1962 - Coming Home To You / Church Bells (Campus 103)
1962 - The Vow / I Missed Her (Cameo 116)
Big John & The Philadelphians
1963 - My Love, My Love / Cleo's Theme (by Vince Monata & His Orchestra) (Guyden 2093)
Biography :
The Philadelphians were a Philadelphia R&B male harmony group of
the late fifties and early sixties. The Philadelphians used to rehearse
at The Community Center located at 10th and Thompson Sts. of The Cambria
Hgts. projects. Members of The Philadelphians were Big John as lead,
Frank Gordon as bass, Sam as second tenor, Eddie as first tenor and Gino
as baritone singer.
They were produced by Steve Schulman on Campus Records. They cut two
singles for the label "The Love That I Lost" b/w "Dear" May 1961 (Campus
101) and "Coming Home To You" b/w "Church Bells" Feb 1962 (Campus 103).
In 1962, they cut a third single for Cameo, a major American
Philadelphia-based record labels: "The Vow" b/w "I Missed Her"
Their last single was recorded in 1963 for Jamie-Guyden "My Love, My
Love" as Big John & The Philadelphians. The group broke up, But Big
john bowie continue to perform on stage for several years with an
instrumental group also called the Philadelphians. John Bowie also had
releases on Merben Records in 1966 and Phil-LA of Soul Records the next
year.
