Gene & Billy
The Chanters (1) (Santa Monica, CA)
ref Gene & Billy aka The Cats
Personnel :
Ethel Brown
Gene Ford
Billy Boyd
Alan Boyd
Discography :
The Chanters (1)
Singles :
1954 - She Wants To Mambo / Tell Me, Thrill Me (RPM 415)
1955 - Watts / Why (Combo 78)
1955 - I love You / Hot Mama (Combo 92)
Unreleased :
1955 - Do you Remember (Combo)
The Cats
1955 - Get Gone / You're So Nice (Federal 12238)
1955 - I Don't Care No More / After I Gave You My Heart (Federal 12438)
Gene & Billy
1955 - Zerlene / It's Hot / (Spark 120)
1955 - Zerlene / The Whip (Billy & Billygoats) (Loma 702)
Biography :
The Chanters were a Santa Monica vocal group and not to be confused with the Queens, NY group. This group consisted of Ethel Brown from the squires (on Combo) Gene Ford, Alan Boyd, and Billy Boyd. On RPM, they had just this one record. They also had two releases on Combo Records in 1955. Gene Ford had sung with Jim Forrest & The Four Feathers.
When the group broke up, Gene & Billy cut "Zerlene " "It's Hot" in 1955 on the short lived Spark label. Spark Records was the brainchild of the clever Jerry Leiber and the gutsy Mike Stoller. The Same year, Gene & Billy cut two Singles for Federal, King Record's subsidiary, under the name of the Cats.
Songs :
The Chanters (1)
She Wants To Mambo Tell Me, Thrill Me
I love You Hot Mama
Watts Why
Do you Remember
The Cats
I Don't Care No More / After I Gave You My Heart Get Gone / You're So Nice
Gene & Billy
Zerlene It's Hot