This hispanic group from Brooklyn started in 1961 with Bobby Alveray(lead),Santos Torres(Second Tenor),Louis Torres(Baritone),John Pagar(First tenor) and Caesar Pagan(Bass).
John found an address of a record company on Aljon Record label and since it wasn't far from their homes they decided to check it out.at Aljon they found Al Browne together with Al's musical accompaniment they cut several sides_What Kind Of Fool Am I?/Let Me In Your Life.on Lake Records(wich Al ran with partner Evenst Kelley) in 1963.The A side of this record have some words in spanish.Mother Nature/Lone Strange was releaseed on Aljon in 1963 and Relic Records re-issued this in 1964.
The group personal remained in tact during their brief recording career except with Carlos Infante of The Zircons filling on as bass on several sides.the group broke up in the mid 60's.In the early 70's Bim Bam Boom and Vintage Records reformed the group and recorded four sides_Angel Darling/Wish She Was Mine. and Tears On My Pillow/Sweetest One.
To Listen or Download_Sweetest One please visit; http://www.box.net/shared/uossilx5yv
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I Receive this Email from Tony D'Ambrosio...
There were two Vilons groups who recorded for Al Browne.
The first group, the Aljon group, was a Latin group consisting of the members you list.
The second group was put together by Al Browne in 1972 when we were selling Al's Masters to Bim Bam Boom and Vintage.
The second group was a racially mixed group (2 Whites and 3 Blacks) consisted of:
BOBBY ALVAREZ(from the original Vilons) SAL MONDRONE
DONALD SEHESHED (AKA DONNIE MYLES)
SONNY BENTON
LUTHER VANDROSS
THE 4 SIDES THAT WERE RELEASED ON BIM BAM BOOM AND VINTAGE WERE RECORDED IN 1972 BY AL BROWNE AT C&S STUDIOS ON LINDEN BLVD. IN BROOKLYN. THEY WERE THEN SOLD TO BIM BAM BOOM AND VINTAGE. I DID THE DEAL BETWEEN AL AND VINTAGE; WE GOT $50 FOR THE 2 SIDES; I BELIEVE THAT IS THE SAME AMOUNT BIM BAM BOOM PAID FOR THEIR 2 SIDES.
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Tony D'Ambrosio
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