Top : Ed Anderson, Wallace Rose & Bob White - Bottom :John Davis, Larry Hinkson & Teddy Santos
The Love Notes (2) (Roxbury, Boston, Ma.)
aka Jan Strickland & The Shadows (2)
Personnel :
Bob White (Tenor Lead)
Teddy Santos (Tenor)
John Davis (Second Tenor/Bass)
Ed Anderson (Bass)
Wallace Rose (Baritone)
Larry Hinkson (Piano)
Discography :
The Love Notes (2)
Eps :
1953 - Crawlin / You're Mine (Family Library 1040/ Tivoli 1040)
4 Other songs by Ronald Gill, Nats Walker Ork. & Margie Anderson
1953 - Let Me Go Home Whiskey / I Cross My Heart (Wallace Rose)/
My Kind Of Woman (Clarence Johnson & Ed Anderson) (Tivoli 1041)
3 Other songs by Naomi Lewis & Paul Robinson
Singles :
1953 - Surrender Your Heart / Get On My Train (Imperial 5254)
1954 - Sweet Lulu / I'm Sorry (Riviera 970/Rainbow 266)
1954 - Since I Fell For You / Don't Be No Fool (Riviera 975)
Unreleased :
1954 - Star Of Love
1954 - It's So Good
1954 - Baby Stop Your Crying
1954 - The Nearness Of You
1954 - Ting-A-Ling
Jan Strickland & The Shadows (2)
1955 - When Peter Walked On Water / Love Me Baby (Hub 556)
Biography :
This
Love Notes are not the same group as the Love Notes who charted the
doo wop classic "United" in 1957. Originating from Roxbury, MA, The
Love Notes comprising Bob White (tenor lead), Walter Taylor (tenor),
John Davis (second tenor and bass), Buddy Holt (baritone and second
lead), and Wallace Rose (baritone). Late in 1952, Buddy Holt was
replaced by bass Ed Anderson, and Walter Taylor was replaced by tenor
Teddy Santos.
The Love Notes in Studio (1953/54)
The Love Notes began as cover artists who remade popular songs for budget labels such as Tivoli and Family Library of Recorded Music. These budget LPs and EPs, most famously (and prodigiously) produced by the Tops label, are a largely unappreciated repository of interesting music. The Love Notes cut some covers of such songs as the Clovers' "Ting a Ling" and Amos Milburn's "Let Me Go Home Whiskey ».
Pianist Larry Hinkson
The
Love Notes' closest brush with success came when the Imperial label
leased two songs, "Surrender Your Heart" (a slow piano ballad) and "Get
Off My Train," for a single that reportedly was a good regional seller,
but nonetheless failed to secure a contract with Imperial. In 1954, they
cut two records on Rainbow's Riviera subsidiary owned by Eddie Heller
who did well locally. Finally, the group backed bass singer Jan
Strickland on on "Love Me Baby" and "Peter"as the Shadows. The Love
Notes were smoother than many of the vocal groups that attained greater
heights.
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