Singles : 1957 - You Know I Go For You / My Brother (ABC 9865) 1958 - Eda Weda Bug / The Greatest Love Of All (Bale 100) 1958 - Hello Mr. New Year / Let Christmas Ring (Bale 103) 1974 - Just Room For Two / You Know I Go For You (Roadhouse 1019)
Unreleased : 1958 - Siesta (Bale)
Biography :
The Coolbreezers started singing as a gospel group in Wash. D.C. and switched to doo-wop. Members were Joe Reuth, Richard Steward, Bob Armstrong, William Primrose, Earl J. Williams, and Sonny Williams. Bea Williams, sister of Earl and Sonny Williams, assumed the role of manager and had them record some rhythm and blues demos that she sent to New York for evaluation.
As a result, ABC Paramount had them record one record that went nowhere , Bea Williams then started her own label, BALE, and released two singles by the Coolbreezers in 1957: “The Greatest Love Of All” / “Eda Weda Bug” and “Let Christmas Ring” / “Hello Mr. New Year.” Earl Williams also sang bass for the Twilighters on Marshall.
1963 - What Are You Doing Tonight / Being In Love (Bethlehem 3079)
Biography :
Willie John Farley was born at East Hartford, Connecticut. He started singing in 1958, being part of several groups, the Impalas , the Cosmopolitans... It was in 1963 that he started his own group with some friends : The Florescents. The group consists of Willie John Farley, Wayne Strong, Timmy Martin, Richard Reedy, Peter Tyson and John Lee. They recorded "What Are You Doing Tonight" and "Being In Love" released by Bethlehem Records.
The Hill Sisters Single : 1959 - Hit And Run Away Love / Advertising For Love (Anna 1103) Unreleased: 1959 - Love Me (Anna)
Jackie Carbone bb The Hill Sisters 1960 - Let Me Go Daddy-O / The Lovely Lady In Blue (Ciro’s 1002) 1960 - Song Of Napoli / The Voice Of Love (Ciro’s 1003/1004)
Biography :
Lynne Hill, Carol Hill and Beverly Hill started their music career back in 1955 and was part of a singing trio, The Hill Sisters, singing for school and church functions. They also performed live on the "Soupy Sales" show in 1959 performing "I hear It Everywhere". In 1959, they released a record on Barry Gordy's "Anna Records" with the songs "Hit And Run Away Love" and "Advertising For Love".
Jackie Carbone The Hill Sisters
Anna Records was a short-lived record label, known as a forerunner of Motown, founded by sisters Anna and Gwen Gordy and Roquel Billy Davis in 1959 and located in Detroit, Michigan. Gwen Gordy and Davis had written hit songs for Jackie Wilson and Etta James prior to founding the label. The Trio sang back-up vocals on a few different records for a promising young vocalist named Jackie Carbone on "Let Me Go Daddy-O" and "The Lovely Lady In Blue", "Song Of Napoli" and " The Voice Of Love" both singles released by Circo's Records .In 1960/61, the Hill Sisters decided to end their music career.
1959 - Please Baby Please / Little Sandy (Herald 524) 1959 - She's Right For Me / Lonesome Soul (Herald 539)
Biography :
The Tune Tones, who recorded for Herald Records in the late 1950s, were formed in Brooklyn by two friends, Allen Levy and Gilbert Kaplan. Kaplan heard Levy playing the piano in the gym at Tilden High School, and told him that he knew somebody in the music business. The two wrote some songs and then went to Manhattan and auditioned for Jim Gribble, who owned a recording studio and was a budding manager. Gribble later went on to manage The Passions and The Mystics, and his recording studio and offices became a hangout for such later notables as Paul Simon and Al Kooper. The Tune Tones were his first group. Gribble liked what he heard, christened them The Tune Tones, and took them to Al Silver, of Herald Records, a few floors up in the same building.
Silver signed them and released two 45s by The Tune Tones: “Little Sandy” b/w “Please Baby Please,,” (H-524, 1958) and “She’s Right for Me” b/w “Lonesome Soul” (H 539, 1959). Neither were hits, although “Please Baby Please” received solid airplay (it was the b-side) and has become something of a completist fan favorite.After the release of “She’s Right for Me”, Kaplan decided to break up the group and try for a solo career. He ended up a veterinarian in Long Island and died several years ago. Levy went to become a rock critic (writing for Changes), Assistant Editor of music industry trade paper Record World, and then held public relations posts at United Artists, A&M and ASCAP. He later became Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Chapman University in Orange, California, a post he held for 25 years. He is now a member of Southern California doo-wop group The Expectations.
1962 - My Hearts Desire / Listen My Heart (Whip 276)
Biography :
Vocal group from Bloomfield Ave. in Newark. composed by Mike Bonczek (Lead), Raymond LaBranche (Tenor), Ray Andrejcik Sr (Baritone) and Manny Cruz (Bass). The group will record two tracks "My Hearts Desire" and "Listen My Heart" which will be released by Whip records in 1962.
When Bill Aken (Zane Ashton) was a teenager in the San Joaquin Valley, most of his peers were listening to Patti Page, Johnny Ray, etc, etc. I was being influenced by an entirely different kind of music... 1950's Groups like The Crows, The Ravens, and The Dominoes. Lots of his schoolyard friends in the San Joaquin Valley couldn't understand him, saying, "You're white... how can you like that kind of music ???" . His family moved to East Los Angeles in 1952, Bill found others who were into R & B like him and they formed their own band, The Nomads (Los Nomadas) to do their own kind of music. In 1958, even tho they was recording 'pop' music, Rochelle and The Candles came along and re-kindled his desire to do real 'R & B.'
Bill Aken (Zane Ashton)
In 1961 his own record label and production company division was in it's infancy and a vocal group called 'The Arc-Angels' would be his first independent 'R & B' production.... The group was composed by James W. Kisling (Lead), Robert G. Whiteside , Tony Smith and Bill Hutton (Piano). The Arc Angels showed up with a song named "Goddess" written by Kisling. Kisling and Whiteside wrote "Little Wells" on a Saturday before their first recording session because they needed an original song for the B side. "Little Wheel" was done in two takes and "Goddess" was done in five.
1958 - Sun Glasses / Undivided Attention ((Big Top 3003)
Biography :
The Shades was a fictitious label credit masking the lead singing of co-writer Mort Shuman with Willi Burke (aka Mrs Doc Pomus) and a couple of friends who may or may not have been Linda Laurie and Susan Yellin. "Sun Glasses’ was one of the earliest releases on New York's Big Top label, owned by publishers Hill & Range, for whom Pomus and Shuman were signed as staff writers. The flipside, written by Linda Laurie and Susan Yellin from Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, NY. was credited solely to the Knott Sisters, who were called that because they were not sisters.
They did get their picture on the sheet music of ‘Sun Glasses’, though, posing with two male models as the Shades. Another attempt to ride the coattails of the smash pop hit ‘Short Shorts’, this one did not do a lot of business, but in 1958 Pomus and Shuman had a long and successful career ahead of them. The next release on Big Top would be "White Bucks And Saddle Shoes’ by Bobby Pedrick Jr, also penned by the duo. Linda Laurie recorded solo sides from 1958-64 for a number of labels.
Songs :
The Shades (4) & The Knott Sisters The Knott Sisters
Arthur & The Corvets (4) (Atlanta, Georgia) aka The Corvetts (2)
Personnel :
Arthur Conley (lead)
Eddie Davis
Hubert Kimbrough
Mark Chapman
Discography :
Arthur & The Corvets (4) 1964 - Poor Girl / Darling I Love You (Na-R-Co 203) 1964 - I Believe / Miracles (NRC 2781-232) 1964 - Aritha / Flossie Mae (NRC 2871-34-1/2)
The Corvetts (2) 1965 - I'm Going To Cry / You're Blue (Moon 100)
Biography :
Born January 4, 1946, in McIntosh, GA, and raised in Atlanta, Conley was just 12 years old when he joined the Evening Smiles, a gospel group that appeared regularly on local radio station WAOK. Arthur joined a secular band named the Corvets and composed by Eddie Davis, Hubert Kimbrough & Mark Chapman. Arthur became their lead singer. Named Arthur & The Corvets, the group recorded "Poor Girl" and "Darling I Love You" both written by Arthur. The single was released by the Atlanta label National Recording Company in April 1964. The label will release a second single a few months later with "Miracles" b/w "I Believe". But, the NRC singles attracted little attention and Arthur left the group to mount a solo career. The group without its leader continues to record and the label released "Aritha" and "Flossie Mae" will be released shortly after retaining the name of "Arthur & The Corvets". Under the name of Corvetts a last single will be released in 1965 by Moon Records with "I'm Going To Cry" b/w "You're Blue".
The Six Teens (Los Angeles, California) pictures update ByHans-Joachim
Personnel :
Kenneth Sinclair（Lead）
Trudy Williams（Lead）
Darrell Lewis
Bevery Pecot
Ed Wells
Loise Williams
Discography :
The Six Teens
1956 - A Casual Look / Teen Age Promise (Flip 315) 1956 - Send Me Flowers / Afar Into The Night (Flip 317) 1956 - Only Jim / My Special Guy (ATG) (Flip 320) 1957 - Arrow Of Love / Was It A Dream Of Mine (Flip 322) 1957 - My Surprise / Baby You're Dynamite (Flip 326) 1957 - Stop Playing Ping Pong (With My Heart) / My Secret (Flip 329) 1958 - Love's A-Funny That Way / Danny (Flip 333) 1958 - Baby-O / Oh, It's Crazy (Flip 338) 1959 - Heaven Knows I Love Him / Why Do I Go To School (Flip 346) 1960 - That Wonderful Secret Of Love / So Happy (Flip 350) 1960 - Suddenly In Love / Little Prayer (Flip 351)
Trudy & Louise
1963 - Teenage Promise* / My Special Guy** (Flip 362) *faster version of Teen Age Promise (rec. 1956) ** same as on Flip 315
Biography :
The Six Teens' name derived from the average age of the six members divided by six; Ed Wells was the oldest at 17, and Trudy Williams the youngest at 12. Like most teenage groups of that era, they were inspired by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers.
Originally the Sweet Teens, they recorded one single under that name ("Don't Worry About a Thing" for Flip Records in 1956), with Wells singing lead on the first recording but Williams taking the helm for subsequent releases. The first Six Teens single, "A Casual Look," became their biggest hit. Flip's owner picked "Teenage Promise" but the disc jockeys flipped it, and it went to number 25 on the pop charts and number seven R&B.

The group began performing and spent much of the summer of 1957 performing in Hawaii. "Send Me Flowers," their second release, was number one there, but their third record, "Only Jim," did nothing to advance their career.
The fourth, "Arrow of Love," showed at number 80, and when Flip began marketing the Six Teens to teenyboppers, their songs and lyrics became unbelievably trite. Tunes like "Stop Playing Ping Pong With My Little Heart" had no chance for success, and a personnel shakeup did nothing to stabilize the group.


In 1957, the Six Teens recorded "My Surprise," credited to the Six Teens featuring (14-year-old) Trudy Williams. Three final recordings failed to chart, but they continue performing with different members until the late '60s.
Songs :
The Six Teens
A Casual Look Teen Age Promise Send Me Flowers
Afar Into The Night Only Jim My Special Guy
Arrow Of Love Was It A Dream Of Mine My Surprise
Baby You're Dynamite Stop Playing Ping Pong My Secret
Love's A-Funny That Way Danny Baby-O
Oh, It's Crazy Heaven Knows I Love Him Why Do I Go To School
That Wonderful Secret Of Love So Happy Suddenly In Love
1963 - The Smock / Dance Party (World Artists 1006) 1963 - Kickin Kangaroo / Sweet Cadillac (World Artists 1009)
Discography :
Everybody was singing on street corners of Pittsburgh's North Side during the 1950s, including Gus Collins. But he was a bit more advanced than his 'hood harmonizers; by the age of eleven, he was singing second tenor with his first group, Sammy and the Belltones. By the time 1960 rolled around, Gus was singing lead vocal for a local group called the Lateers with Dennis Fitzgerald, Sammy Beckham and Rodney Allen. Signed to Lenny Martin's World Artist label, the Lateers had two singles that landed on the national R&B charts in 1962 and 1963, “Dance Party” and “Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac” featuring Collins on the lead. After a couple of years of national tours and one-night stands, the Lateers called it quits in 1965. http://oldmonmusic.blogspot.com/2010/07/
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