Top : Leroy Fann, Ronald Mosely - Bottom : Ed Roberts
The Supremes (5) (Akron, Ohio) aka Ruby & The Romantics Ref The Skarlettones
Personnel :
James Porter (First Tenor)
Ed Roberts (Second Tenor)
Ronald Mosely (Baritone)
Arthur Atkinson (Baritone/Bass)
Leroy Fann (Bass)
Discography :
The Supremes (5) 1960 - Another Chance To Love / Fidgety (APT 25055)
The Skarlettones Single : 1959 - Do You Remember / Will You Dream (Ember 1053) Unreleased: 1959 - How Sentimental Can I Be
Biography :
The Skarlettones formed in 1958 and hailed from Akron, Ohio. Members
were Ronald Mosely (whose career eventually took off), James Porter,
Columbus Mitchell, Robert Carter, and Willie Tucker. When their Ember
recording went nowhere, members Ronald Mosely (baritone) and James
Porter (first tenor) joined with Ed Roberts (second tenor), Arthur
Atkinson (baritone/bass), and Leroy Fann (bass) eventually calling
themselves The Supremes (male Group.) They recorded "Another Chance To
Love" b/w "Fidgety" on Apt #25055 which was released in December 1960.
From Top to Bottom : Leroy Fann, Ronald Mosely & Ed Roberts
Still having no success with their recordings 2 members left The
Supremes. Ronald Mosely, Leroy Fann and Ed Roberts recruited George Lee
(1st tenor), changed their name to The Feilows, and in 1961 auditioned
an impressive but inexperienced female vocalist, Ruby Nash who had never
been out of Akron. After a year of rehearsing with all 5 singing lead,
The Feilows travelled to NYC to record for Kapp Records but their name
was changed to Ruby & The Romantics and the rest is history! Having 8
songs charted nationally on Billboard, their signature song (their
biggest) was OUR DAY WILL COME - Kapp #501 which charted for 13 weeks
and reached #1 in March 1963. Ruby has affirmed in interviews that all 5
members recorded and performed as Ruby & The Romantics until they
broke up in 1971.
http://www.uncamarvy.com/Romantics/romantics.html
Songs :
The Supremes (5)
Another Chance To Love Fidgety
The Skarlettones
Do You Remember Will You Dream How Sentimental Can I Be
