Sonny Bloch's Coralairs (Miami, South Florida)
aka Sonny Bloch & The Coralairs
Personnel :
Sonny Bloch (Lead)
Tony Rinaldi
Dave Delsesto
Sal Ronci
Arnie Warren
Discography :
Sonny Bloch's Coralairs
1957 - Baby Blue Eyes / A Lover Is A Fool (Bee H08W-1543/1544)
1958 - Buona Natale (Merry Christmas To You) / One, Two, Three (NRC 016)
1959 - Louie The Elf / Buon Natale (NRC 5009)
1959 - Gimme A Little Kiss (Will Ya Huh) / High On A Mountain Top (NRC 036)
Sonny Bloch & The Coralairs
1959 - Ask Me No Questions / The Hand Of Faith (Regal 7503)
Tony Rinaldi
1957 - Cha Cha Blues / Far Beyond The Clouds (Bart 7-G-16)
Biography :
In 1957, Tony Rinaldi recorded "Cha Cha Blue"s b/w "Far Beyond The Clouds". After this recording for Nick Bartell's Bart label, Tony Rinaldi became in Detroit a member of The Vocal & Instrumental group composed of Miami, Florida students : the Sonny Bloch's Coralairs, named after Coral Gables, Florida, where the University of Miami is located. The Group was composed by Sonny Bloch, Dave Delsesto, Sal Ronci, Arnie Warren.
Tony Rinaldi, Dave DelSesto, Sonny Block, Sal Ronci & Arnie Warren
Tony
wrote "Baby Blue Eyes" and sang lead on the First single on the Detroit
Bee label (produced in Miami) as by the Sonny Bloch's Coralairs. The
group cut four more singles on NRC & Regal. Sonny Bloch and his
Coralairs played Miami Beach's Rock'n M.B. Lounge and then toured Cuba
in the late 1950s. They had a modest hit with the Christmas song, Buona
Natale.
Tony Rinaldi, Sal Ronc, Sonny Block, Dave DelSesto & Arnie Warren
Later,
Irwin H. (Sonny) Bloch dovetailed his career into a fifteen-year career
as a financial talk radio host heard on over 170 stations in the U.S
including WOR-AM and WMCA-AM in New York City, host best-known for
persuading hundreds of listeners to invest in a worthless securities
scam bilking them of $21 million and spent time in Federal prison for
tax evasion.
Songs :
Sonny Bloch & The Coralairs
Ask Me No Questions The Hand Of Faith
Baby Blue Eyes Buon Natale
A Lover Is A Fool Louie The Elf
Gimme A Little Kiss (Will Ya Huh) / High On A Mountain Top
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