Claire Lane and his Ramrods from Connecticut ( L-R; Richard Lane, Claire Lane, Eugene Moore and Vincent Lee Bell) with a nice oriented doo wop ballad_The Boy Next Door. recorded on the Dell-Star label in 1959.
In 1956 Ron Coleman with Raymond Nolan, Michael Carmage and Alan Thompson formed a vocal group in the Neptune high school in Asbury Park,NJ. After their graduation Leon Trent joined as Lead Singer and the group now were know as The Trennlos.
In 1963 the group know as The Zircons consisted of Ron Coleman,Mike Carmage,Ray Morris,Joe Mayor and Lead singer Billy Brown singing in the west side clubs on Springwood avenue.
Above;The Uniques with Nicky Addeo on lead singing in Keansburg.
In 1964 Norman Seldin from Selsom Records want to record to the group and contacted with Ron but in this time only he and Ray continue in the music bussines they call again to Leon Trent and recruited to one white guy Nicky Addeo from The Darchaes (see in this blog).when they practice with some songs Norman suggested they need a bass singer,Nicky recommended they add Sam Sicilliano also from The Darchaes. In the Broadway studios in NYC recorded in a day-long recording session the sides Lead both by Nicky _Fool Number Two/Over The Rainbow. without success the group singing together for a brief time.
Nicky back with The Darchaes and Ron,Leon and Morris with Leon Trent (he back to the group) continue as The Uniques by abrief time and in 1966 recorded as The Broadways in MGM Records.
Picture Sleeve of Bobby Hollister who is present in the doo wop guides as...
BOBBY HOLLISTER & THE RIALTOS.
-Love's Gamble/Ring Around Your Neck. Pike Records-1961.(B Side first released as_From A Ring Around Your Finger).
The Kreiter's guide value this PS in $125.
Bobby & The Rialtos was formed in 1959 in Tulare, Ca. Band members were Bobby Hollister (Lead Singer and rhythm guitar), Freddie Thomas (Lead Guitar) and Mike Nolan (Drums).
From the Kreiter's guide an interracial group from Pueblo,Colorado consisted of Clockwise from top: Gerald Gantt, Robert Stallworth Casey Hynes, and Joel Scherzer. who recorded in the 70's as The Four Shades and The Five Bucks for the Race label and as The Five Peaks(this is listed in The Complete Book Of Doo Wop) in the late 80's for the Jay-R label.
-You Tender Lips / Gonna Tell. Original Sound Records-1964.
A Side, is Paul Buff singing all the voices.
B Side, is Paul's wife Lori Allison singing all the voices (Paul singing the bridge).
Paul Buff (above) is the owner,singer and recording engineer of the Pal recording studio in the Southern California town of Cucamonga,concurrent with his Pal activities started working with Art Laboe, owner of Original Sound Records.
After the sale of Pal Studios to Frank Zappa in 1964, Buff became Original Sound's studio engineer. Besides recording many Original Sound artists, Buff made his own recordings for the label as the above mentioned record under the group name of The Catalinas.
THE POPSICLES were present in all the doo wop guides with...
-Baby I Miss You/I Don't Want To Be Your Baby Any More. G.N.P. Crescendo-1965.
Actually these songs were two demos Ellie Greenwich(see in this blog The Raindrops) did for Raleigh and Barkan, so good that they were released as a single under the group name of The Popsicles.
All voices belong to Ellie Greenwich, both sides/songs.
Band from La Crosse,Wisconsin formed by Al Posniak. In 1962 recorded for Cuca Records the sides_War Party/Crazy Twistin' Baby.
In 1963 the band consisted of Denny Noie,Harry Wheelock,Bob Dix and Jim Kelly who recorded an oriented doo wop record on the Mundo label present in the Kreiter's guide...
The band continue recording since 1967 under the names of The Catalinas and The Golden Catalinas but these recordings don't were present in the doo wop guides.
In 1961 Peter and Tom formed a second Princetone's group...
Tom Ruggeri (Baritone), Ronnie Quattrocchi (Falsetto Lead) not show in the picture,Vinnie Allessi (Tenor), Peter Prince (Bass-Baritone) and Nick Petrone (High Tenor-Falsetto).
In October. 12, 1961, at the Manhattan's Broadway Recording Studio recorded for Trade Martin of Rome Records_ My Life/My Madonna. but the label never released these two sides.
The Chuck-A-Lucks were a trio present in the doo wop guides formed by Adrian McClish (aka Adrian Keith) and Reuben Noel, who had been childhood friends, and Jim Bob Nance. They first started singing together at Amarillo College immediately after World War II, and then moved to Denton, TX, where the three of them enrolled in North Texas State College. They were known as the Dipsy Doodlers for a time, and turned semi-professional after becoming popular on the North Texas State campus. By 1950, Nance had been replaced by Charlie Dickerson, a comedian and college football star.
The group split up for a time after all three graduated, and Noel and Dickerson were drafted and served in Korea. By 1953, the trio were all back in civilian life and back together, but were forced to give up the name Dipsy Doodlers, owing to the large number of other acts using it by then. They chose the Chuck-A-Lucks, and they began working around Texas and building a following for their mix of vocalizing and comedy, which made them very popular. The trio was working the area around Ft. Worth when they were discovered by Joe Leonard and signed to his Lin Records label out of Gainesville, TX. Their recording career was relatively brief, consisting of a year of so of intermittent sessions, backed by a band that included Tom Gwin on drums, Tom Loy on trumpet, Dick Cole on the trombone, and Suzie McCune supporting them on vocals.
A year later, in March of 1958, the trio recorded one single on the Lin label_ Who Am I/The Devil’s Train. Without any success followed by one outstanding piece of rock & roll, written by Charlie Dickerson _Disc Jockey Fever (b/w The Magic Of first Love) was a hot boogie number, highlighted by J.B. Brinkley's lead guitar and Jodie Lyons's burning sax. It's considered a great piece of rockabilly music, as well as an outstanding example of nightclub rock & roll 40 years later, but somehow it never made the cut or any chart in 1958.
LISTEN...
The group left Lin after the failure of _Disc Jockey Fever, and subsequently signed with Jubilee Records where recorded one single in 1961_Tarzan’s Date/Unconditional Surrender.
The Chuck-A-Lucks recorded for Mel-O-Dy Records in 1963(not present in the doo wop guides) and eventually evolved into a duo after Noel left, and kept working a very lucrative string of gigs in clubs throughout the United States right up through 1972.
I receive a request about a group named The Four Temps present in The Complete Book Of Doo Wop...
In 1958 black singer/guitarist Pee Wee Crayton recorded one single in the Fox label with the sides_Give Me One More Chance/Look Up And Live.
This recording is listed in the doo wop guides with two different names by THE FOUR IMPERIALS and by PEE WEE CRAYTON with ESTHER and THE FOUR TEMPS in The Complete Book Of Doo Wop and only by THE FOUR IMPERIALS in the Kreiter's guide.
The Four Temps(above pic)) were the white group know as The Four Imperials(see in this blog) who recorded for labels as Chant,Lorelei or Twirl Records.
Esther was Pee Wee's wife(see below picture).
The A Side_Give Me One More Chance. is a vocal group side credited in the disc to PEE WEE CRAYTON with ESTHER and THE FOUR TEMPS.
Unrecorded group formed in 1954 on Tinton Avenue in the South Bronx, NY. All members wee between 14-16 years old. They called themselves THE RAINDROPS.
Members in the above photo are:Top: Donnie Quinn (lead, 2nd tenor) Center: Johnny McKessy (1st tenor) Bottom: Jimmy Martin (2nd tempr, lead) Left arm out: Con O'Keeffe (Baritone) Right arm out: Jerry (Gins) Ginsberg (Bass).
The group did not record, performing at local socials, parties and dances. Personal obligations forced them to disband in 1955.
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