The Galleons (Los Angeles, Ca.)
Personnel :
Robert Cotterell
Merlyn Nelson
Lew Parsons
Joe Sershan
Discography :
1959 - I Played The Fool / Pick Up (Vita 184)
Biography :
By Gary E. Myers:
The Galleons were a four-part male vocal group,
consisting of college students Robert Cotterell, Merlyn “Mert” Nelson,
Lew Parsons and Joe Sershan. They had met on Labor Day 1958 on Catalina
Island and began singing together for fun. Ruth Stratchborneo heard them
at a UCLA Spring Sing event. “She helped set up an appointment with Art
Laboe of Original Sound,” recalled Cotterell. “He seemed somewhat
strange so we did not pursue this contact – probably a mistake.” They rehearsed their material at the good old West View St home and
they were backed on the sessions by Jackie Kelso’s band. The label shows
Cotterell, Nelson & Parsons as writers on one side, but today’s BMI
listing includes Stratchborneo, showing that she added her name to the
work of others even back in the early days. Cotterell later formed the
Sonrise label for Christian music and built Creative Sounds, a CD
duplication company.
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Songs :
Played The Fool Pick Up