Sugar & Spice (1) (Portland, Oregon / Los Angeles, California)
Personnel:
Sugar (Junior Ryder, born Morris Riden)
Spice (Blondine Taylor)
Discography:
1956 - Hey Joe (Let Me Know) / Indeed I Love You (Mercury 70788)
1956 - Don't Be A Bunny / There Were No Angels (Wing 90081 / Mercury 70960)
1957 - Strawberry Shortcake / First Last And Always (Mercury 71034)
Biography:
They were Junior Ryder who was part of the Johnny Otis aggregation, and Blondine Taylor one of the Queens who backed up Shirley Gunter on “You're Mine” and “Oop Shoop”. They were paired by Buck Ram and signed to Mercury. They recorded
“Hey Joe” and “Indeed I Love You” on Mercury # 70788, “There Were No
Angels” and “Don't Be A Bunny” (a plea for good conduct at rock 'n roll
shows) on Mercury's subsidiary label Wing (# 90081) and finally
“Strawberry Shortcake” and “First Last And Always” for Mercury on
#71034. The pair had the look, the sound, and the talent to be huge but it
just didn't happen for them and that remains one of the big mysteries of
the nineteen fifties.
J.C. Marion
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/Great_Duos_part_Two.html
http://www.electricearl.com/dws/ryder.html
Songs:
Hey Joe (Let Me Know) / Indeed I Love You
First Last And Always Don't Be A Bunny