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The Goldenaires

Posted on March 18 2018 by dion1

The Goldenaires
Henry Gabb, Gene Ravain, Roy Picou - Bottom : Augie Wenzel

The Goldenaires (New Orleans, Louisiana)

 Personnel : 

Roy Picou (Lead/Second Tenor)

Augie Wenzel (First Tenor)

Henry Gabb (Baritone)

Gene Ravain (Bass)

 Discography :  

1959 - All About You / My Only Girl (Ron 325)
1960 - Love letters / Ding Bats (Ron 332)

Biography :

Ric and Ron were founded by Joe Ruffino, who named the labels after his two sons. Ruffino had learned how the R&B business worked through his association with Record Sales, the New Orleans record distribution outlet, and with Johnny Vincent, who based his Ace and Vin labels in Jackson, Mississippi but recorded almost exclusively in New Orleans. For a while Ruffino was Vincent’s eyes and ears, bringing several acts to Ace, including the Supremes and Lenny Capello. However, in 1958 Vincent cut him loose to do his own thing.

The Goldenaires
1958 - Henry Gabb, Augie Wenzel, Roy Picou and Gene Ravain

Ruffino started Ric that spring with a handful of Ace masters he’d received as a parting gift from Vincent. He hired guitarist/bandleader Edgar Blanchard as his first A&R head and signed Al Johnson as the label’s initial artist. Blanchard soon moved on but his successors, Harold Battiste and the young Malcolm “Mac” Rebennack, carried on his work without missing a step before they in turn went on to greater fame as the 60s progressed.

1959 - Henry Gabb, Roy Picou and Augie Wenzel               Joe Ruffino

At the beginning of 1959, Joe Ruffino signed a vocal group "the goldenaires", a quartet composed of Roy Picou, Henry Gabb, Augie Wenzel and Gene Ravain. The quartet occurs locally in jazz clubs and other venues under the name of "Four Goldenaires". Ron released two singles "All About You" b/w "My Only Girl" in 1959 and "Love letters" b/w "Ding Bats" at the beginning of the year 1960. From 1959, in spite of the departure of Gene Ravain the Goldenaires continue to occur in trio in the clubs of New Orleans and its surroundings.

Songs :


All About You                                   Love letters


My Only girl                                  Ding Bats

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The Melodettes

Posted on March 17 2018 by dion1

Pauline Morgan, (center); Mayola Morgan, Rochelle Cooper and Christine Oliver

The Melodettes (Baltimore)

Personnel :

Pauline Morgan

Mayola Morgan

Rochelle Cooper

Christine Oliver

Discography :

?

Biography :

The Melodettes were featured every weekend at Flame's Skylite Room of the Melody Ballroom along with the “Tilters, “The Skyliters” and Billy Barnhill, as the Master of Ceremony in 1953. They also performed in venues in Virginia, Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York. They work with local popular groups such as “The Cardinals”, “The Swallows”, “ The Kings”, Shirley and Mickey Fields and the Seven-Tilters. Local promoter, Lou Karpouzie was their manager for four years.

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The Showmen

Posted on March 10 2018 by dion1

The Showmen (Norfolk, Virginia)
(The early Years)

Personnel :

General Norman Johnson (Lead)

Dorsey "Chops" Knight (Second Tenor)

Gene "Cheater" Knight (First Tenor)

Leslie "Fat Boy" Felton (Baritone)

Milton "Smokes" Wells (Bass guitar)

Discography :

The Humdingers
Unreleased :
1956 - How Could You Forget (Atlantic)
1956 - One More Kiss (Atlantic)
1956 - Ride Alone (Atlantic)
1956 – Papa Lollipop (Atlantic)

The Showmen
1961 - It Will Stand / Country Fool (Minit 632/Imperial 66033)
1962 - The Wrong Girl / Fate Planned It This Way (Minit 643)
1962 - Com'n Home / I Love You Can't You See (Minit 647)
1962 - True Fine Mama / The Owl See's You (Minit 654)
1964 - 39 - 21 - 46 / Swish Fish (Minit 662)
1964 - Somebody Help Me / Country Fool (Imperial 66071)
1965 - In Paradise / Take It Baby (Swan 4213)
1965 - Our Love Will Grow / You're Everything (Swan 4219)

Carl First & The Showmen
1964 - I’m Still In Love With You / Mind Your Mamma (Lawn 223)

Biography :

The Showmen were one of the R&B groups to bridge the gap between doo wop and soul in the early '60s, creating a buoyant, energetic fusion of harmonies and propulsive R&B beats. The group only had one hit, "It Will Stand," which charted both in 1961 and in 1964, but their lead singer, General Johnson, went on to greater success as the leader of the '70s soul group Chairmen of the Board.

The Showmen

General Norman Johnson and the group had been singing doo wop harmony together in their home town, Norfolk, Virginia, since the mid-'50s when they were barely in their teens and calling themselves The Humdingers. By 1960 their manager, Noah Biggs, had a demo recording made of the group, then consisting of lead singer Johnson, brothers Gene and Dorsey Knight (first and second tenors), baritone Leslie Felton and bass Milton Wells.

The Showmen

In 1961, the group signed with Minit Records, which was based in New Orleans. Their first single was a rock & roll anthem, "It Will Stand." Released in the fall of 1961, "It Will Stand" was a hit, particularly on the East Coast and in the New Orleans era, but it only peaked at number 61 on the pop charts. Nevertheless, the song's popularity never decreased and it became a hit three years later, when re-released on the Imperial label. On its second release, the single peaked at number 80 on both the R&B and pop charts.

The Showmen

Between the two chart appearances of "It Will Stand," The Showmen kept recording and performing. During this time, they had no national hits, but "39-21-46" became a significant regional hit. In 1965, the group signed with Swan Records, but none of the ensuing singles became hits. In 1968, Johnson left the band and moved to Detroit, where he formed the Chairmen of the Board, who would later have hits with "Give Me Just a Little More Time," "(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String," and "Everything's Tuesday" in the early '70s. In the three decades after the breakup of The Showmen, "It Will Stand" and "39-21-46" remained popular on the East Coast "beach music" scene and Johnson would later return to this area, carving out a living as a local performer.

Songs :

The Showmen


It Will Stand                      Country Fool                            The Wrong Girl


Fate Planned It This Way           Com 'n Home          I Love You Can't You See


True Fine Mama              The Owl See's You                  39 - 21 - 46


Swish Fish                        In Paradise                      Take It Baby


Our Love Will Grow                 You're Everything

Carl First & The Showmen

Mind Your Mama I'm Still In Love With You

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The Serenades

Posted on March 10 2018 by dion1

The Serenades
Willie Wright

The Serenades (Chicago)

Personnel :

Willie Wright (Lead)

James "Doolaby" Wright (Bass)

Willie Daniels (Baritone)

Tommie Johnson

Ronald Sherman

Discography :

1957 - A Sinner in Love / The Pajama Song (Chief 7002)

Biography :

Thei story of The Serenades goes back to Jenner Grade School, where Tommie Johnson, Otha Lee Givens, Terry Collier, Bryan Barlow, and Napoleon Hall formed a group. Tommie Johnson was the brother of Charles Johnson, the bass singer of the Von Gayles. The group graduated to Wells High and soon were playing at parties and talent contests. Johnson then met Willie Wright (aka Willie Dial), who had a group of his own, the Quails.

Jerry Butler Willie Wright

The story of the Quails goes back to the famed soul singer Jerry Butler, before he was a part of the Impressions. While still attending Washburne Trade, he and his classmates formed a group called the Quails. The other members were Willie Wright; his brother, James "Doolaby" Wright; and Ronald Sherman, the latter who used to fill in for missing members of the Von Gayles. Butler left the group when he had to drop out of school to go to work. the Serenades. Members of the Serenades were lead singer Willie Wright, James "Doolaby" Wright, Willie Daniels, Tommie Johnson, and Ronald Sherman. The Serenades got a contract with Mel London's Chief label in early 1957.

The two sides released by the group in March that year were a ballad, "A Sinner in Love," and a jump, "The Pajama Song". The ballad got played on the deejay Sam Evans's show but did little else. Butler vividly remembered "A Sinner in Love" because it credits "Wright" and " Snave" as the writers. "It was my first composition," said Butler. "After I left the group, they recorded it and didn't even put my name on the record. I remember Sam Evans playing it one night, and I said, 'That's my song!' I called the guys up but they were all covering their eyes and feeling ashamed. The Serenades got a bit of recognition in April 1957 when they appeared on the big Mambo Easter Dance sponsored by three local deejays, McKie Fitzhugh, Big Bill Hill, and Richard Stamz. Other acts on the bill included Paul Bascomb, Tommy "Madman" Jones, Harold Burrage, the Clouds, the Gay Tones, and the Five Echoes. Willie Wright soon left the Serenades and formed The Medallionaires.

THE CHICAGO SCENE by Robert Pruter

Songs :

A Sinner in Love The Pajama Song

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The Four Rivers

Posted on March 9 2018 by dion1

Bottom, L-to-R: Connie Bailey, Wiley Trass; Top, L-to-R: Van Pleasants, Ken Pleasants, Fred Hughes

The Four Rivers (Oakland, Ca.)

Personnel :

Ken Pleasants (Lead)

Fred Hughes (Lead)

Wiley Trass

Connie Bailey

Discography :

The Four Rivers
Single :
1962 - I Confess / Sooner Or Later (Josie 901)
Unreleased :
1962 - Constantly In My Mind (Music City)
1962 - Nature Boy (Music City)

Little Lynn & The Four River
1962 - Send My Records C.O.D. / I Walk In Circles (Little Lynn) (Music City 845)

Biography :

A quintet comprising of Ken Pleasants, lead, Fred Hughes (who had at times sung in The Holidays) also singing lead, plus Billy Harrison, Wiley Trass who had also served in The Holidays, and Marcellus Matthews. They called themselves The Five Disciples. Fred Hughes had started out as gospel singer at The Good Samaritan Church of God in Christ. The Five Disciples sprang out of the church where Pleasants and Hughes were often featured soloists under the direction of Olla Andrews and Edwin Hawkins of "Oh happy day" fame. By the spring of 1961, all the original members of The Five Disciples had been drawn back into "the devil's music." Out of the ashes sprung The Four Rivers who were formed during the summer of 1961. At first they were a trio of Pleasants, Fred Hughes, and Wylie Trass. Needing a fourth member, they approached Connie Bailey. Bailey was a first class choreographer who soon became an indispensable asset to the quartet. Bailey made showmen of the member singers. Ray Dobard (owner and operator of the Music City Label) took care of the group's recording needs while The Magnificent Montague (R&B disc jockey) handled the group's material."I confess" (formally known as "Matilda") backed by "Sooner or later" plus a song remembered as "Constantly In My Mind" were recorded at Music City without the group under contract. Montague refused initially to release the two songs, claiming they sounded too churchy to click in the commercial market.

The Magnificent Montague Ray Dobard

Being miffed a little by Montague's inaction, the group headed south to get a contract with a bigger label. The Four Rivers landed up at Capitol Records on Hollywood and Vine. At Capitol, under the stewardship of Googie René who rearranged the scores, the group re-recorded "Sooner or later" and "I confess." Capitol loved the results and wanted to issue a single. However, someone had passed along the glad tidings to Montague, and after his threats, Capitol dropped The Four Rivers like a ton of hot bricks. When "I confess" came out, KSAN and KWBR played it with some regularity, thus generating a few paying engagements. Both Montague and Dobard had a stake in The Four Rivers and through contacts back east had the recording placed with Josie Records out of New York. The 45, although one of the best late vocal group recordings ever to come out of the Bay Are, never took off. This was coupled with the fact that the tight harmony vocal group era was coming to a close. Groups who offered dance craze or novelty renderings seemed to hold the strongest formula for success. However, The Four Rivers shared gigs with Ike and Tina Turner and landed back-up vocal track work on Music City sessions behind visiting talent such as Richard Berry, James Brown, and Big Mama Thornton. Much of this activity was in some way related to Dobard. Ken Pleasants also created keyboard and organ accompaniment behind vocal groups at the Music City Studio. Other efforts of his included a single for Music City in support of an artist named Lynn Stevens.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Four Rivers

Sooner Or Later / I Confess Nature Boy

Little Lynn & The Four Rivers

Send My Records C.O.D.

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The Trilons

Posted on March 9 2018 by dion1

The Trilons (Brooklyn, New York)

Personnel :

Yvonne Bunny (Soprano)

Discography :

1962 - I'm The One / Forever (Tag 449)

Biography :

The Trilons

Songs :

I'm The One Forever

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The Roulettes (2) aka Billy & the Patios aka The Singing Roulettes

Posted on March 4 2018 by dion1

The Roulettes (2) aka Billy & the Patios aka The Singing Roulettes
The Roulettes (2)

The Roulettes (2) (Manhattan, New York)
aka Billy & the Patios aka The Singing Roulettes

Personnel :

Billy Galante

Bobby Galante

Bobby Wicks

Victor Points

Lillie Acosta

Discography :

The Roulettes (2)
1958 - I See A Star / Come On Baby (Champ 102)

The Singing Roulettes
1959 - Hasten Jason / Wouldn't Be Going Steady (Scepter 1204)

Billy & The Patios
1961 - Love Is A Story / You Name It (Lite 9002)

Billy Gallant
1962 - Scribbling On The Wall / Thinking Wishing Hoping (Dee Dee 501)
1963 - Thinking Wishing Hoping / If You'd Only Be My Love (Goldisc G6)

Biography :

Bobby Galante was singing with a group of guys from the neighborhood that included himself, Bobby Wicks and Victor Points. Bobby wanted his brother Billy to write a song for his group. Billy wrote two songs, "I See A Star" and "Come On Baby". Victor Points was supposed to do the lead on "I See A Star", Victor simply froze at the microphone, He would open his mouth but nothing came out.

The Roulettes (2) aka Billy & the Patios aka The Singing Roulettes
Billy at the Arthur Godfrey 1960 At the Hop with Dick Clark

They had no choice to quickly find a new lead singer for the song. Billy Galante spoke with Johnny Maestro, who mentioned a girl named Lillie Acosta. She was a stand-in for the Crests and the new lead singer for the group. They booked the Allegro Studios in New York and recorded "I See A Star" and "Come On Baby". Bobby Galante sang lead on the flip. After listening to the record, Florence Greenberg from Champ Records on Broadway signed with them a recording contract. Florence contacted Radio DJ Jocko Henderson to acquaint him with the records.

The Roulettes (2) aka Billy & the Patios aka The Singing Roulettes
Contract signing and Autographswith Sal Galante, Bobby Galante, Joan Galante

The record got significant airplay in the Tri-State area and The Roulettes appeared at records Hops all over New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The record appeared as #55 on the CashBox chart. In 1959, they Waxed their second Records "Hasten Jason" and "Wouldn't Be Going Steady" released on Florence’s new Scepter label. the record didn't stand a chance, Florence Greenberg provided no support for "Hasten Jason".

The Roulettes (2) aka Billy & the Patios aka The Singing Roulettes
Billy & The Patios

Billy Galante decided to continue singing after group broke up. Billy sang lead for the Intros as they played the club circuit in New York and New Jersey. In 1961, Billy wrote "Love Is A Story" and decided to record the song at the regency Studios in New York City. He assembled a group wing included Bobby Wicks, Victor Points and his wife’s Brother, Robert Malfi. They used the name Billy & The Patios because he wanted a new name and a clean slate. The record was put out on the Lite label but again, the record didn’t have a chance. Billy Galante continued as a solo singer under his name & Billy Vance...

Songs :

The Roulettes (2)


I See A Star                                     Come On Baby

The Singing Roulettes


    Hasten Jason                            Wouldn't Be Going steady

Billy & The Patios


Love Is A Story                                     You Name It

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The Five Echoes (1) aka The Five Echos

Posted on March 3 2018 by dion1

The Five Echoes (1) aka The Five Echos
The Five Echoes (L-R) Johnnie Taylor, Earl Lewis, Constant Sims, Jimmy Marshall, and Freddie Matthews.

The Five Echoes (1) (Chicago)
aka The Five Echos

Personnel :

Walter Spriggs（Lead / Tenor）

Tommy Hunt（Lead / Second Tenor）

Earl Lewis (First Tenor)

Constant Count Sims（Baritone）

Herbert Lewis（Baritone）

Jimmy Marshall（Bass）

Discography :

Singles :

The Five Echoes (1)
1953 - Lonely Mood / Baby, Come Back To Me（Sabre 102）
1954 - So Lonesome / Broke（Sabre 105）

Wally Wilson bb The Five Echoes (1)
1954 - If You Don't Love Me / The Hunt Sabre 106）

The Five Echos
1954 - Tell Me Baby / I Really Do（Vee Jay 129）
1955 - Fool's Prayer / Tastee Freeze（Vee Jay 156）

Unreleased :

1954 - Evil Woman （Vee Jay)
1954 - Why Oh Why / That's My Baby（Sabre 107）

Album:

1964 - Collectors Showcase Groups Three Vol. V
Lonely Mood / That's My Baby / Baby Come Back To Me / Why, Oh Why / So Lonesome / Broke (Constellation LP CS-5)

Biography :

The work of the Five Echoes on Sheridan's Sabre label ranks among the bluesiest ever recorded in the city. The group originally consisted of four kids from the South Side, in the vicinity of Thirty-fifth to Thirty-ninth Streets. They were Constant "Count" Sims, Herbert Lewis, Jimmy Marshall, and Tommy Hunt (who years later scored with "Human"). The group's hangout was the Morocco Hotel, at Thirty-ninth and Cottage Grove, home of a famous nightspot, the Flame. Around 1952 the Flamingos expelled their original lead singer, Earl Lewis. The banished singer loved to sing so he started looking for a new group, and the Flames gladly incorporated him into the group. Another, less-official, member was Freddie Matthews, who served as chauffeur and who also occasionally sang with the group. Not long afterward, the group changed its name to the Five Echoes after they discovered a previous claim to the "Flames" name.

The Five Echoes (1) aka The Five Echos
Walter Spriggs

They ran into Walter Spriggs. He had heard about the Echoes. Walter Spriggs send them in a place up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, called the Right Spot owned by two Italian guys. Spriggs took them up there one weekend, and when they did this job there that night they had a nice crowd, which was the way Spriggs figured it. They did a good show for them and these two Italian guys told them to stay, and they stayed there 'bout a year. Walter Spriggs wrote a couple, which was "Lonely Mood" and "Baby Come Back to Me." So when Ewart Abner of Chance Records came out there, by that time we were swinging. We had the house packed every weekend. Abner asked us to record and that's how we started recording records.The first record, "Lonely Mood" backed with "Baby Come Back to Me," was released on Sabre in September 1953. The first record, "Lonely Mood" backed with "Baby Come Back to Me," was released on Sabre in September 1953. Spriggs sang lead on both sides but was considered a member of the group only for the session; Sims sang baritone; Herbert Lewis, baritone; Tommy Hunt, second tenor; Earl Lewis, first tenor; and Jimmy Marshall, bass.

The Five Echoes (1) aka The Five Echos
Johnnie Taylor

Both sides got radio play in various cities across the nation, but the record could not be called a big seller since it did not get on the charts nationally. It did, however, make the group known, so that when they were billed they had some name recognition. After the record, Hunt was lost to the group. He had been drafted, leaving the Five Echoes short a member. The remaining singers in the group — Sims, the two Lewises, and Marshall — recruited Johnnie Taylor, a Kansas City native who was bumming around Chicago singing in a local gospel group, the Highway QC's. This was the same Taylor who became a hit- making phenomenon of the 1960s and 1970s. With Taylor as a member, the Five Echoes' next record was "So Lonesome" backed with "Broke," released on Sabre in February 1954. Two further sides were done at the same session with one "Wally Wilson" joining the Five Echoes and the Al Smith group. These were released as Sabre 106. "Wilson" was in fact Walter Spriggs (who didn't seem to like record companies using his right name); he got composer credit (as "Spreegs") for all four sides from the session, and sings the lead on both "Wilson" sides.

The Five Echoes (1) aka The Five Echos
Freddie Matthews & his Four Echoes

By early 1954 the Five Echoes were becoming regulars in the clubs, playing such venues as the New Heat Wave, in January, and Martin's Corner, in March. The Five Echoes had one more session with Sabre. The company seemingly was trying to get the Echoes away from blues so it had them record a ballad, "Why Oh Why," and a jump, "That's My Baby." * Hunt, while AWOL from the service joined the group on this session, singing second lead on "Why Oh Why." Hunt was soon lost to the group again after the FBI caught up with him and sent him to the stockade. The Five Echoes moved to Vee-Jay where they had two releases .
"The Five Echoes" on a bootleg 45rpm release Vee-Jay 190 are not The Five Echoes of Sabre/Vee-Jay Records at all but actually another group called The Echoes. The titles "Pledging To You" / "Soldier Boy" were originally released on "4 Hits" EP. There is also a repro edition of Sabre 106 on Rascio blue wax as by The Five Echoes.
*Annotation: These 1954 recordings were originally planned for Sabre 107, first time issued on Constellation Records in 1964.
Doowop: The Chicago Scene (Robert Pruter)

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

The Five Echoes (1)


   Lonely Mood              Baby, Come Back To Me                      So Lonesome


   Broke                         Why Oh Why                          That's My Baby

Wally Wilson bb The Five Echoes (1)


If You Don't Love Me                    The Hunt

The Five Echos


Tell Me Baby                  I Really Do                            Fool's Prayer

Tastee Freeze

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Debbie & The Darnels (2) aka The Teen Dreams

Posted on February 25 2018 by dion1

The Teen Dreams aka Debbie & the Darnels (2)
Joan Yutenkas, Dorothy Yutenkas and Marie Brancotti

Debbie & The Darnels (2) (New Haven, CT)
aka The Teen Dreams

Personnel:

Joan Yutenkas

Dorothy Yutenkas

Marie Brancotti 

Discography :

Debbie & The Teen Dreams
1962 - The Time / Santa, Teach Me To Dance (Vernon 101)

The Teen Dreams
1962 - The Time / Why, Why? (Vernon 101)

Debbie & the Darnels (2)
1962 - The Time / Why Why (Vernon 101) 
1962 - The Time / Teach Me To Dance (Vernon 101)
1962 - Daddy / Mr Johnny Jones (Columbia 42530)

Biography :

Debbie and the Darnels hailed from New Haven, Connecticut. Dorothy Yutenkas, her sister Joan and a friend, Maria Brancati, made up the singing trio. In 1962, the group was known as the Teen Dreams. Later that year, the trio's name was changed to Debbie and the Darnels. Their upbeat tune “Mr. Johnny Jones” was a Top 40 hit on local Connecticut radio stations.

The trio's Christmastime offering was a lively and catchy tune called “Santa Teach Me to Dance.” Dorothy was the lead singer and wrote the group's first recording: “Why Why.” The trio was discovered by New Haven's Jerry Greenberg, who also wrote “The Time” for the group. Backing up the trio was Greenberg's instrumental band the Passengers. The group was managed by Sam Goldman (manager of the Five Satins). Debbie and the Darnels toured up and down the East Coast and were a very popular girl group in the early '60s. In Connecticut, Debbie and the Darnels shared the stage with other well-known state artists.

The Teen Dreams aka Debbie & the Darnels (2)

For example, Debbie and the Darnels performed on the same bill as the Connecticut groups the Five Satins and the Passengers at Seymour's Actors Colony as part of a TwistA-Rama show. The trio was also on the same bill as New Haven's Ginny Arnell.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

Mr Johnny Jones                           Why, Why?


Santa, Teach Me To Dance                           The Time

Daddy Mr. Johnny Jones

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The Tri-Tones (1)

Posted on February 24 2018 by dion1

The Tri-Tones (1)
(L to R) : Dick Burlingame, Ernie Bruno & Richie Brill

The Tri-Tones (1) (New York)

Personnel :

Ernie Bruno (Lead Vocal & Accordion))

Richie Brill (Vocal Trumpet)

Dick Burlingame (Vocal & bass)

Bob Alderman (Guitarist)

Philip A. Paclo (Drummer)

Bud Brusgul (Guitarist)

Discography :

1957 - Chicken In The Basket / You (Ranger 9650/9651)
1958 - Shumwaa / Flipped (Raycraft 27582)

Biography :

In 1956, at Poughkeepsie High School, Dick Burlingame had the idea of starting a singing group, a Rock and Roll group. With Ernie Bruno and Richie Brill, they start as a Rhythm’ blues group to sing in three part harmony with no accompaniment. The trio first sang in the 1956 Thanksgiving show of the Town of Poughkeepsie Patrolmen’s Benevolent association. Their four numbers were so well received that The youths appeared In several other area shows and dances In the next few weeks. They sang at the Beacon High school prom, at a Roosevelt High school dance for the cerebral palsy fund, at a New Year s eve party at St Mary's school In Fishkill, at a firemen's show in Beacon and in a show at the Rehabilitation center in Haverstraw.

The Tri-Tones (1)
(L to R) : Bob Alderman, Philip A. Paclo & Bud Brusgul

At rehearsals they met another school-boy group, a three piece orchestra which also was preparing to appear in the flremen show. The three instrumentalists were Phil (Philip A. Paclo) the drummer, Bud (Edmund) Brusgul and Bob (Robert) Alderman. Both Bud and Bob are electric guitarists. Drums and two guitars make a wonderful background for singers, so the two groups got together and formed the Tri-Tones. In November they played for a dance at Marlboro High schooL and cut their record. "Chicken in The Basket" is on one side, "You" on the other. Ernie wrote both. With this single, the boys occur everywhere in the region and accumulate commitments.

Songs :
(updated by Hans-Joachim)

Chicken In The Basket You

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