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The Fabulous Blends aka The Blends (1)

Posted on June 24 2008 by dion1

The Blends (1) aka The Fabulous Blends

The Blends (1) (Brockton, Massachusetts)
aka The Fabulous Blends

Personnel :

Big John Croft (Lead)

Richie Harris

Charlie Garner

Richie Solomon

Discography:

The Blends (1)
1960 - Someone To Care / Now It's Your Turn (Casa Grande 3037)
1960 - A Thousand Miles Away / Music, Maestro, Please (Casa Grande 5000

Big John & The Fabulous Blends
1960 - Hey! Little Fool / Baby You're Wrong (Casa Grande 5001)

The Fabulous Blends
1989 - Graduation Time / Starlight, Starbright (Casa Grande 3039)

Unreleased :
1960 - Everybody's Got A Home (But Me) (Casa Grande)

Biography :

This fine group was from the Brockton/New Bedford area and landed a contract with Casa Grande after winning a WBZ radio contest held at Fort Devens. The group was led by Big John Croft, who sang lead and played guitar. He was backed by three singers, a drummer and electric bass.

They were famous for their tight harmony and exciting stage routines, including exceptional choreography. Billboard picked them as an outstanding up-and-coming group in 1960, but after touring the East Coast and Europe, the group split up and disappeared. The group was also known as the Fabulous Blends. They cut nine sides for Casa Grande in 1960 and 1961.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

Someone To Care             Now It's Your Turn             A Thousand Miles Away

Music, Maestro, Please           Hey! Little Fool            Baby You're Wrong

Starlight, Starbright Graduation Time Everybody's Got A Home (But Me)

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The Bow Ribbons ref : The Shadows (4)

Posted on June 24 2008 by dion1

The Bow Ribbons ref : The Shadows (3)
Beverly, Victoria & Debra

The Bow Ribbons (Los Angeles)
ref : The Shadows (4)

Personnel :

Victoria Peace

Beverly ?

Debra ?

Discography :

The Bow Ribbons
1959 - Hey Diddle Diddle / Quick Like (Elroy Peace & Bow Ribbons) (Trans-Continental 3001)
1959 - Mr. Spoon / Our Father (Motif ZM-018)

The Shadows (4) (Elroy Peace and Paul White)
1958 - You Make My Heart Sing Ah! / Pretty Window (Dick Garrett & The Shadows ) (Fraternity 795)

Biography :

Vocal group The Bow Ribbons, comprised of three young lasses : Beverly, Victoria & Debra between 6 and 8 years old. The Bow Ribbons were Elroy Peace's little daughter Victoria, age 6, and two nieces, Beverly and Debra age 7 and 8. The Young Trio recorded for Transcontinental Records owned by Brad Atwood the sides "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Quick Like" where the girls backed Elroy with Eddie Cochran on guitar. Some months later, they recorded two new songs "Mr. Spoon" and "Our Father" released by Milton Vedder's label Motif. the four songs recorded by the trio were all composed by Ray Stanley.

The Bow Ribbons ref : The Shadows (3)
Elroy Peace

Ray Stanley was born Stanley Nussbaum in Dermott, Arkansas in 1924. Songwriter and vocalist Stanley teamed up with Jack Lewis at American Music and were responsible for the Crest label's first four releases. In May 1956, 'Glendora' a Ray Stanley song was covered by Perry Como whose version made the top ten on RCA. Lewis then left American and founded Sherman Music with Billy Sherman. Ray played piano on Eddie Cochran's early sessions in Gold Star Studio in mid 1956 including 'Skinny Jim', 'Half Loved' and 'My Love To Remember'.

The Bow Ribbons ref : The Shadows (3)

In late 1956 Ray made a couple of demos of songs he composed. These demos are now mostly famous as Eddie Cochran sat in on guitar and provided some of his best recorded guitar licks. Songs include: 'Market Place', 'Pushin', 'Love Charms', My Lovin' Baby' and 'Kiss & Make Up'. In 1958, Elroy Peace and Paul White are The Shadows. One of the most memorable songs of bandleader Ted Lewis was "Me and My Shadow" with which he frequently closed his act. Around 1928, he started to use a shadow mimicking his movements during his act. Several Afro-American played the Shadow. Elroy Peace and Paul White were two of them in the forties.

The Bow Ribbons ref : The Shadows (3)
Young Elroy Peace and Paul White (The Shadows)

Elroy Peace's first record was probably "Onion Breath Baby" for the Swing Time label in 1953. Followed a duet with Willie Mae Thornton on Peacock. After the Fraternity single as the Shadows, he was heard on West Coast labels such as Keen, Romeo, or Helga. In the early sixties, during a tour in Australia & New-Zealand, Elroy recorded at least two singles which were issued on local labels.

Songs :

The Bow Ribbons

Our Father Mr. Spoon

Elroy Peace & The Bow Ribbons

Quick Like

The Shadows (4)

You Make My Heart Sing Ah!

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The Princetones

Posted on June 20 2008 by dion1

The Princetones (New Jersey)

Personnel :

Peter Prince (Lead)

Larry Williams

Tom Ruggeri

Mike Paladino

Discography :

1958 - Guardian Angel (Allegro)
1961 - My Life (Rome)
1961 - My Madonna (Rome)

Biography :

Mike Paladino was in a number of groups as a kid including the Princetones. A product of St. Joseph's High School, West New York. Mike and a friend Pete Prince formed the Princetones - Pete Prince - wrote the classic tune Guardian Angel outside of Leone's pizza parlor in West New York. The group was the first to record a demo of the song in 1958. The song was basically stolen from the group after they performed it at St. Celicia's high school in Englewood, NJ. It was subsequently done by no less than five groups but the Princetones were never given recognition for it. After the departure of Mike Paladino for the Bon-Aires, Peter Prince & Tom Ruggeri formed a new group and cut two Unreleased sides for Rome Records "My Life" b/w "My Madonna".

Songs :

Guardian Angel My Madonna My Life

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The Dell-O's aka The Sensational Dellos

Posted on June 19 2008 by dion1

The Dell-O's (Bahamas)
aka The Sensational Dellos

Personnel :

?

Discography :

John Shaw & Dell-O's
1958 - Why Did You Leave Me / Why Does It Have To Be Her (no group) (U-C 5002)

Donel Austin & The Sensational Dellos
1959 - So Shy / That's Why I'm Dreamin' (Donel Austin & Impallas) (Mida 106)

The Sensational Dellos
1959 - Lost Love / So Don't Go (Mida 109)

Biography :

Vocal group from the Bahamas originally (at least their first record was recorded in Nassau, Bahamas) They backed John Shaw on " Why Did You Leave Me " .

The Dell-O's aka The Sensational Dellos

The group moved to Henry Stone label Mida Records , which also was based in Miami where they backed Donel Austin on "So Shy" as he Sensational Dellos. The group finally recorded his own record on Mida with "Lost Love" b/w "So Don't Go".
Thanks to Marv Goldberg

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

John Shaw & Dell-O's

Why Did You Leave Me

Donel Austin & The Sensational Dellos

So Shy

The Sensational Dellos

Lost Love So Don't Go

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The Universals (3)

Posted on June 18 2008 by dion1

Bob Deloney, Plinio Ruiz, Ralph Darden, Fred Miller and Tony Jones — Alan Watson not pictured

The Universals (3) (Amityville, New-York)

Personnel :

Freddie Miller (Lead)

Plinio Ruiz (First Tenor)

Robert DeLoney (Falsetto)

Ralph Darden

Anthony Jones (Bass)

Allen Watson

Discography :

Singles :
1961 - Dreaming / Love Bound (Festival 1601)

Unreleased:
1961 - Kisses In My Dreams

Biography :

Beginning in the early '60s, the Copiague-Amityville community made its share of contributions to popular music, including The Universals , enthusiastically adopted by Copiague High students as favorite sons. The Group consisted of six mens cut one single for festival in 1961 "Dreaming" & "Love Bound" and had an unreleased side "Kisses In My Dreams".

In 1964, Freddie Miller, Tony Jones and Plinio Ruiz with Butch Poveromo from the Locomotions recorded two songs "Speak Words Of Love" and "Before I Walk Out The Door" as The Fiats.
http://www.venturemusicgroup.com/pmp/chs.htm

Songs :

Love Bound Dreaming Kisses In My Dreams

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The Emerald City Bandits

Posted on June 17 2008 by dion1

The Emerald City Bandits
Donald "Dante" Drowty & Dean Torrence

The Emerald City Bandits (Los Angeles, Ca.)

Personnel :

Donald "Dante" Drowty

Dean Torrence

Discography :

1964 - Come On Oz / Full Blown Caddy (Philips 40197)

Biography :

Dante & The Evergreens disbanded in 1964 after Frank Rosenthal contracted an illness that lasted about six months and seriously curtailed the group’s touring. Frank returned to college on an athletic scholarship and even became a professional athlete for a time. Bill Young fooled around in music and movies for a while, but eventually left the business.

Donald "Dante" Drowty

Tony Moon ended up in Nashville as a respected arranger, writer and producer. Donald "Dante" Drowty with Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean fame... recorded in 1964 under the name of The Emerald City Bandits for Philips Records. "Come On Oz" and "Full Blown Caddy" bot written by Donald Drowty.

Songs:

Come On Oz Full Blown Caddy

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Publio & The Valiants (2)

Posted on June 12 2008 by dion1

Publio & The Valiants (2) (San Antonio, Texas)

Personnel :

Publio Casillas Jr (Lead)

Discography :

1963 - Out Of Town / Image Of Love (Menard 6252) 
1963 - Teenage Heaven / Dragstrip (Menard 6253)

Biography :

Doo wop group from San antonio Texas. In 1963 they sign a recording contract with Menard Record in San-Antonio

The group cut two singles for the label in 1963, "Out Of Town" / "Image Of Love" and "Teenage Heaven" / "Dragstrip". In 1980, Publio Casillas form

Songs :

Image Of Love Out Of Town Teenage Heaven

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The Invictors (1) aka The Termites

Posted on June 12 2008 by dion1

The Invictors (1) aka The Termites
Gene Yuhas Raymond Edwards

The Invictors (1) (Reading, PA.)
aka The Termites

Personnel :

Raymond Edwards (Lead)

Gene Yuhas (Lead)

Barry Boswell (Lead / Second Tenor)

Bobby Rohrbach (Baritone)

Bill Yuhas

Discography :

The Invictors (1)
Single :
1961 - I’ll Always Care For You / I Don't Wanna Go (Bee 1117)
Unreleased:
1961 - Goodbye To Love (Bee)
1961 - My Dream Girl (Bee)

The Termites
1963 - Carrie Lou (The Invictors) / Give Me Your Heart (The Paramounts) (Bee 1825)

Biography :

The Invictors were a mixed group : 3 white and 2 black members. Following the breakup of the Honeybees, vocalist Barry Boswell met Ray Edwards of the Silhouettes, who was living in Reading from 1944 to 1956. By 1962, the Silhouettes had become loosely organized, and Edwards had been performing on his own. The three white members of the group were brothers Bill and Gene Yuhas, and Bobby Rohrbach on baritone.

The Invictors (1) aka The Termites
The Silhouettes

Their sole release, Bee 1117 was put out in 1961, and featured Gene Yuhas on the A-side, "I’ll Always Care For You." The flip "I Don't Wanna Go" was written by Ray Edwards’s daughter, and features Edwards on the lead. The Invictors recorded these sides along with 3 others : "Carrie Lou", "Goodbye To Love" and "My Dream Girl", at Farraro’s Studio in the 400 Block Of Schuykill Ave., Reading.

The Invictors (1) aka The Termites

The Termites were simply the Invictors minus Bobby Rohrbach, in 1963, Bee Records coupled an unreleased Invictors’ master, "Carrie Lou" which featured Barry Boswell on Lead with "Give Me Your Heart", a master from Pat Farraro’s Beck Music Company, and invented the name « Termites » for Bee 1825. "Give Me Your Heart" is not by the Invictors, but The Paramounts, featuring Wesley Parker who released another 45 on the Columbine Label in 1962. .

Songs :

The Invictors (1)


I’ll Always Care For You                          I Don't Wanna Go

The Termites


               Carrie Lou              Give Me Your Heart (The Paramounts)
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The Chalets

Posted on June 12 2008 by dion1

The Chalets

The Chalets (Brooklyn, New York)

Personnel :

Andy Moraglia

Donald Jones

Willie Calia

Phil Rao

Thomas Rock

Discography :

1957 - Fat Mom-Mi-O / Who's-Laughing Who's-Crying (Tru-Lite 101 / Musicnote 115/ Dart 1026)

Biography :

First formed in 1956, originating from the corners of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. The original group consisted of Andy Moraglia, Donald Jones, Willie Calia, Phil Rao and Thomas Rock. The Chalets auditioned for ABC/Paramount Records and although that connection never materialized eventually they were signed to do two sides for the Tru-Lite label. They did one session, in 1957, which produced "Who’s Laughing Who’s Crying" and "Fat Mom-Mi-O". After the release of this 45, Willie Calia was approached by MGM Records to do solo recordings. Neither the Chalets nor Willie Calia's solo career survived. Although the group did not have major success with the recording, it was successful and in demand enough to be reissued twice in the early 1960's. The reissues were on the Dart and Musicnote labels. After the Chalets had broken up, Andy Moraglia sang with the Blendairs on Tin Pan Alley.

Songs :

Fat Mom-Mi-O Who's-Laughing Who's-Crying

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Sax Kari & The Quailtones ref The Fidelitones (1)

Posted on June 11 2008 by dion1

Sax Kari & The Quailtones ref The Fidelitones (1)

Sax Kari & The Quailtones (Detroit, MI)
ref The Fidelitones (1)

Personnel :

Freddie Gorman (Bass)

William « Sonny » Sanders

Johnny Franklin

James Martin

Ted Scruggs

Discography :

Sax Kari & The Quailtones
1955 - Roxanna / Tears Of Love (Josie 779)

The Fidelitones (1)
Unreleased :
1958 - Pretty Girl / Game Of Love (Aladdin 3442)
1958 - Is it Too Late (Aladdin)

Biography :

Freddie Gorman (born Frederick Cortez Gorman, April 11, 1939 – June 13, 2006) was an American musician and record producer, most famous as a singer, songwriter for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a native of Detroit, Michigan. A member of the Motown quartet The Originals, Freddie Gorman was also a vital unsung component of the Motown label's formative development. He co-wrote the label's first #1 pop hit "Please Mr. Postman", by the Marvelettes.

Sax Kari & The Quailtones
The Quailtones (1955) : William Sanders (Second from left), Freddie Gorman (Center)

In 1964 the biggest selling group of all time, the Beatles released their version, and in 1975 the Carpenters took it back to #1 again. This was the second time in pop history (after "The Twist" by Chubby Checker) that a song reached #1 in the US twice. Freddie Gorman developed his potent bass harmonizing on local street corners, and was still in high school when he made his recorded debut on the Quailtones 1955 Josie Records. The Quailtones consisted of Freddie Gorman, Sonny Sanders, Johnny Franklin, James Martin and Ted Scruggs.

Sax Kari & The Quailtones ref The Fidelitones (1)
Rufus Thomas & Sax Kari

They made one obscure record for Josie Records in New York which was arranged through a local record store owner and part time Saxophone Player, Sax Kari. Sax Kari and the Qualitones, "Roxanna" b/w "Tears Of Love", came and went without a trace, and soon after, the group disbanded. When that happened, Freddie Gorman and another of the group's members, Sonny Sanders, formed a group called the Fidelitones, which consisted of the two of them, Brian Holland and a singer nicknamed "Bosco" who lived over on the other side of town. As it turned out, Gorman happened to be Berry Gordy's mailman, and it wasn't long before he convinced Berry to listen to his group.

Sax Kari & The Quailtones
The Fidelitones (1958) William Sanders, Freddie Gorman & Brian Holland

One year before Motown was started, Gordy recorded The Fidelitones for the Aladdin record label. This was also Berry's first encounter with Brian Holland . "Pretty Girl" b/w "Game Of Love" on Aladdin 3442 was never released. While under contract for Aladdin, they recorded "Is it Too Late" but again it was never released, possible because of a lack of funds, or for some other reason. It was finally released years later with this "Yesterday" record label release.

Songs:

(updated by Hans-Joachim)

Sax Kari & The Quailtones

Tears Of Love Roxanna

The Fidelitones (1)

Is it Too Late

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