Songs : Singles: 1960 - It's Raining / Louisiana (Tifco 822) Unreleased : 1960 - The White Cliffs Of Dover (Tifco)
Biography :
The Tifanos were local recording artists from the Tifton, Ga area. They recorded 5 songs for Tifco records. The early title was "Drip Drop" changed to "It's Raining". The single was released in 1960 during that time the Payola scandal, which was why it never took off back then without the help of Payola payments to the disc jockeys.
Tifco records, a Label owned by James Newton & Gus Statiras, out of Tifton, GA. The label was started as a source for material for larger labels. The only one that ended up going to a larger label was the "Johnny Jenkins & the Pine-Toppers" which included Otis Redding as a band member. Atlantic picked it up (with a short in between label by the Atlantic guy that purchased the songs for Atlantic). The label included several styles of music, R&B, Blues, Teen, Girl Groups, Country, Pop.(
Single : Juanita Rogers And Lynn Hollings (bb Mr. V's Five Joys) / Juanita Roger (bb Mr. V's Five Joys) 1960 - Teenager's Letter Of Promises / I'm So Glad You Love Me (Pink Cloud 333)
Unreleased: Juanita Rogers 1959 - I'm So Glad You Love Me (studio rehearsal)
Biography:
Juanita Rogers was 15 years old, when she recorded “I’m So Glad You Love Me” b/w “Teenager’s Letter Of Promises” in 1959 in somebody’s living room. Lynn Hollings, the narrator on the A-side, was a jazz disc jockey in Chicago during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Lynn Hollings
It is not known whether the Five Joys are the same as the “Five Jays” (male lead, female lead, three male backup singers) whose publicity photo is in Robert Pruter’s collection. http://campber.people.clemson.edu/sunra.html
Songs :
I’m So Glad You Love Me / Teenager’s Letter Of Promises
The Dupries - Joanie Duprey, Dick Schulz & Carol Duprey
The Dupries (St. Paul, Minnesota) aka Candy & The Corals
Personnel :
Dick Schulz (Lead Vocal / Bass Guitar)
Annie Duprey (Vocal)
Joanie Duprey (Vocal)
Carol Duprey (Vocal)
Dave Pilz (Drums)
Dave Parpovich (Lead Guitar)
Discography :
The Dupries 1965 - Kissy Face / Baby Doll (Test 100 / Thunderbird 106)
Candy & The Corals 1967 - I Should Have Loved You More / I Know (Test 110)
Biography :
The Dupries, Annie, Joanie & Carol Duprey were from St. Paul, Minnesota as was their band: Dick Schulz (bass and vocal), Dave Pilz (drums) and Dave Parpovich (lead guitar). Dupries was an altered form of the sisters’ last name. In 1965 , they singing in many shows in the Wisconsin area and local Dj and producer Dick Hoff aka Dick Hiliday co-wrote the song "Baby Doll" for the group."Kissy Face" and "Baby Doll " were recorded in May, 1965 for St. Paul label Test Records. Just month after that small-label release they were picked up and re-released on Thunderbird.
The Dupries Candy & The Corals
Thunderbird Records was formed in the early 1960s by Len and Ben Weisman. Like its allied label Sahara Records it was named after a Las Vegas gambling casino frequented by an affiliate who later became a partner. Len Weisman is better known locally as Buffalo’s biggest player in the record business, Lenny Silver. "Baby Doll" became a hit locally on WDUZ Green Bay, Wisconsin. After this the girls and band went back to Test Records and got a release as Candy & The Corals and again failing to hit, theydisappeared from our world of records and radio. https://wnyfm.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/45-friday-the-dupries-kissy-face
1959 - I Love You Darling / Bandstand Baby (Harvard 803)
Biography :
The Apollos from Newark, NJ. consisted of Joseph Bertolino, Danny Studnicky, James LaParra, Mike Azzolino, & George Deutsch (with Danny Studnicky singing the lead.) In 1959, The Apollos recorded "I Love You Darling" b/w "Bandstand Baby" released by Harvard records owned by Trade Martin and Johnny Power, the two formed Rome Records in 1960. This was the group's only release. Legal action or the threat of legal action from Dick Clark over the word "Bandstand" in the flip side's title negatively impacted the sales of the record and caused the group to disband.
Singles : 1960 - Bye Bye Swift / Somebody's In Love (Saturn 223) 1960 - Dreaming / Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie (Saturn 401/402)
Unreleased rehearsals: 1954 - Africa** 1955 - Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie* 1955 - Dreaming** 1955 - Somebody’s In Love* 1955 - Summertime** 1955 - There’s A Small Hotel** 1955 - The Second Stop Is Jupiter* 1958 - Black Sky & Blue Moon** 1958 - Bye Bye** 1958 - Come Rain or Come Shine** 1958 - Honey** 1958 - Honey (diff. vers.)**
*home rehearsal **studio rehearsal
Biography :
El Saturn Records is a Record label formed in Chicago in 1957 by Alton Abraham and Sun Ra, along with Abraham’s brother Artis, who founded El Saturn Research in 1957, which would record and distribute albums by the Arkestra as well as the vocal and R&B groups rehearsed by Sun Ra during the late 1950s. Before they were the Cosmic Rays, Calvin Barron, Matt Swif, Lonnie Tolbert and ? were a nameless vocal quartet working outdoors in Chicago’s black neighborhoods during the mid-‘50s. It was on the beach at 63rd and Jackson Park that a man named Raymond Dancer first heard them, liked them and suggested that he manage them. Like Sun Ra, Dancer was a native of Birmingham, Alabama, and he’d seen Ra lead a big band in Birmingham in what must have been a return engagement at a masonic hall sometime in the very early ‘50s. Late in ’56 or early the following year, Dancer met Sun Ra at Budland, during one of his Arkestra appearances at the club. He told Ra about the group and it was Ra’s suggestion that he bring them by and informally audition them. Saturn Records released two singles by the group. Calvin Barron would later join the Moroccos. https://artyardrecords.co.uk/sun-ra-singles-the-definitive-45s-collection-1952-1991 http://campber.people.clemson.edu/sunra.html
Songs :
Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lies Somebody's In Love
Dreaming Bye Bye Swift
Unissued studio rehearsals:
Summertime There's A Small Hotel The Second Stop Is Jupiter
Honey Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie Somebody's In Love
Top : Willie Graham - Middle : Ira Foley & Randolph Bryant - Bottom : Donald Woods
Donald Wood & The Vel-Aires (Los Angeles) aka The Bel-Aires (3) aka The Rhythm Masters
Personnel :
Donald Woods (Lead)
Randolph Bryant (Tenor)
Willie Graham (Second Tenor)
Ira Foley (Bass)
Discography :
The Bel-Aires (3) 1955 - This Paradise / Let's Party Awhile (Flip 303) 1955 - White Port And Lemon Juice / This Is Goodbye (Flip 304)
Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires 1955 - Death Of An Angel / Man From Utopia (Flip 306) 1955 - Stay With Me Always / My Very Own (Flip 309) 1956 - Heaven In My Arms / Mighty Joe (Flip 312)
The Rhythm Masters 1956 - Baby We Two / Patricia (Flip 314)
Biography :
Donald "Buster" Woods originally recorded with The Medallions, from Los Angeles, California. The Medallion's group leader was Vernon Green, but when Woods split from Green he took three of the Medallions with him to form The Bel-Aires, who were known as the Vel-Aires when they weren't backing Woods. In 1954, Flip Records, a small, Hollywood based label, that specialized in Doo-Wop, recorded two Singles by The Bel-Aires, "This is Paradise," backed with "Let's Party Awhile," (Flip #303) and "White Port & Lemon Juice," backed with "This Is Goodbye," (Flip #304).
Darryl Perault (Jivers & Rhythm Masters)
In June, Flip issued the group's third record, but by then their name had been changed to the "Vel-Aires." It's probable that this was due to the existence of another West Coast Bel-Aires, this one a black and white duo that had covered Marvin & Johnny's "Tick Tock" on Crown in 1954. Flip Records recorded two other Singles by Donald Wood & The Vel-Aires. In 1955, Donald Woods had left to try a solo career. Willie, Randolph, and Ira got a replacement tenor: Darryl Perault (who would go on to sing with the Jivers) and, on December 10, 1955, they recorded "Baby We Two" and "Patricia" for Flip as the "Rhythm Masters". http://www.uncamarvy.com/Medallions/medallions.html
L to R : Billy Ables, John Fisk, Ray Flannery and Douglas Taylor
The Keynotes (2) (Nashville, Tennessee)
Personnel :
Ray Flannery (First Tenor)
Billy Ables (Second Tenor)
Douglas Taylor (Baritone)
John Fisk (Bass)
Discography :
1954 - Who / They Say (Dot 15225)
Biography :
In 1953, they were four David Lipscomb college students who decided to organize a quartet. Their names were Billy Ables, 19, second tenor; Douglas Taylor, 20, baritone; John Fisk, 19, bass; Ray Flannery, 19, first tenor. They decided to call themselves "The Keynotes." They entered the talent show sponsored by THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN and the East High School Men's club. They won first prize. An unending series of invitations to make singing appearances began to flood them. Soon they were singing before all sorts of audiences. Randy Wood of Dot Records in Gallatin, Tenn., invited them in for an audition and liked what he heard. The Keynotes signed a recording contract and recorded " Who" b/w "They Say" released by Dot.
1961 - The Way You Look Tonight / Moon Flight (inst.) (Caddy 117)
Biography :
Dick Hugg, known to his listeners as "Huggy Boy", was instrumental in the promotion of rock and roll in the 1950s. He was the first white disc jockey to broadcast (on station KRKD) from the front window of John Dolphin's popular all-night record store, Dolphin's of Hollywood, at the corner of Central and Vernon Avenues. He was one of the first, if not the first disc jockey's to play the Penguin's "Earth Angel". In 1955, Hugg would start his own record label, Caddy Records.
In 1960, he Managed a young black vocal group named the Lonely Guys from Oakland composed by Jame Ellington (Lead), Bob Selva (Baritone), Tony Cardinale (Tenor) and Ted Bell (Bass). According to Bob Selva, It's in 1961 (Not 1957) that the Lonely Guys recorded "The Way You Look Tonight" coupled with an instrumental "Moon Flight" released on Caddy #117. The Lonely Guys stayed together for over 10 years, played a lot of gigs, around the states .
Jimmy Colwell, Chuck & Mike Packevicz , Phil Tutino
The Avalons (2) (New Heaven, CT.)
Personnel:
Chuck Packevicz
Dave Kendricks
Jim Colwell
Ed Hayden
Larry Meeker
Discography :
1974 - Cheaters / Stuttering (Wallis 100)
Biography :
Vocal group from from New Heaven,CT, originally know as the The Pastels in 1957, they changed their name when "Been So Long" by the Air Force Pastels reached # 4 on the Billboard R&B chart and # 24 on the pop chart. They changed their name by the Avalons from the box of the deck cards (The Avalon Deck). The Avalons is composed between 1957 and 1958 of various singers like Ed Hayden, Larry Meeker, Chuck Packevicz, Dave Kendricks or Jim Colwell.
Marty Kugell
In 1957, they recorded two songs for Marty Kugell’s Klik Records: "Cheaters" and "Stuttering". Klik was a short-lived New Haven’s label that never really had much in the way of hits but nonetheless cranked out a small batch of absolutely great doo wop sides before the payola scandal of 1959 closed its doors. Kugell, like most of his contemporaries in the record business did not keep detailed files on every group he recorded in the fifties. Many are unfortunately just names on a tape or demo, never tobe fully identified. Finally in the 70s, Wallis Records released the Klik Demos on a singles.
Reggie Smith, Ronald Johnson, Johnny Jones, Jesse Stafford and Howard Pitman
The Five Chances (Chicago) ref : The Maples

Personnel :

Darnell Austell (Lead)
Eddie Stillwell (Lead)
Reggie Smith (Tenor)
Harold Jones (Baritone/Tenor)
Howard Pitman (Baritone)
John Austell (Bass)
Discography :
The Five Chances Singles : 1954 - I May Be Small / Nagasaki (Chance 1157) 1955 - All I Want / Shake A Link (Blue Lake 115) 1956 - Gloria / Sugar Lips (States 156) 1957 - My Days Are Blue / Tell Me Why (Federal 12303) 1960 - Need Your Love / Land Of Love (Corina 2002) 1960 - Need Your Love / Is This Love (PS 1510) Unreleased : 1954 - Make Love To Me (Chance) 1954 - California (Chance) 1956 - Bashful Boy (States)
Tiny Topsy bb The Five Chances 1957 - Aw! Shucks Baby / Miss You So (not them)((Federal 12302)
The Maples 1955 - I Must Forget You / 99 Guys (Inst.) (Blue Lake 111)
Biography :
One of the pioneer Rhythm & Blues vocal groups in the wake of the breakthrough by The Orioles was a group from Chicago who were known originally as The El Travadors. They formed during the year of 1950 and the members of the group were Howard Pittman, Reggie Smith, Harold Jones, and the Austell brothers Darnell and John. They began singing together in high school and tried their hand at neighborhood appearances and local talent shows and amateur nights. It was one of these shows held at Chicago's famous night spot, the Crown Propeller, that they made contact with some people with the knowledge of the music scene that could help them. Before long they had a chance to audition for Chance Records, then a top independent label in Chicago. The top talent and A & R man at the label Ewart Abner (who in later years would be a key factor in the success of Vee-Jay and his own Abner labels) liked what he heard and almost immediately changed the name of the group from the El Travadors to blend with the label and so The Five Chances were born.
(Top) Reggie Smith, (Middle) Harold Jones, Johnny Jones, Howard Pitman, (Bottom) Kenneth Childers
In August of 1954 Chance Records released "Nagasaki" and "I May Be Small" on # 1137 by the group. This ended up being a short relationship between the group and the label, as president Art Sheridan soon folded the Chance label, and so The Five Chances had to look elsewhere in their search for success. On the Al Benson's Blue Lake label, a subsidiary of Parrot Records, The Maples were a one-time ad hoc gathering of vocal group singers who came together in November 1954. The Five Chances started working with singer Kenneth Childers, who was paying for his own sessions to get on record.The Maples were a one-time ad hoc gathering of vocal group singers who came together in November 1954. The Five Chances started working with singer Kenneth Childers, who was paying for his own sessions to get on record. Reggie Smith and Howard Pitman recalled the Five Chances (using the name Maples) making a recording with Childers. But it never got that far according to Johnny "Chubby" Jones (who was the lead singer for the Five Chances at the time). Rather, Jones arranged to back Childers at the recording session with an ad hoc group consisting of himself, Albert Hunter (from the Clouds), and Andrew Smith (from the Fasinoles).
The record was "I Must Forget You" b/w "99 Guys" and the group was dubbed the Maples. Like many Benson-produced jump sides, "99 Guys" gets a superb instrumental break courtesy of Von Freeman on one of the tenor. At this time Johnny "Chubby" Jones had replaced John Austell in the group. Blue Lake released "All I Want" and "Shake-A-Link" with Darnell Austell on lead. Except for a brief flurry of airplay in their native Chicago, the record did not receive much in the way of sales nationally. Once again the Five Chances were looking for another record label, and they went once again to a Chicago independent, this time the States label. "Gloria" and "Sugar Lips" were released in May of 1956 on States # 156. The group tried to get the word out about their effort with appearances like the one they did in June of the year at Chicago's Trianon Ballroom called "Blues-O-Rama" that also starred Ray Charles, Muddy Waters, The Kool Gents, and others.
Ronald Johnson, Howard Pitman, Jesse Stafford, Reggie Smith and Johnny Jones
Unfortunately it was more of the same for the group. By the following year they found themselves on still another label. This time it was the Federal label based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the group was going through a number of personnel changes. In July of 1957 Federal released "My Days Are Blue" and "Tell Me Why" on # 12303. In September the group appears at a big R & B midnight show at the Senate Theater presented by Sam Evans. Also on the bill are Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, Sonny Boy Williamson, and others. The Five Chances also appear at a R & B show in Joliet, Illinois Coliseum with Magic Sam, Billy "The Kid" Emerson, and others. By the end of the year the Five Chances had all but called it a day as a recording entity.
Songs :
The Five Chances
I May Be Small / Nagasaki All I Want / Shake A Link
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