Well know 70's and 80's country singer KENNY ROGERS is present in the doo wop guides under the name of...
LEE HARRISON with THE KOUNTS.
-Mine Alone/So Unimportant. Pearl/Judd Records-1958.
Above; Kenny Rogers early 50's.
To Listen or Download B Side, please visit; https://www.box.com/s/m7dfml07scgzghewmx9w
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Below problably the Kount's group from Texas who backed to Kenny and recorded for Valmaco Records(see in this blog)...
Why the Harrison's name?...
After leaving the Scholars(see in this blog),Roger's first group, he recorded and released two 45's on the Carlton label as Kenneth Rogers,during that time,his friend,Ray Dogget,gave him the songs _Mine Alone/So Unimportant. because Rogers had signed a short-term contract with Carlton,he could not release the record under his real name....Rogers released the songs under the pseudonym "Lee Harrison" on the Houston, TX. based label Pearl Records and later re-released on the Alabama Judd Records owened by Judd Phillips,brother of Sam Phillips of Sun Records.
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