1963 - I Remember / Oh Nancy (The Ambassadors) (Bay 210)
1963 - Come Along / Just One Of Those Things (Tyrone & The Newports) (Wax Trax 501)
Unreleased :
1963 - In The Still Of The Night
1964 - Dear Lady Twist
1964 - Can't Tell Her
1964 - Everytime
1964 - Why Must You Treat A Girl So Bad
1964 - Just A Little Girl
Biography :
Gerry & The Gems (Steve Feldman aka Gerry Stevens, Phil Aron,
Barry Fettner & Steve Dworkin) were from Little Neck, New York,
which is northeastern Queens. They all lived within a few blocks of each
other & were in the same grade in school. Steve Feldman had been
playing piano & writing songs since he was in grade school. Although
the group sang the standard doo wop songs, They also did original
material that Steve wrote.In
1963, They went into a studio in Brooklyn, NY & recorded 3 tunes, 2
originals written by Steve, "I Remember" & "Come Along", and an
uptempo version of "In The Still Of The Night".
1964 - Steve Dworkin, Phil Aron, Steve Feldman, Betsy Flehner
The group was supposed to record for M-G-M, with Teacho Wiltshire
producing & arranging, but that didn't happen. Barry eventually left
the group and Betsy Flehner, also from the neighborhood, joined. Having
a female gave the group a different sound. they did shows with Betsy,
but never recorded with her. Steve, Phil & Steve went on as a trio
& recorded 2 songs at Belltone Studios in NY, "Can't Tell Her" &
"Everytime", both written by Steve F. All the top studio musicians
played on the record but it was never released. The group recorded lots
of demos and did some singing with Joey Levine (of Ohio Express fame),
who Steve sometimes wrote with & a teenage Bernadette Peters. The
group eventually went their separate ways, but remain friends to this
day.
Thanks to Steve Feldman
Songs :
I Remember Can't Tell Her Why Must You Treat A Girl So Bad
In The Still Of The Night Just A Little Girl Dear Lady Twist
Come Along
Complement :
In
1970, Steve Dworkin was producing and had to put a group together for a
recording of Da Doo Ron Ron, so he called in Phil & Steve Feldman.
He called the group Quicksand & it was released on Mercury Records
(it is on Youtube). Phil Aron left music and opened his own business. He
now lives in upstate New York. Barry Fettner, who also left singing,
passed away a few years ago.
1963 - 2007 : Steve Dworkin, Steve Feldman, Phil Aron, Barry Fettner on bottom.
Steve Dworkin formed a
writing/producing partnership with Gary Willet of The Ovations and was a
staff writer/producer for Super K Productions. He produced albums for
The Queens Nectarine Machine & The Boarding House on ABC, &
singles for The Charles E. Funk Rebellion on White Whale, The Flying
Giraffe on Bell, Quicksand on Mercury and later on Her produced the High
School Reunion album for The Ovations on Crystal Ball Records & The
Emotions on Crystal Ball.
1964 - 2007 : Steve Dworkin, Phil Aron, Steve Feldman, Betsy Flehner
He is a recording engineer in
mid-town Manhattan & still lives in New York. Steve Feldman
continued writing and had some success with "We're Acting Like Lovers"
by The Spellbinders on Columbia, Don't You Ever Give Up On Me by Dee Dee
Warwick, Determination by Dean Parish, Sweeter Than Suger & Mercy
by The Ohio Express, Porcupine by Nature Zone, he co-produced the "Let
It Be Written, Let It Be Sung" album by Ellie Greenwich & had a solo
album on Evolution Records. A single from it "Let Me Be Forever" went
top 5 in South America. He also worked as a studio musician and a jingle
singer. As a favor to Steve Dworkin, he put his lead vocal on "Lovin'
Cup'" & "Candy Cane", by The Charles E Funk Rebellion. Steve lives
in New Jersey.
