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The Dukes (2)

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The Dukes (2)

The Dukes (2) (Oklahoma)

 

Personnel :

Don Nero (Lead)

Billy Armistead

Everett Edwards

Willie Moon

Richard Williams

 

Discography :

Singles :
1956 - Teardrop Eyes / Shimmies And The Shakes (Imperial 5401)
1956 - Wini Brown / Cotton Pickin’ Hands (Imperial 5415)

Unreleased:
1956 - Bad Luck Blues (Imperial)
1956 - The Last Ride (Imperial)   
1956 - Lost Dreams (Imperial)
1956 - Baby Please (Imperial)

 

Biography :

Oklahoma harmony group was the Dukes, a Douglass high school students  consisting of Don Nero, Billy Armistead , Everett Edwards, Willie Moon and Richard Williams. The Dukes recorded a couple of sessions in 1956, both at Cosimo Matassa’s new studio on governor Nicholls street and At Radio Recorders on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood which produced  "Teardrop Eyes" released in July and "Cotton Pickin’ Hands" some month later.

The Dukes (2)
 (L to R) Richard Williams, Jerry Sanders, Don Nero, Willie Moon, Billy Armistead, Everett Edwardsand John Stone KOCY DJ     

Cosimo Matassa who ran a legendary recording studio in New Orleans. At the age of 18 in 1945, Matassa opened the J&M Recording Studio at the back of his family’s shop on Rampart Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. In 1955, he moved to the larger Cosimo Recording Studio. As an engineer and proprietor, Matassa was crucial to the development of the R&B, rock and soul sound of the 1950s and 1960s.

  
                              The Dukes                                                                                                     Cosimo Matassa    

 

Songs :

       
Teardrop Eyes             Shimmies And The Shakes                 Wini Brown

        
Cotton Pickin’ Hands                  The Last Ride                       Lost Dreams         

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The Ascots (2)

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The Ascots (2)
left to right Billy Owens, Richard May, James Haughton, Eddie King and Johnny Blanton

The Ascots (2) (Victorville, California)

 

Personnel :

Richard May (Lead /Second Tenor)

Billy Owens (First Tenor)

James Haughton (Bass)

Eddie King (Baritone)

 

Discography :

1962 - I'm Touched / Perfect Love (Ace 650)

 

Biography :

Vocal group from AFB airmen in Victorville, California. Billed as the Ascots the group includes Richard May as Lead singer and second tenor, Billy Owens first tenor, James Haughton bass, Eddie King baritone and Johnny Blanton, manager composer. The group made itself known by participating in a Air Force singing contest, the Ascots finished in second spot. The competition carried them through more than 30 states.

The Ascots (2)
 The Ascots with Friends
 
 They have also appeared in shows headlining Hollywood stars Annette Funicello, Tab Hunter and Pat Boone In 1961, The Ascots  recorded "I'm Touched" backed by "Perfect Love". Both songs were written and arranged by May & Blanton and released on the Ace label.


Songs :

  
I'm Touched                                     Perfect Love



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The Flames (3)

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The Flames (3) (Navy, Hawai)

 

Personnel :

Willie Gaines (Lead)

Pat Dilley

Lou Zippin

Jim Arnold

 

Discography :

The Flames (3)
Singles :
1957 - Crazy / I'll Never Let You Go (International 203)

Unreleased :
1957 - Gee (International)
1957 - Rhythm Train (International)
1957 - Rockin' Town (International)
1957 - Sam The Accordion Man (International)
1957 - She's My Baby (International)
1957 - That's What You're Doing To Me (International)

Tom Moffatt & The Flames (3)
1958 - Beyond The Reef / Rock Along (International 204)

 

Biography :

In 1957, Willie Gaines from savannah, and three mates serving on the U.S.S Kishwaukee, a naval tanker, formed a quartet. Willie Gaines and Pat Dilley, from Columbia high School, were serving office on the ship and soon discovered each liked to sing. This evolved into a quartet, the other members of which were Lou Zippin of Cincinnati and Jim Arnold of Ohio.  They sang on television and began to get invitations for various engagements. They decided to ask the men on the ship to suggest names for the Quartet and the name, "The Flames" was adopted.

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                            The Flames (3)                                                                                         Tom Moffatt                              

Then they met one Bob Bertram a radio man who had made some records as a pianist. He heard them and signed them a six-month recording contract with International Records of Honolulu. Producer Bob Bertram (of 'Susie Darlin’' by Robin Luke fame) owned several labels, including Lariat, whose artists included Joe Maphis, Polynesian (which released hula records aimed at the tourist trade) and Bertram International, which recorded rock & roll. The Flames recorded "I'll Never Let You Go" b/w "Crazy" who soon won a place among the top ten in Hawaii. In early 1958 The Flames backed Tom Moffatt on "Beyond The Reef" and "Rock Along."

 

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Flames (3)

  
Crazy / I'll Never Let You Go                    Gee / Rhythm Train    


Rockin' Town / Sam The Accordion Man


She's My Baby / That's What You're Doing To Me


Tom Moffatt & The Flames (3)


Rock Along

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The Marquis (3) aka The Tabs (3)

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

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The Haddock Sisters
from left, Sue, 13, Bonnie, 18, snd Janice, 16.

The Haddock Sisters (Hopkinsville, Ky)

 

Personnel :

Sue Haddock

Bonnie Haddock

Janice Haddock

 

Discography :

1959 - I'm Gonna Rock Myself To Sleep / Don't Make Me Cry (Holmes 201)

 

Biography :

Their success began at the end of 1958 when their mother, Mrs Haddock an amateur song writer with some 20 titles to her credit, decided she might be able to get some of her work publishing. So she walked into the Chet Atkins Studio in Nashville to see if someone there would look at her work. Chet Atkins in person liked several of them and suggested that she take them to some music publisher. She visited two music publisher, Hal Smith and Jimmy Rich of Gaylord liked the music. They learned Mrs Haddock's daughters are singer and an audition Followed.

The Haddock Sisters     The Haddock Sisters
                                                                                                   Janice, Sue and Bonnie

The Girls, Bonnie, 18, Janice, 16 and Sue, 13, recorded in Nashville "I'm Gonna Rock Myself To Sleep" b/w/ Don't Make Me Cry " released on The Holmes Label (both songs are credited to R. Wilson ???).  In May 1959, the girls make their first television appearance in Nashville on the Noel Ball Show and sing their recorded songs. "I'm Gonna Rock Myself To Sleep" became a hit in Hopkinsville.

 

Songs :

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The Drivers (1)

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The Drivers (1)
Carl Rogers, James Pate, Edison Thompson (top), Leroy Smith, Charlie Harris & Paul McCoy

The Drivers (1) (Cincinnati, OH)

 

Personnel :

Charlie Harris

Leroy Harmshaw

Carl Rogers

Leroy Smith

Willie Price

 

Discography :

The Drivers (1)
1956 - Women / Smooth, Slow And Easy (De Luxe 6094)
1957 - My Lonely Prayer / Midnight Hours (De Luxe 6104)
1957 - Dangerous Lips / Oh Miss Nellie (De Luxe 6117)
1957 - Blue Moon / I Get Weak (RCA 7023)
1958 - Teeter Totter / A Man’s Glory (Lin 1002)
1962 - Mr. Astronaut / Dry Bones Twist    (King 5645)

Charlie Harris
1959 - Won't You Come Back? / Because Of My Love For You (King 5238)   

 

Biography :

Five drivers of a transport company in Cincinnati, Ohio , met in his spare time to make vocal harmonies in the garages of the company. A simple fun in the beginning but they was absorbing more time and finally decided to pursue it professionally. They started singing in various clubs rhythm & blues songs, with great success of the parishioners. 

The Drivers (1)

The Drivers on RCA - Leroy Smith, Carl Rogers, Paul McCoy, James Pate, Charlie Harris & Edison Thompson

They were lucky that there was a musician who worked in a record store and, impressed with the boys, he mentioned it to his boss. This was told to turn to Sydney Nathan, head of King Records, the influential and legendary local record, who joined them shortly thereafter. Nathan tested them in its subsidiary DeLuxe, with the single "Women" b/w "Smooth, Slow And Easy".

The Drivers (1)    The Drivers (1)

They followed "My Lonely Prayer" b/w "Midnight Hours"(1957) and "Dangerous lips" (1957), with the great gospel-rock "Oh Miss Nellie" on side B. They had only accepted locally, perhaps because of the lack of promotion and runs suited to their talent, so his contract with the powerful RCA, which had set them sold.  There they released one single, "Blue Moon", the classic doo-wop but with rhythms of cha-cha-cha. It was stupid, especially taking into account that on side B was infinitely superior "I get weak."

The Drivers (1)   The Drivers (1)

They also made one Single on the modest stamp Lin "A man's Glory" b/w "Teeter tooter". After having changed much of their training, Paul McCoy as were James Pate and Edison Thompson, they  returned to King, who  now depended almost exclusively on the successes of James Brown. To join the bandwagon, Drivers  somewhat altered his style, making a curious mixture of du-DUA and soul that he was imposing, resulting in hybrid, not bad, "Mr. Astronaut" ( 1962). It is a good topic, but had to decant and drivers did not, so the absence of a great success decided to separate.

 

Songs :

The Drivers (1)

     
Women                        Smooth, Slow And Easy                  My Lonely Prayer

     
Midnight Hours                      Dangerous Lips                      Oh Miss Nellie

     
Blue Moon                           I Get Weak                                  Teeter Totter

     
A Man’s Glory                   Mr. Astronaut                          Dry Bones Twist 




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The Spotlites aka The Dawns (4)

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The Spotlites aka The Dawns (4)

The Spotlites (Brooklyn, NYC)
aka The Dawns (4)

 

Personnel :

Sandy Colon (Lead)

Eddie Barbosa

Big Jimmy Lampkin

Little Jimmy Reed

Henry Young

 

Discography :

The Dawns (4)
1959 - I Love You So Tonight / Trav'lin' (Catalina 1000)

The Spotlites
1959 - 1963 - Trav'lin' / All Kinds Of Dancing Goin' On (Catalina 1001)

 

Biography :

Vocal group from Brooklyn composed by Sandy Colon (Lead), Eddie Barbosa, Big Jimmy Lampkin, Little Jimmy Reed and Henry Young. In august 1963, the Quintet locally known as the Spotlites the group records three songs for the little Brooklyn label Catalina. Catalina released  "I Love You So Tonight" and "Trav'lin'" both written by Big Jimmy Lampkin and Little Jimmy Reed Under a new name : The Dawns! At the same time the label again released "Trav'lin'" with "All Kinds Of Dancing Going On", this time under their real name: The Spotlites.

 

Songs
(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

The Spotlites

  
                   Trav'lin'                              All Kinds Of Dancing Goin' On     

 

The Dawns (4)


I Love You So Tonight / Trav'lin'

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Ricky Dee & The Embers (7)

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Ricky Dee & The Embers (7)

Ricky Dee & The Embers (7) (Easton, PA)

 

Personnel :

Rick Wise (Drums)

Anthony Corona (Bobby Arnell) (Tenor Sax, Vocals)

Tony Gasperetti (Bass)

Paul Longyhore (Guitar)

Orlando Capriotti (Organ)

 

Discography :

Ricky Dee & The Embers (7)
1962 - Work Out (Part 1) / Work Out (Part 2) (Newtown 5001)
1962 - Work Out / Tunnel Of Love (Newtown 5001)

John Mobley (bb Ricky Dee & The Embers (7))
1962 - Tunnel Of Love (Part 1) / Tunnel Of Love (Part 2) (Town & Country 6601)

 

Biography :

"Work Out" by Ricky Dee & The Embers is the start of the Harold B Robinson  recording project in Philadelphia at 6601 New Broad Street.....Newtown , New Arts, Newtime ,Nicetown , Sweet Taffy Records introduced a wonderful collection of artistes and attacked on all fronts of music with sometimes bizarre and semi-professional  discs , all without exception worth investigating... Members on the record by Ricky Dee and The Embers were: Orlando Capriotti, Tony Gaspereli, Paul Longyore, Tony Corona and Rick Wise.

Ricky Dee & The Embers (7)

"Work Out" was a big enough hit in the Lehigh Valley and  Philadelphia, that it did chart nationallyat #103 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Chart. Just as the record was breaking out big, radio stations stopped playing it.  Back then rumor was it was because RCA and Sam Cooke said it sounded too much like “Twisting The Night Away”.  The first pressing was "Work Out" Part 1 and Part 2 on the flip side. The second version was Workout on the A side and “Tunnel Of Love” featuring Johnny Mobley on the B side. John Mobley, from Philadelphia, sang with the Four Sportsmen and also released a 45 as Billy Boss & The Boss Tones.

Ricky Dee & The Embers (7)

 On "Work Out" “Bobby Arnell” getting credit on the label as the lead of the group. The group was originally known as “Bobby Arnell and The Accents”.  It was indeed Newtown label owner Harold Robinson that re-named the group Ricky Dee and The Embers. The group played most of the instrumental track on the nationwide hit by Patti LaBelle and The Blue Belles “I Sold My Heart To The Junkman”.  During this YouTube video, look for the great rock and roll music trivia behind the story of that record.

 

Songs :

Ricky Dee & The Embers (7)


Work Out (Part 1) / Work Out (Part 2)

John Mobley


Tunnel Of Love (Part 1) / Tunnel Of Love (Part 2)

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The Gadabouts (2)

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The Gadabouts (2)
L to R: Casper Iasillo, Valentino D'Ottavio, Michael Pierro and Louis Truini

The Gadabouts (2) (Port Chester, New York)

 

Personnel :

Casper Iasillo

Valentino D'Ottavio

Michael Pierro

Louis Truini

 

Discography :

1960 - Deep Are The Roots Of A Happy Home / Caress Me (Jaro Int. 77022)

 

Biography :

Vocal Group from Port Chester, New York, composed by Casper Iasillo, Valentino D'Ottavio, Michael Pierro and Louis Truini. In early 1960, they recorded "Deep Are The Roots Of A Happy Home" and "Caress Me". They have their record released by The J. Arthur Rank Co. on the Jaro Label. They performing on the Ed Sullivan show.

 

Songs:

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The Emjays

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The Emjays
The Emjays : Judy Lloyd , Mike Fox , Jimmy "Curtis" Evans & Mike Love 

The Emjays (Massapequa,L.I.,N.Y.)


Personnel :

Jimmy "Curtis" Evans (James Martin Stulberger)

Judy Lloyd (Judith Lloyd)

Mike Fox (Michael Fox)

Mike Love (Michael Mislove)


Discography :

The Emjays Featuring Jimmy And Judy
1958 - This Is My Love / Waitin´ (The Pitty Pitty Pat Song) (Greenwich 411)

The Emjays
1959 - Cross My Heart (Hope To Die) / All My Love, All My Life (Greenwich 412)
1959 - Over The Rainbow / Cookie Jar (Paris 538)

Jimmy Curtiss & The Regents
1965 - The Girl From The Land Of A Thousand Dances / Let's Dance Close (Laurie 3315)

Jimmy Curtiss
1960 - The Simple Things / Without You (UA 215)
1961 - Miss Untrue / Love Sweet Love (UA 312)
1962 - You Got What I Like / Five Smooth Stones (Warner 5257)
1965 - Not For You / You`re What`s Happening Baby (Laurie LR 3312)
1967 - Psychedelic Situation / Gone But Not Forgotten (Laurie LR 3383)
1969 - Johnny Get Your Gun / For What I Am (Perception P2)



Biography :

Jimmy Curtiss was born 1941 under his real name James Martin Stulberger in New York. He grew up and lived in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. For the first time Jimmy Curtiss appears as a member of a doo wop outfit The Emjays. The Emjays were three guys and a girl:  Jimmy Evans (Later Jimmy Curtiss) Mike Fox, Mike Love, and Judy Lloyd. The youngsters met and organized at Plain Edge High School in Massapequa, L.I., while members of that student body. They write and arrange their own material. The quartet was brought to the attention of label prexy, Hal Webman, by former movie star, Esther Ralston, who's daughter Judy Lloyd, is the female member of the three boys and a girl combo.

The Emjays    The Emjays

                                                                                                         Judy Lloyd

Greenwich Records signed and recorded the new teenage singing group.  The Emjays' first release on Greenwich couples "Waitin'" (The Pitty Pitty Pat Song) with "This Is My Love". The Group cut a second release for Greenwich in 1959 with "Cross My Heart (Hope To Die)" / "All My Love, All My Life". A third single appears on Paris record the same year. Jimmy Curtis issued his solo debut, "Without You," on United Artists in 1961. The label attempted to position him as a teen crooner in the mold of Bobby Vee or Paul Anka, although original and distinctive efforts like 1962's "Five Smooth Stones" not surprisingly failed to make a commercial impact. 

The Emjays    The Emjays
Jimmy Curtiss                                                                                                 

Stripped of his record contract, Curtiss sold songs to Bobby Darin and Ellie Greenwich, and even worked for a time in advertising. Since 1965 he collaborated with Ernie Maresca and Laurie Records in New York. Three Jimmy Curtiss singles appeared on the Laurie label. The "most famous" being, of course, "Psychedelic Situation". Otherwise there wouldn't be this feature.

The Emjays
Jimmy Curtiss

"You're What's Happening Baby" (1965) and  "The Girl From The Land Of 1000 Dances"/bw the Fantastic "Let's Dance Close" (with The Regents) (1965) were the other two 7" 45s on Laurie. Fans of doo wop and teen pop in The US and UK are usually quite fond of this song with The Regents plus the early singles by Jimmy C., while psych pop and bubblegum aficionados prefer Jimmy's music from 1967 onwards. Between 1967 and 1969 Jimmy Curtiss worked with The Hobbits in New York.



Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)
 

The Emjays

     
This Is My Love           Waitin´ (The Pitty Pitty Pat Song)          Cross My Heart  

     
               All My Love, All My Life         Over The Rainbow /  Cookie Jar          

 

Jimmy Curtiss & The Regents

  
    ****Let's Dance Close****             The Girl From The Land Of A ........
 

 

Jimmy Curtiss

     
The Simple Things                        Without You                       Miss Untrue     

     
Love Sweet Love               You Got What I Like              Five Smooth Stones

 


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