(Paste up picture) top : Louis Bradley, James Maddox & Jewel Jones - Bottom : Marvin Smith
The Tempos (2) (Chicago)
aka Those Four El Dorados
Personnel :
Marvin Smith (Lead)
Louis Bradley (Second Tenor)
Jewel Jones (First Tenor)
James Maddox (Baritone)
Discography :
Those Four Eldorados
1958 - A Lonely Boy / Go Little Susie (Academy 8138)
The Tempos (2)
Single :
1958 - Promise Me / Never Let Me Go (Rhythm 121)
Unreleased :
1958 - Patricia ( (Rhythm)
1958 - To Love Again ( (Rhythm)
Biography :
When
Nickens left the El Dorados they soldiered on as a quartet. A few
additional singles performed well in certain U.S. cities, but didn't
measure up to their prior hit status. Their next single, "Tears on My
Pillow" (a different song from Little Anthony and the Imperials' hit
record), was the last by all of the original El Dorados; soon after its
release, the group and Pirkle Moses Jr. separated over a disagreement on
new management. Moses Jr. soon joined another Vee Jay act, the Kool
Gents, who had been left without a singer when their frontman, Dee
Clark, departed for a solo career. John McCall (tenor), Douglas Brown
(second tenor), Teddy Long (second tenor and baritone), and Johnny
Carter (bass) of the Kool Gents joined with Moses Jr., to become the New
El Dorados.
Jewel Jones, Louis Bradley, James Maddox
During
this same time, the remaining El Dorados -- Jones, Bradley, and Maddox
-- joined up with new lead singer Marvin Smith. Smith had moved with his
family to the west side of Chicago in the late '40s, where he attended
Crane High and sang on street corners and in church choirs, before
joining the group as their new lead vocalist. To avoid legal problems
with Vee Jay, the group's name was changed to Those Four El Dorados for
1958's "A Lonely Boy," Academy Records of Chicago. Jewel Jones' name on
the label was spelled J-u-e-l-l (each member's name was listed). Those
Four El Dorados' later traveled to the West Coast, and connected with a
former NBA basketball star Don Barksdale, who had formed his Rhythm
Record Company in Oakland, CA. The group changed monikers again, this
time calling themselves the Tempos, but the group faltered again, and
returned to Chicago, splitting up in 1961.
Songs :
The Tempos
Promise Me / Never Let Me Go
To Love Again Patricia
Those Four Eldorados
A Lonely Boy Go Little Susie