Thursday, April 12, 2012

THE TWIN TUNES QUINTET_Baby Lover

The Twin Tunes Quintet were present in the doo wop guides with...

-I'll Make You Mine /Japanese Rhumba. Sound records-1955.

-The Vision / Feel So good. Sound records-1955.

-Valley Of Tears / Please Don't Leave Me. Sound records-1956.

-The Love Nest  /Baby Lover. RCA Records-1957.

-Dream Face /Run-Around,Run-Around. RCA Records-1958.

Group / band formed by Boyd Coulter (bass guitar),his twin brother (hence the name Twin Tunes) Bruce Coulter (piano) both graduates of the Altoona, Pa Senior High School,Tony Carle (trumpet),D'Roxy Weems (drums),Jimmy Conti (saxophone). In the picture the twins, Bruce and Boyd are on top facing each other with trombones - drummer D'Roxy Weems in the middle facing front - Tony Carle, trumpet, right bottom corner, Jim Conti, sax, left bottom corner. 


On the recordings "Baby Lover" and "The Love Nest," Boyd Coulter sings the lead melody.the band were an all-around entertaining act, headlining in the lounge of the Riviera and Tropicana Hotels, Las Vegas, along  with many of the main-room headliners of the day such as  Liberace and Harry Belafonte. In Reno, at Harold's Club they appeared with Carmen Cavallaro, the break-away Bill Haley Comets group, the JodiMars and Frankie Valli, at that time known as the Four Lovers. 


To Listen or Download,please visit;http://www.box.com/s/ae555fbf33373c529b97

Or go to Youtube...



LISTEN_Dream Face. side in this russian site...

http://rutube.ru/tracks/2405988.html

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