1960 - What Would I Do Without You / Is That Too Much To Ask (Jaro 77020)
The Harbor Lights
1960 - Angel Of Love / Tick A Tick A Tock (Mala 422)
Anastasia bb The Harbor Lights
1960 - Time Bomb / That's My Kind Of Love (Laurie 3066)
Biography :
In 1959, Kenny Vance and Sandy Yaguda were part of a vocal group
called the Harbor lites; so called because they lived in Belle Harbor,
New York. The other members were Sydell Sherman, Gail Sherman, Linda
Kahn and Richie Graff. They all attended the same school. One of the
owners of IVY Records, Stan Feldman, also lived in that neighborhood and
the Harbor lites went to his home to audition for his label. He
thought that the group was terrible and told them to go home and do a
lot of practicing. Linda, Gail and Richie left the group at this point
and the three remaining members practiced constantly : Sandy Yaguda,
Sidell Sherman and Kenny Vance .
When they thought that they were good enough they went back to his
office to audition again. This time they were signed to a contract and
their first record was "Is That Too Much To Ask"- originally on Ivy but
Jaro Records purchased the master. Jaro stood for The J. Arthur Rank
Organization. In 1960, the groups other single "Tick-a Tick-a Toc,"
which may have been released briefly by Jaro, came out on Mala label, a
struggling, medium size New York company.The group backed Anastasia (aka
Dean Parrish) on his first single for Laurie Records. Kenny Vance
& Sandy Yaguda then formed another group with Howie Kane and Jay
Traynor. The new group auditioned for Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who
signed them to United Artists Records, and named the group Jay and the Americans.
Songs :
The Harbor Lites
What Would I Do Without You Is That Too Much To Ask
