1959 - In My Land Of Dreams / Deep In The Heart Of The Jungle (Planet 1027)
The Originals (4)
1960 - A Kiss From Your Lips / Let Me Be Your Girl (Brunswick 55171)
The Valentinos (1)
1960 - A Kiss From Your Lips / Let Me Be Your Girl (Brunswick 55171)
The Gleams (3)
1961 - Bad Boy / Give Me A Chance (J-V 101)
1963 - Mr. Magic Moon / Pile Driver (Kapp 565)
The Four Gleams
1963 - Mr. Magic Moon / Pile Driver (Kapp 565)
Silky & The Shantungs
1963 - He's A Fink / Bazooki (Inst.) (Musicor 1035)
Biography :
The Casanovas, Gleams /Four Gleams, Originals, Valentinos, Silky
& The Shantungs and also The Radiants were basically the same people
with few changes. In 1956, Bronx native Gil Valentin formed a group he
called The Radiants and recorded "Ra Cha Cha" b/w "I´ll Never Be Mean"
released by Wizz Record in 1958. The next year, under the name The
Casanovas, they recorded the sides "In My Land Of Dreams" b/w "Deep In
The Heart Of The Jungle" released by Planet Records in 1961. So as not
to be confused with The Casanovas from North Carolina (recordings on
Apollo 1954-57), The group had a record in 1959 called " A Kiss From
Your Lips" (a Flamingos remake) on Brunswick records under the name The
Originals, then re-released in 1960 under the name The Valentinos.
The
Radiants (4) The
Originals (4) The Valentinos (1)
Beginning as an all-male quintet as The Casanovas, they went to 3 men
and one woman as the Valentinos.In 1960 they signed with J-V Records
and change again their name for The Gleams. The Gleams recorded "Bad
Boy" and "Give Me A Chance". In 1963, Gil Valentin and Sonia Riviera
with a girl group recorded as The Gleams (and The Four Gleams) for Kapp
Records "Mr. Magic Moon" b/w "Pile Driver". The story ends when
Valentin and Sonia Riviera recorded under the name Silky & The
Shantungs called "He's A Fink" on Musicor (written by Radcliffe/Stern)
which is another Spector type record. ...
Songs :
The Radiants (4)
Ra Cha Cha I´ll Never Be Mean
The Casanovas (2)
In My Land Of Dreams / Deep In The Heart Of The Jungle
