Ritchie & The Runarounds (3) (Franklyn, Pittsburgh)
aka The Tammy
Personnel :
Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson (Lead)
Lou Christie
Gretchen Owens
Cathy Owens
Linda Jones
Discography :
1963 - Lost In The Crowd / Don'tcha Backtrack (Ascot 2136)
Biography :
Ritchie
& The Runarounds consisted of Kripp Johnson, Lou Christie, and the
girl group the Tammys, and put out one single for Ascot in 1963,
"Don'tcha Backtrack"/"Lost in the Crowd." Johnson, formerly in the Del
Vikings, takes the lead on both sides, which were written by Christie
and Christie's songwriting partner Twyla Herbert.
Kripp Johnson
The Tammys
The flipside is a typical, and typically dreary, early-'60s bridge
between doo wop and teen idoldom, while the more frantic A-side is an
up-tempo pop/rocker without much of a melody or idiosyncratic drive to
make it stand out from so many other releases of the time. Richie Unterberger, Rovi
http://egyptianshumba.com/
Songs :
Lost In The Crowd / Don'tcha Backtrack