Nathaniel 'Little Nate' Bouknight
Little Nate & The Chryslers (Brooklyn, NY.)
Personnel :
Nathaniel 'Little Nate' Bouknight (Lead)
Iva Hoyt (Baritone)
Jay McKnight (Bass)
Kirk Harris (First Tenor)
Leon Riley (Second Tenor)
Discography :
1959 - Cry Baby Cry / Someone Up There (Johnson 318)
Biography :
Led by tenor Nathaniel 'Little Nate' Bouknight, the Shells
hailed from Brooklyn and displayed the classic New York street corner
sound on their haunting debut "Baby Oh Baby". In 1958, The Shells "Baby
Oh Baby" moved on to Goldner's End logo for 1958's "Sippin' Soda" b/w
"Pretty Little Girl" and "Shooma Dom Dom" b/w "Whispering Wings" the
next year. Bouknight split to form Little Nate and The Chryslers with
Iva Hoyt, Jay McKnight, Kirk Harris and Leon Riley. Little Nate &
The Chryslers waxed "Someone Up There" and "Cry Baby Cry" for Johnson
in 1959. Kirk Harris & Jay McKnight later sang & recorded with
Richard Blandon & The Dubs.
Songs :
Cry Baby Cry Someone Up There