Another mixed race group.The Timetones from Clen Cove,Long Island.This group was given their name by Irving"Slim"Rose for the store's new label Times Square Records.
This group consisted of;Roger LaRue( Lead) ,Glenn Williams, Claude "Sonny" Smith, Tom DeGeorge and Tom Glozek
(DeGeorge and Glozek were white).
Group had a total of 8 releases. Two of these were acappella tracks."My Love"/"In My Heart" '61 Times Square again on Relic in '65.
"Pretty, Pretty Girl"/"I've Got A Feeling" '61 Atco and again in '65 on Relic.
"The House Where Lovers Dream"/Get A Hold Of Yourself" '64 Times Square on Relic in '65.
Acappella cuts
"Sunday Kind Of Love"/"Angels In The Sky" '64 Times Square again in '66 on Relic.
Also in 1975 Monogram Records released an unreleased accappella side of the group under the name of THE ROLLING STONES(see in this blog).
When DeGeorge and Glozek left the group two new members are add and the group was a complety black group.
Their_Here In My Heart.reached the Billboard's Top 100 of 1961.
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Mixed race groups like The Timetones are the best groups in DOO-WOP music or any
music
Mixed race groups like The Timetones are the best groups in DOO-WOP music or
any group music.
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