Sunday, February 6, 2011

LITTLE BERNIE & THE BLAZERS / CAVALIERS

This interracial band from Ithaca,NY. with Bernard"Bernie"Milton on Lead(left to right on the picture;Vic Newhart,Ken Burlew,Tom Joseph,Jack Shelton and Bernie Milton) signed with local label Blaze Records and recorded as Little Bernie & The Blazers the sides...


-My Love,I Have You/By The Light Of The Silvery Moon. Finally released in Josie Records in 1962.

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Later the group moved to Jove and Ascot Records where recorded two singles under the group name of Little Bernie & The Cavaliers...

-Lonely Soldier/The Waddle. Jove Records-1962.

-Poor Town/Do You.Ascot Records-1965.

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In all their recordings the band really have a poor doo wop sound but they are present in the doo wop guides.

Additional note.

In this site are available for download the complete songs of the band and others Ithaca's artists...
http://www.ithaca1961.com/3/miscellaneous6.htm

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