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The Jewels (1) aka Crows aka The Four Notes (1)

Posted on July 6 2007 by dion1

Top : William"Bill"Davis & Daniel "Sonny'"Norton - Middle : Harold Major - Bottom : Gerald Hamilton

The Crows (Harlem, New York)
aka The Jewels (1) aka The Four Notes (1)

Personnel :

Daniel "Sonny'"Norton（Lead）

Mark Jackson（Tenor）

Harold Major（Tenor）

William"Bill"Davis（Baritone）

Gerald Hamilton（Bass）

Discography

Fat Man Humphries (bb The Four Notes)
1952 - I Can't Get Started With You / Lulubell Blues (Jubilee 5085)

Viola Watkins (bb The Crows)
1952 - Paint A Sky For Me / Really Real (no group) (Jubilee 5095)

The Crows

Singles :
1953 - Seven Lonely Days / No Help Wanted（Rama 3)
1953 - Gee / I Love You So（Rama 5）
1954 - Perfidia / Piano Player Plays A Tune（Gee 1)
1954 - Heartbreaker / Call A Doctor* (The Jewels (1)) （Rama 10）
1954 - Baby / Untrue（Rama 29）
1955 - Mambo Shevitz / Mambo No.5（Tico 1082）
1954 - Miss You / I Really, Really Love You（Rama 30）
1955 - Baby Doll / Sweet Sue（Rama 50）
Unreleased:
N/A - Don't Come Back (Rama)
N/A - What's The Matter With You, Woman (Rama)

The Jewels (1)
1954 - Call A Doctor* / Heartbreaker (The Crows)（Rama 10）

Lorraine Ellis (bb The Crows)
1954 - Perfidia / [Piano Player Play A Tune - Lorraine Ellis]
1955 - Mambo Shevitz / [Mambo No. 5 - Melino & His Orchestra]（Tico 1082)

*West Coast pressings had "Call A Doctor" credited to the "Jewels"

Biography :

When The Crows started out in 1951, practicing sidewalk harmonies, the original members were Daniel "Sonny" Norton (lead), William "Bill" Davis (baritone), Harold Major (tenor), Jerry Wittick (tenor), and Gerald Hamilton (bass). In 1952, Wittick left the group and was replaced by Mark Jackson (tenor and guitarist).

Frank "Fat Man" Humphries Viola Watkins

They were discovered at Apollo Theater's Wednesday night talent show by talent agent Cliff Martinez and brought to independent producer George Goldner who had just set up the tiny new Rama Records label. The Crows were the first group signed and the first to record. Their first songs they recorded were as backup Fat Man Humphries as The Four Notes and singer Viola Watkins.

The song "Gee" was the third song recorded during their first recording session, on February 10, 1953. It was put together in a few minutes by group member William Davis, with Watkins also being credited as cowriter. The song was first released as the B-side of a ballad, "I Love You So".

The Crows aka The Jewels (1) aka The Four Notes (1)

However, radio stations began turning it over and playing "Gee," first in Philadelphia and later in New York and Los Angeles. By January 1954 it had sold 100,000 copies, and by April it entered the national R&B and pop charts, rising to #2 R&B and #14 pop.The song was a huge hit a year after it was recorded.

In June 1953, The Crows were back in the studio recording "Heartbreaker" and "Call A Doctor." Issued in July 1953, the disc was released on the West Coast, for unknown reasons, with "Call A Doctor" being credited to the Jewels and "Heartbreaker" to the Crows.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Crows/crows.html

Songs :

Fat Man Humphries (bb The 4 notes)

Lulubell Blue I Can't Get Started With You

The Crows


Seven Lonely Days / No Help Wanted      I Love You So                Gee


Perfidia / Piano Player Plays A Tune       Call A Doctor / Heartbreaker           Baby / Untrue


     Mambo Shevitz                Miss You / I Really, Really Love You        Baby Doll / Sweet Sue

Viola Watkins (bb The Crows)

Paint A Sky For Me / Really Real

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The Chessmen (2)

Posted on July 6 2007 by dion1

The Chessmen (2)
Cecil Gentry (Freshman year)

The Chessmen (2) (Washington, DC)

Personnel :

Alan Johnson (Lead)

Willie Hardman (First Tenor)

Robert Brown (Second Tenor)

Cecil Gentry (Bass)

Discography :

1961 - Lola / I believe (Pac 100)

Biography :

Vocal group from Washington DC composed by Alan Johnson (Lead Tenor), Willie Hardman (First Tenor), Robert Brown (Second Tenor) and Cecil Gentry (Bass).

The Chessmen (2)

The Chessmen cut only one single "Lola" b/w "I believe" at a local studio (Rodel) for the local Label Pac. They are not the Chessmen on Mirasonic who was also known as The Prelude 5. Previously Willie Hardman sang with the Dippers Quintet in 1955 and recorded "Look What I Found" b/w "Almost Christmas" on the Flayr Label .

Songs :

lola I believe

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The Marvels (3) aka The Marvells aka The Senators (3)

Posted on July 6 2007 by dion1

The Marvels (3) (Washington, DC)
aka The Marvells
aka The Senators (3)

Personnel :

Sam Gilbert (Lead)

James "Junior" Isom (Second Tenor)

Ronald Boyd (Baritone)

James Mitchell (Bass)

Discography :

The Marvels (3)
1958 - I Shed So Many Tears / So Young So Sweet (Laurie 3016)

The Marvells
1961 - For Sentimental Reasons / Come Back (Winn 1916)

The Senators (3)
1962 - Wedding Bells / I Shouldn't Care (Winn 1917)

Biography :

The Marvels emerged from the fertile Washington, D.C. doo wop scene of the 1950s. According to Marv Goldberg's profile in the December 1976 issue of Yesterday's Memories, lead Sam Gilbert, second tenor James "Junior" Isom, baritone Ronald Boyd and bass James Mitchell co-founded the group in 1954 -- after honing their harmonies on local street corners, the Marvels achieved sufficient notoriety to appear on the popular local television show Milt Grant's Record Hop, but did not actively seek a record deal until 1958, traveling to New York City to audition for the Laurie label. Laurie immediately offered a deal, and that July issued the Isom-led "I Shed So Many Tears" -- when the single went nowhere, the label terminated their contract and the Marvels returned to the Washington club circuit, waiting three years for their chance to cut a follow-up.

The Marvels (3) aka The Marvells aka The Senators (3)

The Winn label issued "For Sentimental Reasons" in the fall of 1961, and when it too failed to generate much attention, the Marvels -- now facing competition from hitmakers like the Marvellos and the Marvelettes -- decided a fresh start was in order, renaming themselves the Senators in honor of the local major league baseball franchise. Winn released the Gilbert-led "Wedding Bells" in the spring of 1962, but it too fared poorly and the group soon dissolved -- Isom later resurfaced in the Gales before signing on with the Satisfactions, who in 1970 scored the R&B Top 40 hits "This Bitter Earth" and "One Light, Two Lights."

Songs :

The Marvels (3)


I Shed So Many Tears                            So Young So Sweet

The Marvells


For Sentimental Reasons                               Come Back

The Senators (3)


Wedding Bells                            Shouldn't Care

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The Four Evers (2) aka Ernie & The Halos (2) aka The Venairs

Posted on July 6 2007 by dion1

Paul Verdi, Jackie Jacobs, Alex Balbadora, Dominick Andraccho

The Venairs (Philadelphia)
aka Ernie & The Halos (2) aka The Four Evers (2)

Personnel :

Jackie Jacobs (Lead)

Paul Verdi (Tenor)

Alex Barbadoro (Second Tenor)

Dominick Andraccho (Baritone)

Discography :

The Venairs
1962 - Summertime / Poor Boy (AMS demo) (Unreleased)

The Four Evers (2)
1963 - Everybody South Street / One More Time (Jamie 1247)

Ernie & The Halo's (2)
1963 - Angel Marie / Darlin!!! Don't Make Me Cry (Guyden 2085)

Biography :

This group initially formed in 1960. After a great deal of practice and patience and a demo late spring 1962 as the Venairs , the Four-Evers auditioned for the manager of deejay Jerry Blavat, who thought they were great. Fate unfortunately didn't see it that way and they had to wait until March 1963 before a recording of theirs was produced and released on Philadelphia's Jamie label. “Everybody South Street” b/w “One More Time” arranged by Bob Finizio (The Fabulous Four) came out on February 16, 1963.

Bob Finizio

Prior to the release, there was no South Street dance in existence and when the disc began to take off, a dance was invented. The Four Evers did get on television dance shows in Baltimore, where the record took off. They go down there and first appear on [Buddy] Dean’s TV show and then on Bob Kaye’s with the Flamingos.” The Buddy Dean Show was immortalized as the tv dance show satirized in numerous John Waters productions like Hairspray, The Shag and Cry Baby. The Four Evers were signed as singers not dancers, but the nature of their single required them to try their feet at dancing.

Ernie Spano

About six monist elapsed when Bob Finizio contacted the restless quartet for some work. a few days later, they popped up in a studio all set to support neighborhood homeboy, Ernie Spano a member of the Four Dates who also tripped with the Fabulous Four. The Four Evers also backed Ernie Spano in the Bell-Sound –recorded release, “Angel Marie (The Girl from Across the Sea” b/w “Darling!! Don’t Let Me Cry” (Guyden 2085) which was released on March 27, 1963, soon after their own release. All of the doo-wop groups were soon overtaken by the arrival of the Beatles and the British muscial invasion that would come within the year.

Songs :

The Venairs


Poor Boy                                          Summertime

The Four Evers (2)


Everybody South Street                        One More Time

Ernie & The Halo's (2)

The Girl From Across The Sea Darlin!!! Don't Make Me Cry

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The Mellow Drops aka The Monitors (1) aka The Senors

Posted on July 5 2007 by dion1

The Monitors (1) aka The Senors aka The Mellow Drops

The Monitors

The Monitors (1) (New Orleans, LA)
aka The Senors aka The Mellow Drops

Personnel :

Robert Kidd (Lead Tenor)

Vontell Lane (Tenor)

Adolph Smith (Tenor)

Clarence Phoenix (Contralto)

Billy Tircuit (Bass / Baritone)

Discography :

The Mellow Drops
Singles :
1954 - The Crazy Song / When I Grow Too Old To Dream (Imperial 5324)
Unreleased :
1954 - I Want Your Love (Imperial)
1954 - Mother Will Stand Up For You (Imperial)

The Monitors (1)
Singles :
1956 - Candy Coated Kisses / Tonight's The Night (Aladdin 3309)
1956 - A Little Word / That's What I'll Do (Aladdin 3313)
1957 - Our School Days / I've Got A Dream (Speciality 595)
1957 - Closer To Heaven / Rock 'N' Roll Fever (Speciality 622)
1958 - Mama Linda / Hop Scotch (Speciality 636)
Unreleased :
1956 - Guiding Light (Aladdin)
1956 - O, O, Daddy, O (Aladdin)
1957/58 - Crazy Green Lizard
1957/58 - Groovy Ruby
1957/58 - If I Could See You Again
1957/58 - My Baby's Rockin'
1957/58 - My Greatest Mistake
1957/58 - Red Sails In The Sunset
1957/58 - Too Young
1957/58 - Wobble When She Walks

The Senors
1962 - May I Have This Dance / Searching For Olive Oil (Sue 756)

Biography :

This New Orleans vocal group First got together in New Orleans in 1952, They were friends in their early twenties and calling themselves the Mellow-Drops, playing bars and clubs in the New Orleans vicinity. Finally they were discovered by Imperial's Dave Bartholomew. Bartholomew got them a session on November 15, 1954. "The Crazy Song" and "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" by the Mellow Drops later that year. For some forgotten reason, the group decided to change their name to the Monitors. They met and backed up Shirley and Lee one day. The producer that day was Eddie Mesner of Aladdin Records. That session eventually led to a session for the Monitors with Aladdin. Kidd was the usual lead, but he was unable to make the Monitors session with Aladdin and Vontell Lane filled in. Four tunes were recorded at the one session they had with Aladdin — only two were used.

The Mellow Drops aka The Monitors (1) aka The Senors

Eddie Mesner Billy Tircuit

The Aladdin disc did well locally but received little support from the label, and they next called on Specialty Records in 1956. While this group had been the Mellow Drops on Imperial and was renamed the Monitors and the Senors, it's curious that despite their Louisiana origin, they recorded for the Sue label in New York and for California's Imperial, Aladdin, and Speciality labels. The Monitors' first session for Specialty was held in December 1956 and their first release on that label occurred in January 1957. It did well locally in New Orleans, but Speciality’s Art Rupe failed to support it. Similarly, their two other Specialty releases had good local support but no push. Differences between group members began to surface and they split up in 1958. Later that year,Vontell Lane and Billy Tircuit got together with Johnny Meyers, Simon Washington, and Elaine Edwards to form the Moonbeems .

The Mellow Drops aka The Monitors (1) aka The Senors
Art Rupe

In 1961, many of the Monitors original members got together and renamed themselves again to the Senors. The group members were Billy Tircuit, Adolph Smith, Vontell Lane, and Clarence Phoenix. Their new lead singer was Adolph's brother, Milton Smith. They recorded a couple of sides at Cosimo's: "May I Have This Dance" and "Searching For Olive Oil". By 1964, the Monitors / Señors had disbanded for good.

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Monitors/monitors.html

Songs :

The Mellow Drops


The Crazy Song                      I Want Your Love

The Monitors (1)


Candy Coated Kisses / Tonight's The Night      Our School Days / I’ve Got A Dream


Closer To Heaven / Rock 'N' Roll Fever      Mama Linda / Hop Scotch

The Senors


May I Have This Dance                Searching For Olive Oil

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Mike & The Utopians (1)

Posted on July 5 2007 by dion1

Mike & The Utopians (1)
Mike Lasman

Mike & The Utopians (1) (Brooklyn, N.Y)

Personnel :

Mike Lasman (Lead)

Jimmy McQueen (Tenor)

Earl (Baritone)

Stuart Cohen (Bass)

Discography :

1958 - Erlene / I Wish (Cee Jay 574)
1958 - Erlene / I Found A Penny (Cee Jay 574)

Biography :

Danny Robinson was the brother of Bobby Robinson, who owned Red Robin and Fury Records. Danny himself owned several Harlem labels like Holiday and Everlast. Clarence Johnson, who assisted Danny Robinson with his amateur vocal groups began his own label, Cee Jay Records, in the Bronx. One of the aspiring groups Johnson had in his stable was Mike & The Utopians. The one-record quintet from the Bedford-Stuyvesant Section of Brooklyn (NY) consisted of : Mike Lasman (Lead ), Jimmy McQueen (Tenor), Earl ? (Baritone) & Stuart Cohen (Bass) and ?.

Mike & The Utopians (1)

"I Wish" b/w "Erlene" Cee-Jay 574 was pressed twice in 1958. "Erlene" was the "A" side on both pressings. The flip sides were both the same recording with different titles . The other title of this recording is "I Found A Penny (And I Made A Wish)." Both pressings were from 1958, but exact release dates of each pressing are not known. Mike Lasman later sang with the Dreamers on Guaranteed, the Accents on Sultan, and the Concords on Herald.

Songs:

Erlene I Wish

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The Tads aka The Dots (4)

Posted on July 5 2007 by dion1

The Tads aka The Dots (4)
(L to R) Duke Draper, Leroy Fullylove, Emerson Bilton and Charles Fullylove

The Tads (Phoenix, Arizona)
aka The Dots (4)

Personnel :

Leroy Fullylove

Charles Fullylove

Emerson Bilton

Robie Robinson

Discography :

The Tads

Singles :
1956 - Your Reason / The Pink Panther (Liberty Bell 9010/Dot 15518)
1957 - She's my Dream / Wolf Call (Rev 3513)
Unreleased :
1957 - Glowing Moon (Porter)
1957 - Hey Little Girl (Porter)
1957 - Mixed Up Mama (Porter)
1960 - Bumble Bee (Demo) (Atlantic)

The Dots (4)
1957 - Ring Chimes / Wolf Call (Rev 3512)

Biography :

The most prolific Phoenix black vocal group The Tads, Who had already recorded for the liberty Bell label (The Supreme Your Reason and Hazlewood's Pink Panther, later leased to Dot.) produced by air-conditioning salesman and musical entrepreneur Frank Porter in 1957.

They are four songs on a small tape that Porter remembers recording in the laundry room of his house on Stella Lane.In October 1957, Rev released Ring Chimes and Wolf Call as by the Dots for some unknown reason.

Then in January 1958, Rev released Wolf Call Backed with She is my dream.
Anchored by leader and songwriter Leroy Fullylove with brother Charles, Emerson Bilton and Robie Robinson who was replaced by Madero White (brother of Carl White of The Sharps and The Rivingtons).

The quartet would feature an ever-changing cast of members, including Duke Draper, through the end of 1961 when they disbanded. The group recorded Three songs for Porter Records, but all were unreleased.

The Tads almost made it big, though, when Loy Clingman sent Fullylove’s demo of his composition “Bumble Bee” to Atlantic in 1960 via Duane Eddy’s manager Al Wilde. Unfortunately, instead of signing The Tads, Atlantic lifted the arrangement, note for note, for LaVern Baker’s very successful recording.

She also claimed half of the writer’s credit on the first pressings, although that mistake was later corrected to give Fullylove his proper due…and royalties.
http://www.bobcorritore.com/flyinhigh.html

Thanks to Markowee

Songs :

The Tads


Glowing Moon                      Your Reason                               The Pink Panther


Hey Little Girl                              Mixed Up Mama                          Bumble Bee

The Dots (4)

Ring Chimes

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The Bachelors (4) aka The Montereys (3)

Posted on July 5 2007 by dion1

The Bachelors (4) aka The Montereys (3)
Dean Barlow

The Bachelors (4) (Bronx, New York)
aka The Montereys (3)
ref The Crickets

Personnel :

Dean Barlow (Lead)

Bill Lindsay (Second Tenor)

Billy Baines (Bass)

Ed "Sonny" Jordan (Tenor)

Waldo Champen (Tenor)

Discography :

The Bachelors (4)
1956 - Dolores / I Want To Know About Love (Earl 101)

Dean Barlow & The Bachelors (4)
1956 - Baby / Tell Me Now (Earl 102)

Dean Barlow & The Montereys (3)
1957 - Dearest One / Through The Years (Onyx 513)
1957 - Angel / Tell Me Why (Onyx 517)(Never issued)

Biography :

Dean Barlow, originally named Grover Barlow, was the one constant through several different versions of the Crickets. He also sang in several other groups and attempted a solo career with a series of singles on the Jay Dee label. Label proprietor Joe Davis was a strong supporter of Barlow, hiring recording engineers time and time again to point microphones in the direction of his hauntingly expressive voice. The third Crickets configuration (Dean Barlow, Bill Lindsay, Bobby Spencer and Freddy Barksdale) stayed together for about a year. Grover Barlow was introduced as "Dean Barlow".

The Bachelors (4) aka The Montereys (3)
The third Crickets group : Barlow, Spencer, Lindsay and Barksdale Waldo Champen

He announced and sang his new solo recording ("I'll String Along With You"), which the group didn't even know existed. In spite of this, they did a few more shows together before breaking up definitely.In 1956, Bill Lindsay eventually re-joined Dean Barlow in a new group : The Bachelors, the other members were Billy Baines, Ed "Sonny" Jordan, and Waldo Champen . The new group released two records on the tiny Earl label (owned by Tommy "Dr. Jive" Smalls and Sammy Lowe). The first was "I Want To Know About Love" (led by Dean) c/w "Dolores". The second was "Baby" c/w "Tell Me Now" (both led by Dean). The Bachelors eventually changed their name to the Montereys, recording four songs for Jerry Winston's Onyx label in early 1957.

The Bachelors (4) aka The Montereys (3)
Dean Barlow & Bill Lindsay

Their only Onyx release was "Dearest One" (a duet lead by Dean Barlow and Bill Lindsay), backed with "Through The Years" (fronted by Sonny Jordan) in August 1957 (Onyx 513). "Dearest One" became a regional hit in New York. There was supposed to be a second Montereys record: "Angel" (led by Bill Lindsay), backed with "Tell Me Why" (led by Dean). It was slated to be released as Onyx 517, but for some reason was never issued. These were Dean's last group records.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Crickets/crickets.html

Songs :

The Bachelors (4)


Dolores                            I Want To Know About Love

Dean Barlow & The Bachelors (4)


Baby                                                Tell Me Now

Dean Barlow & The Montereys (3)


   Dearest One                                Through The Years


Angel                                             Tell Me Why

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The Rockers (2) aka The Trojans (2)

Posted on July 5 2007 by dion1

The Rockers (2) (St. Louis)
aka The Trojans (2)

Personnel :

Art Lassiter (Lead)

Douglas Martin

George Green

Murrey Green

Discography :

The Trojans (2)
1955 - As Long As I Have You / I Wanna Make Love To You (RPM 446)

The Rockers (2)
1956 - What Am I To Do / I’ll Die In Love With You (Federal 12267)
1956 - Down In The Bottom / Why Don’t You Believe (Federal 12273)
1957 - Tell Me Why / Count Every Star (Carter 3029)

Biography :

Lassiter was born in 1928 in North Carolina. His parents were cotton sharecroppers, and Lassiter began singing after joining his uncles' gospel group. At the age of 14, he moved to Newark, New Jersey to live with his mother who had moved there for work. While in Newark, Lassiter performed with the Jubilaires. Lassiter later joined the United States Army and served during the Korean War. After leaving active service, Lassiter returned to the United States. During a cross-country drive, he broke down in St. Louis. While there he sang at an amateur club night, and was given a permanent booking. He often sang covers of Ray Charles songs, and formed The Bel-Airs with brothers George and Murrey Green and Douglas Martin. By late 1955, the band renamed themselves The Trojans and recorded with RCA Records, backing Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm. The group backed Turner again the following February, this time on Federal Records under the name of The Rockers.

Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm

Turner offered Lassiter a place in his Rhythm Revue, where he subsequently met and worked with Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, and Albert Cook. In March 1960, Turner chose Lassiter to front the Kings of Rhythm. Lassiter's trio of backup singers — Robbie Montgomery, Frances Hodges, and Sandra Harding were called The Artettes, and eventually formed the foundation of The Ikettes. Ike Turner wrote "A Fool in Love" specifically for Lassiter, but Lassiter failed to turn up to the song's recording session at the expensive Technosonic Studios in St Louis. Tina Turner—then going by the stage name Little Ann—knew the song from rehearsal sessions, and recorded a guide track to act as a demo. Lassiter's failure to appear for the session was around the time he had disagreements with Ike Turner over financial matters; he was soon no longer a member of the Rhythm Revue.

Songs :

The Trojans (2)


As Long As I Have You                  I Wanna Make Love To You

The Rockers (2)


What Am I To Do                           Down In The Bottom


Tell Me Why                         Count Every Star


I’ll Die In Love With You                        Why Don’t You Believe
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The Angelos aka Linda Martell & The Anglos (1)

Posted on July 5 2007 by dion1

The Angelos aka Linda Martell & The Anglos (1)

The Angelos (Leesville, South Carolina)
aka Linda Martell & The Anglos (1)

Personnel :

Thelma Bynem "Linda Martell"

L. Bynem

Discography :

Linda Martell & The Anglos (1)
1962 - A Little Tear (Was Falling From My Eyes) / The Things I Do For You (Fire 512)

The Angelos
1963 - Lonely Hours / Just Like Taking Candy From A Baby (Vee Jay 531)
1964 - Bad Motorcycle (Wooden Wooden) / Backfield In Motion (Tollie 9003)

Discography :

Linda Martell (born Thelma Bynem) was born in Leesville, South Carolina the daughter of pastor Clarence Bynem. Singing began for Linda in Leesville's (S. C.) St. Mark's Baptist Church, where Linda, her sister and three brothers sang in the choir. When Linda turned 16, her voice seemed a natural for rhythm and blues and she began singing around her home state with her sister, a cousin and her brothers who formed a band.

The Angelos aka Linda Martell & The Anglos (1)
Linda Martell

In 1961, the girls, Linda, her sister and her cousin formed a vocal trio called the Anglos. The Anglos cut "A Little Tear" b/w "The Things I Do For You" on Bobby Robinson's Fire Records (1962, as Linda Martell & the Anglos). The group also recorded two singles for Vee-Jay records and Vee-Jay’s subsidiary Tollie Records as The Angelos with "Lonely Hours" written by Linda and "Backfield In Motion" by her brother Elzie - both produced by Ray Stevens

The Angelos aka Linda Martell & The Anglos (1)

The family group enjoyed a modest success for eight years. They sang behind the Drifters and recorded behind Jimmy Hughes. They really divided when her cousin got married. In 1969, she joined Shelby Singleton's Plantation Records. Linda Martell was a chocolate-brown beauty from South Carolina who had a hit song, "Color Him Father," on the country radio.

Songs :

Linda Martell & The Anglos (1)


        A Little Tear                            The Things I Do For You

The Angelos


    Lonely Hours                   Just Like Taking Candy From A Baby


Bad Motorcycle (Wooden Wooden)                  Backfield In Motion

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