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The Saucers aka The Velvetones (5)

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The Saucers aka the Velvetones (5)

The Saucers  (Dallas, Texas)
aka  The Velvetones (5) 
(with Hans-Joachim)

 

Personnel :

Jimmy Beacham

Leonard Allen

Charles Beacham

Verdie Lee Thomas

James Stanley

 

Discography :

The Saucers  

Singles :
1959 - Why Do I Dream? / Cha Wailey Routa (Felco 104)
1959 - Flossie Mae / Hi-Oom (Kick 100)
1964 - Hello Darling / Giggle Goo (Lynne 101) 

Unreleased :
1959 - Hey Girl
1959 - Time Gives Me Plasure
1959 - Who Took My Girl
1959 - Old Mother Hubbard
1959 - Please Understand
1959 - Debbie Lee
1959 - Darling
1959 - Mighty Mighty Man
1959 - This Feeling Is Killing Me
1959 - Please Come Back To Me
1959 - Love You Baby
1959 - Come Back To Me
1959 - My Love My Love (Eddy McCall bb The Saucers)

 

The Velvetones (5)

Singles :
1959 - Come Back / Penalty Of Love (D 1049)
1959 - Worried Over You / Space Man (D 1072)

 

Biography :

Compsed by Jimmy Beacham, Leonard Allen, Charles Beacham, Verdie Lee Thomas and James Stanley, the Saucers were on of the few doo wop groups from Texas, a blues and R&B stronghold. They are a really good Black quintet with strong, beautiful lead vocals and harmonizing on ballads, uptempo and novelty tunes.

The Saucers aka the Velvetones (5)
Jimmy Beacham, Leonard Allen, Charles Beacham, Verdie Lee Thomas and James Stanley

Native vocal groups were not very popular in texas during the 50s and the style came to the state rather late in the decade after being extremely popular along the east and west coasts. Despite the late arrival, those few groups that did emerge in Texas learned their lesson well. Of these, the Saucers are the Velvetones, who recorded on Dee records under this name, were the Best and certainly equal to many to the more popular groups on either coast.
Note on CD  "Presenting the Saucers"

 

Songs :

The Saucers

  
Flossie Mae                             Hi-Oom

  
Why Do I Dream                           Cha Wailey Routa

  
Hello Darling / Giggle Goo               Please Understand     

  
Time Gives Me Pleasure                         Debbie Lee    


Please Come Back To Me

 

The Velvetones (5)

  
Come Back                                  Penalty Of Love

  
Worried Over You                                Space Men

 

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The Du Vons

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The Du-Vons

The Du Vons (San Bernardino, Ca.)


Personnel :

Jerry Jackson (Lead)

Leonard Siders

Steve Parker

Gilbert Chavez

Bill Bridges

 

Discography :

1961 - Write Me A Letter / Come Back Baby, Come Back (Brand X 7) ‎

 

Biography :

In May 1960, Five Pacific High School students have recorded for the Pal Studio under the Management of George Babcock, Popular radio disc Jockey. Jerry Jackson sophomore at PHS, is the head of the group called "Jerry Lee & The Jesters". Also in the group are Leonard Siders, Steve Parker, Gilbert Chavez and Bill Bridges, all students PHS.

The Du Vons
Jerry Lee & The Jesters

Jerry Jackson lived in Kentucky for 16 years before coming to California. He had lived one month when he meet Siders, and they began to sing together. In 1961, they started at PHS they met the rest of the group know as "Jerry Lee and the Jesters." In January 1961, their record "Write Me A Letter" b/w "Come Back Baby, Come Back" was released.

The Du-Vons

Jerry Jackson wrote both songs and also plays his own music. When the disc was released, "Jerry Lee & The Jesters" no longer existed, George Babcock had renamed the group The Du-Vons.

 

Songs :

  
          Write Me A Letter                    Come Back Baby, Come Back

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The Val-Doros

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The Val-Doros
The Val-Doros (Detroit)

Personnel :

Charles Pryor

 

Discography :

1956 - A Woman A Man (Feat Charles Pryor) / Don't Open The Grave (Silhouette 517)


Biography :

Detroit soul pioneer Robert West was born March 1, 1912, in Montgomery, AL, relocating to the Motor City in 1935. In 1957 he formed Silhouette Records, doubling as manager for the Falcons, a local doo wop group featuring future solo stars Eddie Floyd and Mack Rice. West also produced the Falcons' "Sent Up," far and away the most successful of the eight singles issued on Silhouette during its brief existence, among them records by little-known Detroit acts including Jan Wynn, the Vo-cals, Jim Beasley & the Charmers and the Val-Doros.

The Val-Doros   The Val-Doros

The Valdoros makes itself known locally by their appearance in the surrounding clubs. The group signed with Silhouette records in early 1956. This group impressed the people at Silhouette with their simple layed-out approach to music. They had a special blend in their harmony that stood out from the rest of the groups around town. It was said they sounded like a young Orioles group with lead singer Sonny Till when they recorded "A Woman A Man" Feat Charles Pryor and B-side "Don't Open The Grave".



Songs :

  
Don't Open The Grave                             A Woman A Man    

 

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The Cordials (2)

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The Cordials (2)
Jerome Louis Jackson

The Cordials (2) (Bronx, New York)

 

Personnel :

Jerome Louis Jackson (Lead)

Tito Gonzalez (Lead)

Frankie Giminez

Nicky Lopez

Bernard Newman

 

Discography :

1961- Dawn Is Almost Here / Keep An Eye (7 Arts 707)

 

Biography :

Vocal group from the South Bronx composed by Frank Giminez, Jerome Louis Jackson, Nicky Lopez, Bernard Newman and Tito Gonzalez. The Cordials would eventually record "Dawn Is Almost Here" backed by "Keep An Eye " for the 7 Arts label (#707) in 1961. The original lead singer of the Cordials was Jerome Jackson." Jerome Louis Jackson was born in Brooklyn but grew up in the Bronx. In 1966, long after leaving the Cordials he would gain fame as the solo singer, J.J. Jackson, with the song "But It's Alright".

 

Songs :

  
Dawn Is Almost Here                          Keep An Eye         


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The Pipes (1)

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The Pipes (1) (Oakland, California)

 

Personnel :

Louis Candys (Lead Tenor)

Irving Swanigan (Lead Tenor)

Harold Foreman (Tenor)

Huey Roundtree (Lead Baritone )

Leevern Ball (Bass)

 

Discography :

1956 - Be Fair / Let Me Give You Money (Dootone 388)
1956 - You Are An Angel / I Love The Life I Live (Dootone 401)
1958 - So Long / Baby Please Don't Go  (Jacy 001/002) 

 

Biography :

Oakland, CA-based R&B combo the Pipes formed on the grounds of the city's McClymonds High School in 1953. According to Marv Goldberg's profile in the April 1979 issue of Goldmine, the original group -- lead tenor Louis Candys, tenors Irving Swanigan and Harold Foreman, baritone Huey Roundtree, bass Leevern Ball, and pianist Ed Kelly -- first performed as the Cool Tones; after Swanigan's exit, the remaining quintet traveled to Los Angeles in search of a recording deal, but were summarily dismissed due to their youth.

   

After graduating in 1955, the group returned to L.A. and signed with Dootone. At that point, they dropped the Cool Tones moniker in favor of the Pipes, inspired by the "Danny Boy" lyric "The pipes, the pipes are calling." Dootone owner Dootsie Williams nevertheless hedged his bets by announcing to the trade press the signing of two new groups: the Cool Tones and the Pipes. The latter name won out by the time their debut single, "Be Fair," hit retail in early 1956.

    Though a local hit, the Pipes never traveled beyond the California circuit and the single stalled. "You Are an Angel" followed that summer. Hampered by minimal marketing effort, it quickly disappeared and when their Dootone contract expired, the Pipes opted against renewal, returning to Oakland and contenting themselves with the occasional weekend gig. In 1958 they founded their own label, Jacy, to release a rare single titled "So Long." A year later, the Pipes returned to Dootone to record one final session that Williams shelved. The group dissolved for good soon after. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Pipes/pipes.html

Songs :

   
          Be Fair                                      You Are An Angel

     
               So Long                                 Let Me Give You Money

    
I Love The Life I Live                      Baby Please Don't Go

 

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The Elites (1)

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The Elites (1)

The Elites (1) (Staten Island, NY)

 

Personnel :

Bill "William" Jessup

Mike Luciano

Mike Mancini

Paul Marinelli

 

Discography :

Single :
1959 - Northern Star / In The Little Chapel (Abel 225)

Unreleased :
1959 - Six long Month
1959 - Some Day

 

Biography :

Vocal group from Staten Island composed by Bill "William" Jessup, Mike Luciano, Mike Mancini and Paul Marinelli. The Group recorded four songs for Abel Records from Buffalo, New York. Only "Northern Star" and "In The Little Chapel" were released in 1959.

 

Songs :

  
   Northern Star                                 In The Little Chapel

  
Six long Month                            Some Day

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The Golden Tones (2)

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The Golden Tones (2)

The Golden Tones (2) (Richmond, Ca.)

 

Personnel :

Joe Simon (Lead)

Bill johnson Jr

James Spells

Lynn Foster

Lawrence Thomson

 

Discography :

1959 - Little Island Girl / Doreetha (Hush 101)
1960 - You Left Me Here To Cry Alone / Ocean Of Tears (Hush 102)

 

Biography :

Joe Simon (born September 2, 1943, Simmesport, Louisiana) is a chart-topping, Grammy Award winning, soul and R&B artist. Like many other African-American artists from the era, Simon began singing in his father's Baptist church. He pursued his vocal abilities full-time once the family moved to Richmond (near Oakland, California) in the late 1950s. There Simon joined the Golden West Gospel Singers and became influenced by Sam Cooke and Arthur Prysock.

  
The Golden West Gospel Singers                                                                      Joe Simon 

In 1959, Golden West Bass Bill Johnson persuaded Joe Simon to quit gospel singing and try his hand at R&B. Johnson offered Simon a place in his son's secular quartet the Echo Tones. The Echo Tones were then composed of James Spells, Lynn Foster, Lawrence Thomson & Bill johnson Jr.

The Golden Tones (2)      
               The Golden Tones                                                                                                               The Golden Tones

The ensemble changed their name to the Golden Tones in 1959, releasing "Little Island Girl" b/w "Doreetha", which was followed by the single "You Left Me Here To Cry Alone" b/w "Ocean Of Tears". Following the release, Hush Records owners, Gary and Carla Thompson, urged Joe to take on a solo career, which he pursued with the Veejay imprint releasing 'My Adorable One' in 1964. He later had a successful career as a soul singer in the 60's and '70s

 

Songs:

    
Doreetha                                    Little Island Girl

   
You Left Me Here To Cry Alone                     Ocean Of Tears            
 

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The Nobles (1) 

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The Nobles (1)  (New Haven, Connecticut)

 

Personnel :

Dickey Bernardo

Joey Kakulis

Sal Tramauche

Pat Cosenza

 
Discography :

The Nobles (1)
1957 - Poor Rock'n'Roll / Ting A Ling (Klik 305)
1963 - Why Be A Fool / The Search (Time Square 33)
1964 - Crime Don't Pay / Darkness (Time Square 12)
1976 - Oh Baby / My Confession (by the Blue Dots) (Robin Hood 136)

Nicky & The Nobles (1)
1958 - School Bells / School Day Crush (Gone 5039 / End 098)

 

Biography :

To fans of "kiddie lead" in the Frankie Lymon tradition Nicky & The Nobles is a good choice. They first recorded for Klik Records from New Haven, Connecticut. The label was owned by the late Marty Kugell. He operated from his own small studio at 944 Chapel Street in downtown New Haven where he recorded countless street-corner group who were trying to emulate the success of the big groups of the time. One of these street-corner groups was The Nobles.

  

The original members  were Dickey Bernardo, Joey Kakulis, Sal Tramauche and Pat Cosenza. One of their first recordings "Why Be A Fool" probably date from 1956. In the winter of 1958 they recorded "Poor Rock'n Roll". It was released on Klik 305 with "Ting A Ling" on the on the flip side. (These two tracks were re-released in the TIMES SQUARE label in 1962 as the label first single) It Was immediatly followed by attacks from Boston and New Haven city officials on the Alan Freed touring "Big Beat" rock and roll stage shows.

A near riot in Boston led to the subsequent banning of Freed's show in New Haven which directly inspired the Nobles'Song "Poor Rock'n Roll" Was handled by the GONE label in the summer of 1958, but it got lost in the buckshot of new releases which owner George Goldner pupped out every week. In 1958 Nickie Delano joined the group and they became Nicky & The Nobles. They had Schoolhouse Rock' released on the END Label in 1958 and in 1959 they released another single on the GONE label: "School Bells" backed with "School Day Crush". This singie was re-released on the END label in 1961.

 

Songs :

The Nobles (1)

       
Poor Rock'n'Roll                     Ting A Ling                        Why Be A Fool

        
The Search                               Darkness                    Crime Don't Pay


Oh Baby


Nicky & The Nobles (1)

     
School Bells                           School Day Crush

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The Chariots (2)

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The Chariots (2)
(l-r) Keith Lardner, Kenneth Ransome, Jimmy Hinds and Frank Manner]

The Chariots (2) (Liverpool, England)

 

Personnel :

Jimmy Hinds

Ken Ransome

Frank Manner

Keith Lardner

 

Discography :

1962 - Problem Girl / Song Of A Broken Heart (Piccadilly 35061)

 

Biography :

Jimmy Hinds who was born and raised in Liverpool, with the other three members being Keith Lardner from London, West Indian born Ken Ransome and the oldest group member Frank Manner. Nigerian born Frank Manner had been a member of Decca's The Southlanders throughout the 1950's.

The Chariots (2)

The Chariots had aspirations to emulate The Drifters but "Problem Child" proved to be their only release. However, they did manage to tour the UK with Little Eva and Brian Hyland .

 

Songs :

  
Song Of A Broken Heart                          Problem Girl           


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The Spotlighters (1)

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The Spotlighters (1)  

The Spotlighters (1) (Los Angeles)

 

Personnel :

Joy Hall

Bill Harris

Gene Harris

Roy Lyon

?

 

Discography :

1955 - It's Cold / Bam Jingle Jingle (Imperial 5342)
1958 - Please Be My Girlfriend / Whisper (Aladdin 3436)
1959 - This Is My Story Cha Cha Cha / Preachin' (Aladdin 3441)

 

Biography :

The Spotlighters are one of many vocal groups of the 1950s fallen into oblivion, although both sides of their first  single on Aladdin are remarkably good. "Whisper", a haunting ballad, is probably the preferable side whereas the A-side ("Please Be My Girl Friend"), a polyphonic uptempo song, illuminates the scene that spawned the Beach Boys. Bob Thompson and his band provide a solid backing."  Members of the California group on this recording are Joy Hall, Bill Harris, Gene Harris, Roy Lyon @ another guy. The same site offered this about their follow-up single, "This is My Story (Cha Cha Cha)" b/w "Preachin' ":  [Aladdin 3441 (Jan 1959) Billboard January 19, 1959, p. 53 (Reviews of New Pop Records); Cash Box January 31, 1959, p. 52 (R & B Reviews)] "The Billboard reviewer saw moderate sales potential in "Preachin'": Bouncy rhythm-novelty is handed an okay vocal treatment by group. The A-side was rated lower: So-so cha-cha-styled rockaballad. The group had 1 earlier release on Imperial (in February 1955).

 

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 


  
  It's Cold                                        Bam Jingle Jingle

  
Please Be My Girlfriend                                Whisper           

    
                             Preachin'                       This Is My Story Cha Cha Cha          

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