The Chips (3) (Menphis, Tenessee)
aka The Astors
Personnel :
Curtis Johnson
Elihue Stanback
Sam "Byrnes" Jones
Richard Harris
Discography :
1961 - You Make Me Feel So Good / As You Can See (Satellite 105)
Biography :
The
Astors, Curtis Johnson, Eliehue Stanback, Sam (Byrnes) Jones, Richard
Harris, grew up in The Orange Mound community in Memphis, Tennessee,
while attending Melrose High School, along with Richard Griffin, a
member of the original group called The Duntinos The group was organized
in 1958 by a neighborhood pianist, Herman "Red" Arnett who held
auditions for a singing group at his home in the "Mound". "Red" brought
Curtis, Eliehue, Richard, Sam, and Richard Griffin, together for months
of work before calling them a "group"
The Astors
The group, The Duntinos, quickly made a name for themselves
performing regularly at local Beale Street and area venues. "Red" taught
the guys to perform, and they learned to entertain under the tutelage
of Rufus "Walking The Dog" Thomas, while working the "Chittlin Circuit"
with him and his band, The Bearcats.After Curtis and Eliehue graduated,
the Duntinos moved to Buffalo, New York with Curtis' ralatives, looking,
for the "Bright Lights" of New York, but found that Buffalo was very
cold, and a long way from "The Big Apple". After working a few jobs in
Buffalo, the group return to Memphis to do some backup vocals for Carla
and Rufus Thomas and other artist recording at a new studio, then called
Satellite Records.In 1961 the group recorded their first release "You
Make Me Feel So Good"(Curtis -lead), a song that Curtis wrote b/w "As
You Can See"(Eliehue-lead), written by Eliehue Stanback. The group's
name was changed to The Chips for this release, named after producer,
Chips Moman. In 1961, Curtis joined the Air Force, but continued to
record when on leave from the Military. In 1963 the group's name was
changed again to The Astors for the next release.
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Songs :
You Make Me Feel So Good As You Can See