The Star-Drifts (Brooklyn, NY)
Personnel :
Teddy Grable
Joey Etle
Howie Tyll
Joe "J.B." Belucci
Tony Clausi
Discography :
Single :
1963 - She's Gone / An Eye For An Eye (Goldisc G3)
Demo :
1958 - She's Gone
1958 - All my Love
1958 - Way Over There
Biography :
The
Star-Drifts started singing in a hallway on 24th street between Mermaid
Ave. and Surf Ave. in December of 1958. Billy Reo, Howie Tyll and Teddy
Grable started to sing and listen for the harmonies bouncing off the
walls of this huge...apt.Building.
Later
on They were joined by others who sang with the group. They recorded
their first professional recording in June 1963 for Goldisc records, A
George Goldner Production. Panama Francis was on drums that night, along
with some other very Talented studio guys. 27 takes on "She's Gone" and
28 takes on "An Eye For An Eye". In 1964 Teddy Grable join Mike Lewis when he decided to reform The
Concords. The new formation recorded for Epic Records in 1964 "Should I
Cry" b/w "It's Our Wedding Day". Many of these Brooklyn groups were
friends and were sometimes like interchangable parts.
By Teddy Grable
Songs :
An Eye For An Eye / She's Gone