The Clouds (1) (Chicago)
Personnel :
Sherrard Jones (Lead)
Al Butler
Williams English
Bobby Walker
Discography :
Single :
1956 - I Do / Rock and Roll Boogie (Cobra 5001)
Unreleased :
1956 - Say You Love Me (Parrot)
1956 - Baby Wants To Rock (Parrot)
Biography :
The
Clouds were one of hundreds of R&B, doo-wop vocal groups in the
1950s and 1960s. Members were Sherrard Jones, Al Butler, William
English, and Bobby Walker. The groups had been finalists in a talent
contest put on by disk jockey McKie Fitzhugh at the Pershing Ballroom;
the prize was a recording session, and a joint venture between Al Benson
and Leonard Chess was involved.in 1956, they cut “Rock & Roll
Boogie” b/w “I Do“ on the Cobra Records. Cobra was started on Chicago's
West Side in 1956 by Eli Toscano, a record-store- and
television-repair-shop owner, with help from promoter Howard Bedno. When
his previous record label, Abco Records, failed to generate much
interest, Toscano approached Willie Dixon about working for Cobra.
Dissatisfied with his arrangement with Chess Records, Dixon joined
Cobra. There he served in many capacities, including talent scout,
producer, arranger, songwriter, bassist, and became "the artistic vision
behind Cobra Records.
Songs :
I Do Baby Wants To Rock
Say You Love Me / Baby Wants To Rock