THUNDERING SENTRIES

 

(L to R) James Wells, Alfred Stewart, Ken “Boots” Wallace , Vernon Manning, Larry McKenion, Stanley Green, Ross Mounds. Front:  Jessie Alphanso, Robert “Hub” Franklin .

The Thundering Sentries (Harrisburg, Pa)

 

Personnel :

Stanley Green (Lead)

Robert “Hub” Franklin (Lead)

Ross Mounds (Lead)

Alfred Stewart (Bass)

Ken “Boots” Wallace (Second Tenor)

Vernon Manning (Falsetto)

Larry McKenion (First Tenor)

Jessie Alphanso (Percussion)

James Wells (Bass Guitar)

 

Discography :

Unreleased :

1962 - Remember The Night

1962 - Zoom Zoom Zoom

1962 - Human

 

Biography :

The band formed in 1960 by John Harris classmates, Jessie Alphanso and Larry McKenion. They frequently played at the Oaks in York and, on their own turf, played regularly at the Superette Market/Dance Hall. The Sentries never landed a record deal, but recorded a five song demo at Gross Studios, Mechanicsburg, in 1962.

  

They were often mistakenly identified as the Thundering Centuries, a misnomer which lead to at least  one spin-off, or copy-cat group, the Lightning Decades.

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Songs :

  

Remember The Night                        Zoom Zoom Zoom