The Rip Chords were formed in Hollywood,California by Phil Stewart(right) and Ernie Bringas(left),who originally called themselves,"The Opposites", soon to be changed to "The Rip Chords". Their first hit as The Rip Chords, "Here I Stand" was a chart success and laid the ground work for more hits to come.
Rich Rotkin and Arnie Marcus were brought into the band from the Group "The Upper Classmen" who had a minor hit in the late 50's/early 60's with "Cha Cha With The Zombies".
Ernie was preparing to go to Seminary School, and took a leave of absence from the The Rip Chords. Although Phil, Ernie, Richie and Arnie were photographed together,and spent some time together in the studio(see picture above L-R;Phil,Rich,Arnie and Ernie)..
All personal appearances were done by Phil, Rich and Arnie, who performed their hits thousands of times in front of millions of fans across the country on Dick Clark's Caravan Of Stars Tours in 1963 and 1964,as well as countless concerts nationwide.
Ernie did return to the band to record,but did not take to the road, as a condition of his seminary studies. The original band disbanded in 1965.
They recorded for Columbia Records in 1962-65 and have a Hit in 1963 with_Little Cobra.LISTEN...
Please read The Rip Chords Real Story at; http://www.ripchords.info/ /http://theripchords.yolasite.com/
LISTEN...their oriented doo wop side_Gone. originally by The Rituals(see in this blog).
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