1956 - Ain't Givin' Up Nothing / Undecided Now (Celeste 3005)
1956 - Hello Dear / Bobby Sox Baby (Vee Jay 184)
1958 - Let Me Be True To You / In The Night (Hico 2432)
1958 - Over The Rainbow / Baby Please Be True (Hico 2433)
Unreleased :
1956 - Feeling Alright (Vee jay)
1956 - Duncan's Box (Vee jay)
Johnny Hamilton / Al Hickey & The Hi-Liters (2)
1958 - Sabada / Later Baby (Hico 2434)
George Vereen / Wiseman Moon & The Hamiltones (Hi-Liters)
1958 - You Are My Lovely One / Rock A Billy Hop (Hico 2435)
The Stereos (4)
Singles :
1962 - You Left Me Forsaken / My Heart (Robin Nest 101)
1962 - Don't Cry Darling / Run Sinner Run (Robin Nest 1588)
Lps :
1962 - The Stereos - Our Most Requested Songs (Robin Nest 2013)
Across
The Alley From The Alamo / My Shy Violet / Cab Driver / San Antonio
Rose / We Three / Dry Bones / SnapYour Fingers/ Green Green Grass Of
Home / Swing Down Swing Chariot / Oh Lonesome Me / My Night To Howl /
Always
Biography :
In
1948, Furman Haynes formed the Deep Tones, with George Vereen, Calvin
Williams, Carroll Dean and Ivy Floyd. They sang spirituals and then
added secular songs, such as Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Castle Rock,
and The Night You Said Goodbye. Decca signed The Deep Tones to its Coral
label, calling them The Four Deep Tones, even though there were five.
Deep Tones (Top row- LtoR): Calvin Williams, Carroll Dean, Furman Haynes (Bottom row- LtoR) George Vereen, Ivy Floyd
They cut four songs for Coral, and although they never had the kind
of hit that would catapult them to stardom, they all built solid careers
in music. In the early 1950s Haynes met Katie Williams, and when the
pair married they moved to the West Coast and settled in Portland, Ore.
The Hi-Liters
The Deep Tones had changed their name to the Hi-Liters when they
recorded for the Celeste label in 1956 the sides "Ain't Giving Up
Nothing" / "Undecided Now". Celeste was one of the many short-lived (A
little more than one year in duration) record label which specialized in
R&b and headquartered in New York City during the middle fifties
heyday of Rock'n Roll.
The Hi-Liters
The Hi-Liters recorded in New York City in Beltone Studios, on
November 10, 1955 for Vee-Jay four sides : "Hello Dear", "Bobby Sox
Baby", "Feeling Alright" and "Duncan's Box" At this time, The Hi-Liters
consisted of George W. Vereen (first tenor), Wiseman Moon (first tenor),
Furman Hayes (second tenor), Ivey E. Floyd (baritone), and Calvin
Williams (baritone). Vereen had previously sung with the Four Knights,
Moon had led the Victorians , Haynes had been with Brook Benton in the
Sandmen.
The Hi-Liters
The Hi-Liters started their own record label HICO (Hi-Liters Company =
HiCo) and their group now consisted of George Vereen, Wiseman Moon,
Calvin Williams, Furman Haynes and Claude Chandler. Claude Chandler had
been with the Cabineers. In 1958 the Hi-Liters recorded and released
four singles for their HiCo label . Each side of Hico #2435 lists a
Hi-Liters member and the Hamiltones. Calvin Williams confirms that the
group on both sides is the Hi-Liters and not the Hamiltones. The
Hamiltones must be the band.
The Stereos (L to R) : C. Williams, E. Williams, Harry Kenney, Wisemen Moon and George Vereen
In the 1960's the Hi-Liters would evolve into the Stereos (Robin Nest
label) and cut two singles and one Lp : "Our Most Requested Songs" .
The Stereos consisted of Hi-Liters' George W. Vereen (first tenor),
Wiseman Moon (first tenor), Calvin Williams (baritone) with nem
member's Eddie Williams and his big bass violin and Harry Kenney on
Piano. Calvin Williams would also spend 14 years in Europe singing with
the Golden Gate Quartet.
