbuggin' (Hamilton 50023)

The Whirlwinds (3)
1961 - Angel Love / The Mountain (Guyden 2052)

Biography :

The group, originally from Phillips, Texas, recorded "Unforgotten Love" b/w "Jitterbuggin'" in 1958 at the Norman Petty Studio in Clovis, New Mexico. Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly had already recorded hits there. The single was released on the Hamilton Label under the name of The Five Bops.

The Five Bops

In 1958, the group consisted of Bill Baker, Bill Dees, Eugene Richmond, Melvin Webb and H.F. Ritchie. H.F. Ritchie sang lead on "Jitterbuggin'" and Bill Dees on "Unforgotten Love".In 1960, the group added Gerald Hanners, as lead guitar player, and changed the name to The Whirlwinds. In 1961 they released another Norman Petty produced record on the Guyden label:"Angel Love" featuring H.F. Ritchie b/w "The Mountain," featuring Bill Dees.

The Whirlwinds (3)

Their records were regional hits but were not nationally successful. The group toured briefly with Roy Orbison, Johnny Tillotson and Mark Dinning. Bill Dees eventually moved to Nashville and became a songwriting & singing partner with Roy Orbison and helped create many of the Orbison classics including "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "It's Over. The Five Bops/Whirlwinds were among many groups from the Texas Panhandle who recorded at the Norman Petty Studios in the 50's and 60's.

Songs :

The Five Bops


Jitterbuggin'                                Unforgotten Love

The Whirlwinds (3)


Angel Love                                           The Mountain

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The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

Posted on January 8 2009 by dion1

The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

The Sweet Teens (1) (Pomona, Los Angeles, CA)
aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

Personnel :

Elnora Hicks

Betty Hicks

Mary Thomas

Ruth Davis

Discography :

The Sweet Teens (1)
1955 - Don't Worry About A Thing / Forever More (Flip 311)

The Ru-Bee-Els
1961- I'll Try / Evil (Flip 359)

Kell Osborne & The Chicks (2)
1962 - Little Chick-A-Dee / Do You Mind (Class 302)

The Hollywood Chicks
1962 - Tossin' a Ice Cube / Hey, Little Gigolo (Class 303)

Biography :

The Sweet Teens were a female quartet from Pomona area of Los Angeles. The Members were Elnora Hicks, Betty Hicks, Mary Thomas & Ruth Davis. Although their name was similar to the Six Teens, they never enjoyed the string of recordings and popularity of their successful label mates. Their lone single, "Don't Worry About A Thing" / "Forever More" (Flip 311) went unnoticed in April 1955. The Ballad "Forever More" written by Elnora Hicks and Mary Thomas is a very close female take-off of the Los Angeles classic "The Letter" (Dootone 347) by Vernon Green & the Medallions.

The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

Ruth Davis and The Hicks Sisters reappeared seven years later as a trio with one of Flip's last releases, "I'll Try" / "Evil" issued on Flip 359. The Trio comprised Ruth Davis, Elnora Hicks and Betty Hicks, and their name derived from the first two letters of each of their names. The Ru-Bee-Els also backed Kell Osborne as the Chicks and recorded "Tossin' a Ice Cube" b/w "Hey, Little Gigolo" as The Hollywood Chicks, Both singles released by Class records. Barry White once said that this record was his first professional job in the recording industry - he did the handclaps on "Tossin' A Ice Cube".

Songs:
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Sweet Teens (1)


Don't Worry About A Thing                           Forever More

The Ru-Bee-Els


I'll Try                                                  Evil

The Hollywood Chicks


Tossin' a Ice Cube                                  Hey, Little Gigolo

Kell Osborne & The Chicks (2)

Little Chick-A-Dee / Do You Mind

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The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

Posted on January 8 2009 by dion1

The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

The Sweet Teens (1) (Pomona, Los Angeles, CA)
aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

Personnel :

Elnora Hicks

Betty Hicks

Mary Thomas

Ruth Davis

Discography :

The Sweet Teens (1)
1955 - Don't Worry About A Thing / Forever More (Flip 311)

The Ru-Bee-Els
1961- I'll Try / Evil (Flip 359)

Kell Osborne & The Chicks (2)
1962 - Little Chick-A-Dee / Do You Mind (Class 302)

The Hollywood Chicks
1962 - Tossin' a Ice Cube / Hey, Little Gigolo (Class 303)

Biography :

The Sweet Teens were a female quartet from Pomona area of Los Angeles. The Members were Elnora Hicks, Betty Hicks, Mary Thomas & Ruth Davis. Although their name was similar to the Six Teens, they never enjoyed the string of recordings and popularity of their successful label mates. Their lone single, "Don't Worry About A Thing" / "Forever More" (Flip 311) went unnoticed in April 1955. The Ballad "Forever More" written by Elnora Hicks and Mary Thomas is a very close female take-off of the Los Angeles classic "The Letter" (Dootone 347) by Vernon Green & the Medallions.

The Sweet Teens (1) aka The Ru-Bee-Els aka The Hollywood Chicks aka The Chicks (2)

Ruth Davis and The Hicks Sisters reappeared seven years later as a trio with one of Flip's last releases, "I'll Try" / "Evil" issued on Flip 359. The Trio comprised Ruth Davis, Elnora Hicks and Betty Hicks, and their name derived from the first two letters of each of their names. The Ru-Bee-Els also backed Kell Osborne as the Chicks and recorded "Tossin' a Ice Cube" b/w "Hey, Little Gigolo" as The Hollywood Chicks, Both singles released by Class records. Barry White once said that this record was his first professional job in the recording industry - he did the handclaps on "Tossin' A Ice Cube".

Songs:
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Sweet Teens (1)


Don't Worry About A Thing                           Forever More

The Ru-Bee-Els


I'll Try                                                  Evil

The Hollywood Chicks


Tossin' a Ice Cube                                  Hey, Little Gigolo

Kell Osborne & The Chicks (2)

Little Chick-A-Dee / Do You Mind

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The Tabs (3) aka The Marquis (3)

Posted on January 8 2009 by dion1

The Tabs (3) (Los Angeles, CA)
aka The Marquis (3)

Personnel :

William Gardner (Lead)

Teddy Forbes

Johnny Johnson

James Tomlin

Herbert Northern

Discography :

The Marquis (3)
1959 - Never Forget / Rock And Roll Holiday (Noble 719)

The Tabs (3)
1959 - Never Forget / Rock And Roll Holiday (Noble 719 / Gardena 110)
1959 - My Girl Is Gone / Oops (Noble 720)

Biography :

Formed at LA Trade Tech College in Downtown LA as the Illustrators in 1959, The Tabs were William Gardner, who have sung with the Cardells in 1956, James Tomlin, Herbert Norther, Teddy Forbes and Johnny Johnson. They recorded "Never Forget" b/w "Rock And Roll Holiday", which had two Billings, once as the Marquis and also as the Tabs on Noble (it was later issued on Gardena as the Tabs.) "Never Forget" charted on KFXM radio in Sept 1960. Despite performing at Hunter Hancock's record hops, their sound got little traction amongst the teen set. A group named the Fascinations cut a demo version of "Never Forget" for Gary S Paxton wich was never released.

Songs :


       Never Forget                           Rock And Roll Holiday


My Girl Is Gone    Oops

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The Four Dimensions aka The Versatiles (4)

Posted on January 8 2009 by dion1

The Four Dimensions (Phoenix, Arizona)
aka The Versatiles (4)

Personnel :

Warren Tolliver (First Tenor / Falsetto)

Wilfred Johnson (Second Tenor)

Homer Gray (Third Tenor)

William "Billy" Walker (Baritone)

Discography :

The Versatiles (4)
1962 - Just Pretending / Blue Feelin (Ramco 3717)

The Four Dimensions
1966 - What Are They Doing Now / You Gotta Have Soul (Ramco 1980)

Biography :

Wilfred Lemuel Johnson, after completing Phoenix Technical High School, joined the Army. In 1959, upon being discharged , he returned to Phoenix and spent a lot of time hanging out in East Lake Park. This park was a popular location for the local community. Wilfred often watched young vocal groups practice onstage and one evening he saw a group that he felt he could give some pointer to. The group then asked Wilfred to join as a tenor.

The group consisted of Warren Tolliver , Wilfred Johnson , Homer Gray and William "Billy" Walker . All were former servicemen. The group was soon booked for local shows, performed at the Elks and Zanzibar nightclubs and the VFW in South Phoenix. In 1962, Jim Musil, a 22-year-old budding Phoenix music producer and promoter, liked the Versatiles enough to sign them to a one year contract as their producer. He believed that two ballad written by Tony Bacak (a local area songwriter), "Just Pretending" and "Blue Feelin" would be perfect for the Versatiles.

A recording session was scheduled at Floyd Ramsey's audio recorders for December 10th, 1962. The two songs were then released on Ramco 3717. The Versatiles made appearances at the local area clubs. In 1964, after many performance, the Versatiles decided to take a break from the local music scene. In 1966, The versatile changed their name to the Four Dimensions and cut "What Are They Doing Now" and "You Gotta Have Soul" on Ramco 1980. William "Billy" Walker dropping out of the group when his job moved to California, The Four Dimensions soon Broke up.

Songs :

The Versatiles (4)

Blue Feelin Just Pretending

The Four Dimensions

What Are They Doing Now

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The Fabulons (1)

Posted on January 5 2009 by dion1

The Fabulons (1) (Stamford, Connecticut)

Personnel :

Bert Person

Louis Sileo

John Hickey

Ron Russo

Tony Rizzi

Discography :

Singles :
1960 - Smoke From Your Cigarette / Give Me Back My Ring (Ember 1069)
1963 - Connie / This Is The End (Benson Ritco 100/Benson 100)

Unreleased :
N/A - Long Time Ago ( Golden Circle LP)
N/A - I Want A Girl (Ember)
N/A - I'm In The Mood For Love (Ember)
N/A - Little Miss Muffet (Ember)

Biography :

Vocal group from Stamford, CT. The Fabulons consisted of Anthony Rizzi, Lou Sileo, Johnny Hickey, Ron Russo and Bert Person, lead singer. Four Italians and Bert Person an Afro American. They would practice in their basement. Anthony has the barber shop at the Stamford Marriott.

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The Fantasys aka The Wonders (6)

Posted on December 26 2008 by dion1

The Fantasys (Philadelphia)
aka The Wonders (6)

Personnel :

Richard Schmidt (Lead)

Arum Oornazian (Tenor)

Charles Berberian (Bass)

Ben Asero (Tenor)

Discography :

The Fantasys
Single:
1960 - No One But You / Why, Oh Why (Guyden 2029)
Unreleased:
1960 - I Wonder (Guyden)  

The Wonders (6)
Single:
1961 - I Wonder / Summer Love (Chesapeake 604)

Biography :

The Fantasys were organized by four neighbors who lived a block from West Philly High School and less than a mile from the American Bandstand studio. They got started in 1957, the same year that Bandstand beggan being broadcast nationally from its famous studio at 46th and Market Streets in West Philadelphia. The foursome pestered Jamie Records into putting out “No One But You,” which the group had recorded itself at Reco Art Studio . The group consisted of tenor Arum Oornazian, who later went on to a career as a producer for Jamie/Guyden , lead Richard Schmidt, bass Charles Berberian and tenor Ben Asero. When Jamie Records asked Boornazian to “sweeten” the record with strings, the enterprising young producer recruited two Lebanese immigrants, one of whom was living with his family while attending the Curtis School of Music in Philadelphia. Both violinists went on to distinguished careers at nationally known orchestras in the United States.

The Fantasys continued to evolve out of the rehearsal studio that Jamie Records kept above its distributorship at 1330 West Girard Avenue. Johnny Madara and Dave White were in-house producers along with Joe Wissert, later to be joined by Bob Finiz. Aram Boornazian, one of the Fantasys, got involved with Jamie as a producer because he took over Johnny Madara's Gold Records record shop not far from American Bandstand's studios in West Philadelphia.

The Fantasys The Wonders

That gave Boornazian entree to Madara and White's enduring production team, which rehearsed and improvised music on the third floor with the many singers and groups that worked together there. Madara and White produced the Fantasys' second release, "No One But You." as long with their second, "I Wonder" in the same session at Bell Sound in New York. The Next Years, John D'Amico, Aram Boornazian and Charles Berberian cut the song "I wonder" with "Summer Love" on Chesapeake 604 under the name of The Wonders"

Songs :

The Fantasys

No One But You Why, Oh Why

The Wonders (6)

Summer Love I Wonder

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Howie & The Sapphires (2) aka The Pearls (1) aka The Five Pearls

Posted on December 22 2008 by dion1

The Pearls (1) aka Five Pearls aka Howie & The Sapphires (2)
The Pearls 1956 from left to right Rosco, Howard, Max, Derek, Baby Cortez

The Pearls (1) (Detroit)
aka The Five Pearls aka Howie & The Sapphires (2)

Personnel :

Howard 'Howie' Guyton (Lead)

Dave 'Baby Cortez' Clowney (Tenor/Pianno)

Derek Martin (Tenor)

George Torrence (Baritone)

Coley Washington (Bass)

Max (High Tenor)

Rosco

Discography :

The Five Pearls
1954 - Please Let Me Know / Real Humdinger (Aladdin 3265)

The Pearls (1)
1955 - Shadows Of Love / Yum Yummy (Atco 6057)
1956 - Bells Of Love / Come On Home (Atco 6066)
1956 - Let’s You And I Go Steady / Zippidy Zippidy Zoom (Onyx 503)
1956 - Tree In The Meadow / My Oh My (Onyx 506)
1957 - Your Cheatin’ Heart / I Sure Need You (Onyx 510)
1957 - Ice Cream Baby / Yuz-A-Ma-Tuz (Onyx 511)
1957 - It’s Love, Love, Love / The Wheel Of Love (Onyx 516)
1959 - Ugly Face / Band of Angels (On The Square 320)

Howie & The Sapphires (2)
1959 - More than the day before / Rockin' horse (Okeh 7112)

Biography :

A doo-wop group called the Pearls was at different times and in various line-ups also known as the Fabulous Pearls, the Five Pearls and to a degree even Howie & the Sapphires. Out of the "Motor City", Detroit, Michigan comes the Pearls. Managed at that point by Don Angelo, “Five Pearls” was discovered by Aladdin’s Leo Mesner at the Apollo Theater talent contest. The Pearls originally signed with Aladdin Records of Los Angeles in 1954 and had one release as the Five Pearls. The group picked Derek Martin up when stopping over in Detroit on their tour. Derek became one of their tenor singers, and the other members of the line-up those days included Howard Guyton (lead), David Cortez Clowney (tenor), George Wilson Torrence, Jr. – spelt also Torrance - (baritone), Coley Washington (bass and tenor!) and a high tenor called Max. Besides Howard, David, Derek and Max, in the very first line-up there was also a singer named Rosco. Similarly to Derek Martin, also David Cortez was born in 1938 in Detroit, Michigan.

The Pearls (1) aka Five Pearls aka Howie & The Sapphires (2)

He is Howard Guyton’s cousin, and after about two years with the Pearls, he joined first the Valentines in 1956, then the Jesters, until finally making his mark with two memorable instrumental hits, The Happy Organ on Clock in 1959 (# 1-pop) and Rinky Dink on Julia/Chess in 1962 (# 10-pop). From there in 1955 the signed with the Atlantic Records subsidiary Atco for a couple of singles. This time on the label it reads simply “the Pearls”, instead of “Five Pearls” as on their debut. Unfortunately, none of these three Pearls singles charted on a national level. The group switched labels, to Onyx Records. The next five singles by the group in 1956 and ’57 were all released on Onyx Records out of New York. Onyx was Jerry Winston’s label and during its two years plus existence it put out twenty singles by the Velours and the Miller Sisters, among others, but the Pearls was their main act. By this time David Cortez Clowney had left the group, but he came back later.

The Pearls (1) aka Five Pearls aka Howie & The Sapphires (2)
Derek Martin David Cortez

The arranger Sammy Lowe and his orchestra are featured on these Onyx sides, which mostly are uptempo dancers. "It’s Love, Love, Love" and "Yuz-A-Ma-Tuz" are quite poppy ones, whereas "Zippidy Zippidy Zoom" and "My oh My" worked best on stage. Also Hank Williams’ "Your Cheatin’ Heart" is turned into a swinging mid-tempo number. "The Wheel of Love" and "Tree in the Meadow" are the only ballads, and the latter one was first recorded in 1948 by Billy Reid’s Orchestra with Dorothy Squires as vocalist.

The Pearls (1) aka Five Pearls aka Howie & The Sapphires (2)

Even more, Howard was the lead vocalist on Howie & the Sapphires’ 1959 single, "More than the Day Before" b/w "Rockin’ Horse", on Okeh 7112. The Pearls did come back together for one more single, though. Even David Cortez Clowney joined them, in spite of his spring hit in 1959, The Happy Organ. The Pearls released on E. Duke Pilgrim’s On the Square label out of New York a Coasters type of a novelty number called "Ugly Face", backed with a big-voiced ballad titled "Band of Angels". The single flopped, and there were no more releases on the label, neither by the Pearls, nor anybody else.

Songs :

The Five Pearls


Please Let Me Know                            Real Humdinger

The Pearls (1)


Shadows Of Love                 Yum Yummy                            Bells Of Love


Come On Home            Let’s You And I Go Steady        Zippidy Zippidy Zoom


Tree In The Meadow           Your Cheatin’ Heart              I Sure Need You


Ice Cream Baby               Yuz-A-Ma-Tuz                 It’s Love, Love, Love


The Wheel Of Love                  Ugly Face                 Band of Angels

My Oh My

Howie & The Sapphires (2)

More Than The Day Before Rockin' Horse

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