The High Seas (Denver,Colorado)
Personnel :
Chuck Price (Lead)
Jerome Drewett (Tenor/Falsetto)
Henry Gallego (Baritone/Tenor)
Adrian Torres (Bass)
Jack Davis (Piano)
Discography :
The High Seas
1960 - We Go Together / Sunday Kind Of Love (DMG 4000)
The Satellites feat. Sam Severin bb The High Seas
1960 - Each Night / Dark Town Strutter's Ball (Not them) (DMG 4001)
Biography :
The
High Seas were an interracial vocal group formed as Little Al and the
Uniques in Denver, Colorado with Jerome Drewett, Al Perkins, Anthony
Lopez, Adrian Torres and Billy Torres (2 blacks and 3 Hispanics).
Finally after multiple changes and a new name, the were the High Seas
with Chuck Price (Lead), Jerome Drewett (Tenor/Falsetto), Henry Gallego
(Baritone/Tenor), Adrian Torres (Bass) and Jack Davis (Piano), (3 blacks
and 2 Hispanics; Chuck, Jerome and Jack were black, and Adrian and
Henry were Hispanic))
Al & The Uniques
They moved to Hollywood, California and in April 1960 at Radio
Recorders on Santa Monica recorded 4 songs : We Go Together (a cover of
the Moonglows tune), Sunday Kind of Love (cover of the Harptones), The
Angels Sang (an old “popish sounding” song), and an acetate of another
song. They recorded with Sam Severin and the Satellites, a rockabilly
group as instrumental band. and Jimmy Bowen (a big name in music at the
time) was the A&R man for the whole session.
Al & The Uniques : Jerome Drewett, Anthony Lopez, Adrian Torres, Billy Torres and bottom Al Perkins
They
also backed up Sam Severin & The Satellites, on their song Each
Night. for D-M-G Records in 1960. The High Seas recording have a locally
big acceptacion and play in the radio circuit, the group singing in El
Monte Legion Stadium and They did perform on TV, Dance Party and
opened for Jan and Dean. When the record dead they back to Denver and
soon disbanded.
Songs :
The High Seas
We Go Together / Sunday Kind Of Love
The Satellites feat Sam Severin
Each Night