1960 - Well It's Alright' (66) / Everywhere I Go (RMP 501)
1961 - I Can't Dance / The Tenants' Blues (RMP 508)
The Maniacs
Unreleased:
1964 - Get The Whip (Chess)
1964 - Dance The Jerk (Chess)
Biography :
During the late fifties, in the Ridgewood section of Brooklyn, New
York, five young men spent many of their evenings in Grove St. Park
harmonizing with various other local neighborhood groups. These five
young men were hoping to cut records, as some of the other groups had
already done. A meeting was arranged with an independent producer named
Joseph Pellegrino, Jr.. He realized the potential of this eager quintet
and decided to become their manager. Soon after they were given their
name : The Impossibles... A few months later, Mr Pellegrino brought his
new group to The O.D.O Recording Studios in New York City where they
cut "Mr Maestro". It was released on RMP label in November 1959.
Locally, the record was received well and almost immediately the
Impossibles became celebrities in the eyes of their classmates at
Bushwick High School.
I Mars of 1960, Pellegrino teamed up with another independent
producer, Ken Robertson. he result was a second release for the
Impossibles on the Mp label entitled : Everywhere I Go . By this time,
the boys were very busy singing at school dances and many of the local
clubs in Brooklyn & Queens. By mid-January 1961, the boys had
recorded their third, and least successful, RMP release "I Can't Dance".
The Impossibles continued doing local shows and in 1963 made their
television debut on the Clay Cole show. In 1964, while performing at the
World's Fair, the group was spotted by a talent scout employed by Chess
record.
The
Clay Cole Show
(1963)
TAn audition was set up during which the boys were asked to do a song
written by the famous Poindexter Brothers about a new dance craze
called the Whip. The Group's name was changed to the Maniacs. During
their first and last recording session with Chess, which including a 30
piece orchestra, the Maniacs cut two sides "Get The Whip" and "Dance The
Jerk". While waiting for Chess to release these two sides, month after
month dragged and nothing happened. Finally, after singing together for
more than six years, the Impossibles decided to call it "quits" in early
1965.
