BLUE NOTES (2) - BLUENOTES (4) - EPIDEMICS (EBE SNEEZER & THE)

 

The Blue Notes (2)  (Asheboro in North Carolina )

 aka The Bluenotes (4) aka  The Epidemics  

Personnel :

Joe Tanner (gtr)

Pat Patterson

Tom Underwood

Ralph Harrington

 

Discography :

The Blue Notes (2)

1955 - Christmas Chimes / There'll Always Be a Christmas (Colonial 408)

1956 - On A Sleepy Sunday Afternoon / Who's Gonna Sing Your Love Songs  (Colonial 409)

The Bluenotes (4)

1958 - You're A Tiger / Let Her Know  (Colonial 7779)

1958 - I Waited   / Never Never Land  (Colonial 9999)

1959 - I Don't Know What It Is / Summer Love (Brooke 111)

1959 - You Can't Get Away From Love / I Don't Know What It Is (Brooke 111)

1960 - I'm Gonna Find Out / Forever On My Mind  (Brooke 116)

The Bluenotes (4) (Featuring Doug Franklin)

1957 - Page One / Mighty Low (Colonial 434)

The Bluenotes (4) (Featuring Ralph Harington)

1960 - Summer Love / It Had To Be You (Brooke 119)

Doug Franklin & The Bluenotes (4)

1958 - My Lucky Love / Drizzlin' Rain  (Colonial 7777)

1958 - I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now / I Used To Wonder (Colonial 8888)

Johnny Dee & Bluenotes (4)

1957 - Teenage Queen / It's Gotta Be You (Colonial 433)

1957 - 1000 Concrete Blocks / In My Simple Way (Colonial 435)

Ebe Sneezer (Johnny Dee)  & The Epidemics

1957 - Asiatic Flu / That's All I've Got (Colonial 436)

Biography :

The Bluenotes were a vocal group featuring Tom Underwood, Joe Tanner, Pat Patterson, and Ralph Harrington.  They recorded at Colonial and Brooke Records, two labels of North Carolina. Their first single, Page One/Mighty Low, was released in 1957 on the Colonial label and the last single, It Had To Be You/Summer Love, was released in 1960 on the Brooke label.

  

With Ebe Sneezer (Johnny Dee ) &  Cecelia Batten                                                                         

They also sang on several other records on Colonial with other artists. They had a pop singles chart entry in 1959 with "I Don't Know What It Is."  So, masquerading as Ebe Sneezer with the Epidemics, Johnny Dee recorded the "Asiatic Flu" and "That's All I've Got" with the Bluenotes.

Joe Tanner had success after the breakup of The Bluenote.

He worked with Roy Orbison. He also arranged and produced many songs, including In Dreams (Roy Orbison), A Rose and a Baby Ruth (George Hamilton IV), and Sittin' In the Balcony (John D. Loudermilk. He also played guitar on Orbison's hit, Oh, Pretty Woman.

With Ebe Sneezer (Johnny Dee )

ROVERS - FIVE ROVERS

 

The Rovers (Sacramento, Calif.)

aka The Five Rovers

 

Personnel :

Oliver "Sunny" Stevenson (Lead)

Jay Payton (Tenor)

Hank Swarn (Baritone)

Billy Ray Williams (Bass)

Ralph Helms (High Tenor)

 

Discography :

The Rovers

1954 - Ichi-Bon Tami Dachi / Why-Ohh (Music City 750 / Capitol 3078) 


1955 - Salute To Johnny Ace /Jadda (Music City All Stars) (Music City 780) 


1955 - Whole Lot Of Love / Tell Me Darling (The Gaylarks) (Music City 792)

The Five Rovers

1956 - Down To The Sea / Change Your Mind  (Music City 798)

 

Biography :

The Rovers formed in 1954, and They recorded for Music City as both the rovers and The Five Rovers. Payton was about ten years older than the others.

By the middle of 1954, they'd added high tenor Ralph Helms to the group. Another student at Grant Union, he was one of those guys who just hung around until one day you noticed he was part of the group. Most of the songs that the Rovers practiced were either by the Clovers or tunes that they'd written themselves. All the tunes that they ended up recording were original songs.

"Ichi-Bon Tami Dachi" means number one girlfriends. Payton wrote the song based on his time in the service in Japan. Just after recording their one disc as the Rovers for Music city, it was leased out to Capitol records for greater distribution as sales began to increase.

    

When their last disc for Music city was released, they were on their way to Breaking up.

http://www.uncamarvy.com/Rovers/rovers.html

 

Songs :

The  Rovers 

   

  Ichi-Bon Tami Dachi / Why-Ohh

   

Salute To Johnny Ace                         Whole Lot Of Love

The Five Rovers  

 

Down To The Sea / Change Your Mind 

IMPOSSIBLES (2) (LINDA CARR & THE) - CHEERIOS (1) - CHANDELIERS (2)

 

Bobby Sanders

The Cheerios (1) (Los Angeles)

aka  The Chandeliers (2)

aka Linda Carr & The Impossibles (2)

 

Personnel :

Bobby Sanders (Lead)

Ralph Chestnut (Bass)

Clotelle King

Andrew Bayone (Cheerios & Chandeliers)

Joe Lawson (Cheerios & Chandeliers)

 

Discography :

Linda Carr & The Impossibles (2)

1961 - I'll Never Get Married / Happy Teenager (Skyla 1111)

1961 - (I'm In Love With) The Garbage Man / Shy One (Ray Star 779)

The Cheerios (1)

1961 - Ding Dong Honeymoon /  Where Are You Tonight (Infinity 11)

The Chandeliers (2)

1962 - Give Me Your Love / She's A Heartbreaker (Sue 761)

 

Biography :

Linda Carr was just 14 years of age at the time of this, her debut recording. Her powerful voice belied her tender years. In '61, talent scount, recording artists producer and writer, Bobby Sanders (real name: Jerome Lenoir) brought gifted singer, Linda Carr to producer Steve Venet. Happy Teenager happily launched her long and remarkable international singing career as one of the queens of the Northern Soul musical genre. The writer, Richard George, had written many songs while at UCLA and later while working in the Hollywood film industry.

He wrote Happy Teenager as an answer song to Dion's Lonely Teenager. Steve Venet  arranged to record her with Bobby Sanders, Ralph Chestnut and Clotelle King billed as the Impossibles. Steven Venet  next recorded Linda's follow-up release, I'm in Love With the Garbage Man, a clever and fun record. In '64, Linda signed with Sam Cooke's Sar label with Steve Venet producing the release with Sanders and Cooke doing the backup work.  Next she signed with Don Costa's DCP label and in '65 had a release that got some action. In '66, she had several releases on the Bell label and later with the Ranwood label. She had the talent but never had the song or promotion to make it big. After their singles with Linda, the Impossibles,  Bobby Sanders, Ralph Chestnut and Clotelle King recruited Andrew Bayone & Joe Lawson. The Quintet with Bobby Sanders on Lead had a release on Infinity in September 1961 billed as The Cheerios. They also recorded for Sue Record as The Chandeliers.  During this period, Bobby Sanders also recorded as a single artist and with Dorsey High School friends as the Extremes.

 

Songs :

Linda Carr & The Impossibles (2)

  

I'll Never Get Married                             Happy Teenager     

  

        The Garbage Man                             Shy One                     

The Cheerios (1)

   

Where Are You Tonight  / Ding Dong Honeymoon

The Chandeliers (2)

She's A Heartbreaker / Give Me Your Love

CHIPS (3)

The Chips (3)  (Menphis, Tenessee)

aka The Astors

 

Personnel :

Curtis Johnson

Elihue Stanback

Sam "Byrnes" Jones

Richard Harris

 

Discography :

1961 - You Make Me Feel So Good / As You Can See (Satellite 105)

 

Biography :

The Astors, Curtis Johnson, Eliehue Stanback, Sam (Byrnes) Jones, Richard Harris, grew up in The Orange Mound community in Memphis, Tennessee, while attending Melrose High School, along with Richard Griffin, a member of the original group called The Duntinos The group was organized in 1958 by a neighborhood pianist, Herman "Red" Arnett who held auditions for a singing group at his home in the "Mound". "Red" brought Curtis, Eliehue, Richard, Sam, and Richard Griffin, together for months of work before calling them a "group"

The Astors

The group, The Duntinos, quickly made a name for themselves performing regularly at local Beale Street and area venues. "Red" taught the guys to perform, and they learned to entertain under the tutelage of Rufus "Walking The Dog" Thomas, while working the "Chittlin Circuit" with him and his band, The Bearcats.After Curtis and Eliehue graduated, the Duntinos moved to Buffalo, New York with Curtis' ralatives, looking, for the "Bright Lights" of New York, but found that Buffalo was very cold, and a long way from "The Big Apple". After working a few jobs in Buffalo, the group return to Memphis to do some backup vocals for Carla and Rufus Thomas and other artist recording at a new studio, then called Satellite Records.In 1961 the group recorded their first release "You Make Me Feel So Good"(Curtis -lead), a song that Curtis wrote b/w  "As You Can See"(Eliehue-lead), written by Eliehue Stanback. The group's name was changed to The Chips for this release, named after producer, Chips Moman.  In 1961, Curtis joined the Air Force, but continued to record when on leave from the Military.  In 1963 the group's name was changed again to The Astors for the next release.

http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/astors.htm

http://www.curtisj.com/Astors.htm

Songs :

   

   

You Make Me Feel So Good                              As You Can See         

 

INSPIRATORS (1) - FIVE STARS (1)

  

The Inspirators (1) (Brooklyn, New York)

aka The Five Stars (1)

 

Personnel :

Cleo Perry (Lead)

William Massey (First tenor)

Clifton Johnson (Second Tenor)

Barney Fields (Baritone)

Buster Boyce (Bass)

 

Discography :

The Inspirators (1)

1955 - If Loving You Is Wrong / Three Sixty (Treat 502)

1958 - Starlight Tonight / Oh What A Feeling  (Old Town 1053)

The Five Stars (1)

1955 - We Danced In The Moonlight / Let's Fall In Love [as the 5 Stars] (Treat 505)

 

Biography :

The Inspirators were among the myriad doo wop groups to emerge from Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. According to Marv Goldberg's profile in the March 1997 issue of Discoveries, lead Cleo Perry, first tenor William Massey, second tenor Clifton Johnson, baritone Barney Fields, and bass Buster Boyce were all high-school students when they began their collaboration in 1949. Inspired by local heroes including the Velours and the Strangers, the Inspirators were a regular presence on the Brooklyn club circuit and placed second during their lone appearance at the Apollo Theater's renowned amateur showcase, but their career remained stuck in neutral until the mid-'50s, when they became fixtures of the neighborhood surrounding New York's famed songwriting capital the Brill Building. While harmonizing on the street corner, the quintet captured the attention of Treat Records general manager Larry Newton, who extended a contract offer.

  

The Inspirators' debut single, "If Loving You Is Wrong," hit retail in April 1955 but attracted little attention. For reasons unknown, Newton credited the follow-up, "Let's Fall in Love," to the Five Stars, but it too failed to catch on at radio. The Inspirators returned to Treat to cut several additional sessions, all of which remain unreleased. Newton finally terminated the group's contract in early 1958, and at mid-year their final single, "Starlight Tonight," appeared on the Old Town label. Its failure essentially spelled the Inspirators' demise, although Perry later toured clubs and the Catskills as a solo act, cutting singles for Dot under the aliases Lee Perry and Perry Lee. ~ Jason Ankeny 

Songs :

The Inspirators (1)

   

If Loving You Is Wrong                                Three Sixty       

   

 Starlight Tonight                             Oh What A Feeling

The Five Stars (1)

   

We Danced In The Moonlight                    Let's Fall In Love    

         

SENIORS (5) - ANGELINOS - ANGELENOS

 

The Seniors (5) (Los Angeles, CA.)

aka The Angelenos ?

aka The Angeiinos ? 

 

Personnel :

Rudy Ray Moore

?

 

Discography :

The Seniors (5)

1960 ~ Hully Gully Fever (And The Flu Bug Too) / Pitter Patter Heart (Kent 342)

1960 - My Soul / Emily (The Turks) (Ball 001) 

The Angelinos

1961 - On An Island / As Long As I Have You (Peepers 2824( (first pressing)

The Angelenos

1961 – Don’t Cry Baby / As Long As I Have You (Peepers 2824) (second pressing)

1961 - Hully Gully Fever / Come On Baby (Peepers 2827) (first pressing)

Bobby Lawrence & The Angelenos

1962 - Hully Gully Fever / Come On Baby (Peepers 2827) (second pressing)

  

Biography :

Rudy Ray Moore born March 17, 1937 in Fort Smith, Arkansas recorded some songs for Federal Records in the early 1950s. The most famous of these recording sessions is "Step it up and go." Although Moore's singing career didn't hit the big time, he did deliver some truly great soulful rock n' roll songs in a similar vein of Richard Berry. Moore moved to Los Angeles, California in 1959. Several more singles were released by various labels, including his own Vermont Records, with Moore performing either as a solo artist or with other vocal groups like The Seniors.

 

Rudy Ray Moore                                                                                                                     

In 1960, with The Seniors Rudy Ray Moore recorded "Hully Gully Fever (And The Flu Bug Too)" b/w "Pitter Patter Heart" On Kent records and  "My Soul" on Ball. In 1961 we find the same version of "Hully Gully Fever" by The Angelenos also from los angeles. It may be possible that this is the same group with Rudy Ray Moore replaced by Bobby Lawrence...

Songs :

(updated by Hans-Joachim) 

The Seniors (5)

  

           Hully Gully Fever                                   My Soul                

Pitter Patter Heart

The Angelinos

On An Island

The Angelenos

  

Hully Gully Fever                          Don't Cry Baby

  

As Long As I Have You                         Come On Baby       

EXCITING INVICTAS

 

L to R : Donny Humble, Bill Brumbaugh, Ron Brennan, Jimmy Noonin, John Stehman, Jim Hurst and Emmett Smith

The Exciting Invictas (Middletown, PA)

Personnel :

Jimmy Noonin (Lead)

Donny Humble

Bill Brumbaugh

Ron Brennan

John Stehman (Tenor Sax)

Jim Hurst (Drums)

Emmett Smith (Organ)



Discography :

1962 - I Don't Care / Not Again (Kingston 427)


Biography :

The Exciting Invicta's group was formed in 1960 and based out of Middletown, PA. They played throughout PA and NJ at many places including: White Oaks Park in York, PA - a really great place for dancing to rock'n'roll, VFW's, American Legion Posts, colleges, the Hershey Ballroom, etc....They had a strong following of fans and especially enjoyed being in 'battle of the bands' events with other contemporary groups like the Endells and Thundering Century.  

In 1962, they were discovered by Jamie Rowley, representing the Kingston record label out of Reading, PA and were asked to consider cutting a record. Emmett Smith wrote the music and lyrics to 'I Don't Care'.  The flip side of the record was a cha-cha titled 'Not Again' and it was very popular because of the compelling dance beat. The Exciting Invictas also served as backup for several well-known groups including the Drifters and another popular local group from Hanover, PA - named the Pixies Three (hit song was 'Birthday Party').

Songs :

   

I Don't Care                                        Not Again

 

TRAINS

 

The Trains  (Long Island, NY)

 

Personnel:

Bobby Bloom (Lead)

John Governale (Tenor)

Bob Kneiper (Baritone)

 

Discography :

1964 - The Plan (I Love You So) / We Two (Swan 4196)

1965 - Fourteen Getting Older / The Beware Song (Swan 4203)

Biography :

When they Expressions broke up, Bobby Bloom & John Governale joined by Bob Kneiper formed a new group, the Trains. The young and ambitious producers Pete Antell and John Linde (The Chants) Penned "The Plan (I Love You So)" b/w "We Two" for the group in 1964.

  

John Linde and Pete Antell                                                                     

A Four Seasons sound-alike group The Trains didn’t make it out of the station with "The Plan". The Next years, Linde and Antell penned a second single for the Trains "Fourteen Getting Older" b/w "The Beware Song".

Songs :

  

The Plan (I Love You So                  We Two          

  

Fourteen Getting Older           The Beware Song    

DESIRES (2)

 

The Desires (2) (Bronx, New York)

 

Personnel :

Bobby

Tony

Frank

Walter Rella Senior (Guitar)

 

Discography :

1960 - I Don't Know Why / Longing (20th Fox 195)

 

Biography :

Group from the Bronx who cut only one single for 20th Fox. I DON'T KNOW WHY (I JUST DO), was published in 1931. The music was written by Fred E. Ahlert and the lyrics by Roy Turk. It had three periods of great popularity: 1931 right after its publication; 1946; and 1961 into 1962. The musical arranger on this record is Vince Catalano. He has credits on many records including writing WISHING IS FOR FOOLS by The Melodeers, on a subsidiary label of 20th Fox, Studio #9908 1960. 

Vince Catalano

After his association with 20th Fox, he and Don Ames formed the Mermaid label. I DON'T KNOW WHY (I JUST DO) is considered a standard and has been recorded by many artists through the years: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Marty Robbins, The Andrew Sisters, Linda Scott, Nat King Cole, Joe Williams as well as The Belmonts , The Dreamers and The Ravens just to name a few.

 

Songs :

     

I Don't Know Why                                 Longing       

IVY'S - FOUR IVY'S

 

The Ivy's (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

aka The Four Ivy's

 

Personnel :

Roger J.Luttig

Theodore E.Starcevic

Stanley McCluske Jr.

Charles Knowlan

 

Discography :

The Ivy's

1959 - Lost Without You / All I Want (Coed 518)

The Four Ivy's

1959 - Lost Without You / All I Want (Coed 518)

 

Biography :

The (Four) Ivys, were a local singing quartet from Pittsburgh. Pa,. The lads, all between the ages of 20 and 22, entered active duty under the six-month RFA plan At Fort Sill (Lawton, Oklahoma), in August 1959. They enlisted simultaneously for six months so that they can further their careers upon discharge. The four are Theodore E.Starcevic, 22, of 7208 Whipple St., a Journalism graduate of Duquesne University, Roger J.Luttig , 21, of 156 Gaskell St., a Tech student; Stanley McCluske Jr., 20, of 491 Norton St., a South Hills high school graduate and Charles Knowlan, 20, of 157 Virginia Ave., who attended Duquesne University for two years.

  

The vocal group has worked as a team for the past two years performing on television, radio and in night clubs "m the Pittsburgh. Pa. and got a recording contract with Coed Recording Co.in New York . The week before their departure, they waxed two songs : "Lost Without You" and "All I Want" , released in October 1959 by Coed.

Songs :

Lost Without You / All I Want

VENETIANS (NICK MARCO & THE) - CONSORTS (1) (LES LEDO & THE)

Nick Marco & The Venetians (Manhattan, New York)

aka Les Ledo & The Consorts (1)

 

Personnel :

Nick Marco (Lou Bonini) (Lead)

Joe Walsh

Bobby Fava

Danny Conboy

 

Discography :

Nick Marco & The Venetians

1960 - Little Boy Lost / Would It Hurt You (Dwain 813)

Les Ledo & The Consorts (1)

1959 - Nina /  I Got Me A Sweetheart (Nina 1601)

 

Biography :

Joe Walsh wound up with four other guys in a group called Les Ledo and his Consorts, a name that particularly vexed the rest of the guys. The group would hang out at local recording studios and get side work as background singers.

Les Ledo & The Consorts

The group even recorded its own 45 rpm on the small Nina studio label. It was at a session for Dion and the Belmonts in 1959 that Walsh had a fleeting brush with fame. One of the Belmonts was unable to attend the scheduled recording session at the famous Brill Building. Walsh was at the studio that day looking for work when he was asked if he could sing second tenor.

Nick Marco & The Venetians

The song, "A Teenager in Love," immediately began to climb the charts, and soon sold over 1 million copies. That same year, Jim Gribble, who managed a number of successful groups, including Jay and the Americans, The Passions, the Fiestas and The Mystics, heard Les Ledo and his Consorts at a studio session. The record companies liked the Consorts but didn't care much for Les Ledo's voice. Gribble offered to manage the Consorts if Ledo wasn't in the group. So at the next rehearsalthe Consorts walked out and went back to Gribble.

    

Nick Marco & The Venetians                                                                            

Gribble took the boys on, made member Louis Bonini the lead singer, and renamed him Nick Marco. He also changed the name of the group to Nick Marco and the Venetians. Gribble got the group a recording contract in 1959, but unlike some of the other acts he managed, this contract was on Dwain records, a small company with hardly any budget for distribution.  The 45 rpm recording of "Little Boy Lost," with "Would It Hurt You" on the flip side, got some regional East Coast air play. But when fans went to the record stores to purchase a copy, it was difficult to find. About the same time, disc jockey Alan Freed of WINS-AM, the premier doo-wop and rock station in New York, was indicted for taking bribes in what became known as the "payola" scandal.

 

Songs :

Nick Marco & The Venetians 

   

Would It Hurt You /  Little Boy Lost 

Les Ledo & The Consorts (1)

 Nina / I Got Me A Sweetheart

 

STARFIRES (3)

 

Tom Caterino & Lou Pesce

The Starfires (3) (South Bronx, New York)

Ref : Larry & The Standards (1)

 

Personnel :

Tommy Bogdany (Lead)

Joe Formato (Baritone)

Lou Pesce (First Tenor)

Tom Caterino (Second Tenor)

 

Discography :

1962 - Under the Stars / Fools Fall in Love (Duel 518)

 

Biography :

There were several groups called The Starfires. This group recorded "Under the Stars"/ b/w" Fools Fall in Love". The single was recorded in 1962 with Tommy Bogdany (Lead), Joe Formato (Baritone), Lou Pesce (First Tenor) and Tom Caterino (Second Tenor) . Tom Caterino and Lou Pesce sang previously with Larry & The Standards. Tommy Bogdany co-wrote "Shout Shout" with Ernie Maresca, who had a hit with that song. The Starfires signed with Duel records and their short career ended with the "British Invasion" aka The Beatles. Their manager was Freddy Parker with Duel records.

Thank to Tom Caterino

Songs :

    

Fools Fall in Love                               Under the Stars 

IVY TONES - CORVETS (2) - CORVETTES (4)

 

   The Ivy Tones : Terry, Robert "Bird" Parks, Lenny brook,James "Pee Wee" Thomas & John Ivey

The Ivy Tones  (Philadelphia, PA)

aka The Corvets (2) aka The Corvettes (4)

 

Personnel :

John Ivey (Lead)

James Green (Tenor & Second Lead)

James "Pee Wee" Thomas (Tenor)

Joseph Moody  (Bass)

 

Discography :

The Ivy Tones

  Singles :

1958 - Oo-Wee Baby / Each Time (Red Top 105)

 Unreleased :

1958 - My Confession (Red Top)

1958 - Rock & Roll Daddy (Red Top)

The Corvets (2)  

Singles :

1959 - I'm pleading / Let's Do The Pony (Sure 1003)

1959 - Voodoo Baby / I Want To Know Why (Tone Craft 1009)

Unreleased :

1959 - I'll Get You Yet (Sure )

The Corvettes (4)

1960 - When You're In Love / Pointed Toe Shoes (Val-Ue 212)

 

Biography :

John Ivey & James "Pee Wee" Thomas lived in the same neighborhood, 15th & Jefferson Streets, in North Phillly. The Ivy Tones consisted of James "Pee Wee" Thomas, John Ivey, James Green, William  Brown & Robert "Bird" Parks (recruited by early member Lenny Brock). Thomas, Ivey & Green started out as a gospel group know as the Joylands with two other guys : Howard Tate & Willima Bright.  The Ivy Tones traipsed to the Reco-Art Studio on 12th Street in Center City Waxing "Oo-Wee Baby", "Rock & Roll Daddy", "Each Time" and "My Confession".  Founded in 1957, Red Top and its related labels gave Philadelphia another outlet for RnB and Vocal Group recordings.

  The Ivy Tones : John Ivey, Terry, Robert "Bird" Parks, Lenny brook & James "Pee Wee" Thomas

 Philadelphia in 1957 was the hotbed city for music. With recordings on Red Top, Hunt and later Jalynne and other labels for National and local releases, Red Top became a haven for local talent to cut wax and seek the National Hit. In 1958, "Each Time" b/w  Oo-Wee Baby was released on Red Top 105. The record, the group's only release, picked up some play in Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and garnered a distribution deal for Red Top with Liberty. With William Brown & Robert "Bird" Parks departed, and with new member, The Ivy Tones Changed their name to the Corvets and released "I'm pleading" b/w "Let's Do The Pony" for a new company, Sure Records owned by Len Rosen.

The Corvettes (4) : Joe Moody, Robert "Bird" Parks, James "Pee Wee" Thomas & John Ivey

Their Next Waxing "Voodoo Baby" and "I Want To Know Why " was released on Tone-Craft Records. "Voodoo Baby" was a splendid Rockballad penned by James Green. The Corvets crooned "Voodoo Baby" At the Cotton Club opening for the DreamLovers.  In 1960, a last singles was released for Val-Ue Records under the name of the Corvettes.

 

Songs :

The Ivy Tones

  

Oo-Wee Baby / Each Time

The Corvettes (4)

   

When You're In Love 

EXTREMES (2)

 

Bobby Sanders

The Extremes (2)  (Los Angeles)

 

Personnel :

Bobby Sanders

Charles Ingersol

Robert Rozelle (Bass)

Maurice Clark

 

Discography :

The Extremes (2)

1962 - That's All I Want / The Bells (Paro 733)

1964 - Sad Sam / How I Need Your Love (4J-514)

Charles Lamont & The Extremes (2)

1965 - I've Got To Keep Movin' / Doin' Mickey's Jerk (Challenge 59290)

Bobby Sanders

1961 - I'm On My Way / It Was You (Kaybo 618)

1962 - Maybe I'm Wrong / You've Forgotten Me (Kent 382)

1963 - Cleopatra / Dead Pigeon (Sor 117)

 

Biography :

The Extremes were formed in 1961 by Bobby Sanders and Charles Ingersoll (Van Clayton). Other members were Maurice Clark and Robert Rozel (Bass).  They all attended Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. Dorsey High School's impressive alumni included Mike Love (Beach Boys), Marilyn McCoo (Fifth Demension), Sparkey Anderson (MLB Manager) and many other sports figures and personalities. Bobby Sanders wrote "The Bells", their first recording. During this period, Bobby Sanders also recorded a few singles as a single artist. When they had little success as The Extremes, the four members went their separate ways. At the same time Bobby Sanders with Ralph Chestnut and Clotelle King Backed Linda Carr as the Impossibles and recruited Andrew Bayone & Joe Lawson for a release on Infinity  billed as The Cheerios and for Sue Record as The Chandeliers.

  

Extremes' Bobby Sanders and Charles Ingersoll did studio session work with the female vocal group The Blossoms and performed background vocals for various artists including Charles Lamont, Dobie Gray  and Phil Spector's groups. In 1967 Bobby Sanders formed the R & B/Soul group The Young Hearts and went on to manage, write and produce them with various members through the 60's and 70's. Their biggest hit was "I've Got Love For My Baby" which charted Nationally on Billboard in November, 1968 for 3 weeks and reached #94.

 

Songs :

The Extremes (2)

   

     The Bells                                         That's All I Want

Charles Lamont & The Extremes (2)

   

I've Got To Keep Movin'                         Doin' Mickey's Jerk    

 

Bobby Sanders

   

I'm On My Way                                It Was You

   

Maybe I'm Wrong  

PYRAMIDS (1) - TEMPO-MENTALS

 

The Pyramids (1) (Los Angeles, CA.)

aka The Tempo-Mentals

 

Personnel :

Sidney Correia (Lead)

Joe Dandy

Lionel Cobbs

Melvin White

Kenneth Perdue

Tom Williams

Discography :

The Pyramids (1)

1955 - Deep in My Heart for You / And I Need You (Federal 12233)

The Tempo-Mentals

1957 - Dearest / Burning Desire (Ebb 112)

Biography :

The group was formed under the leadership of Sidney  Correia. The rest of the group includes Joe Dandy, Lionel Cobbs, Melvin White, Kenneth Perdue and Tom Williams. It didn't take Federal A&R man Ralph Bass long to decide that he had a great potential recording act when he first heard the Pyramids sing in a Los Angeles night club. He got the group together in between shows and signed them to a recording contract and immediately made plans for their first recording session. The two sides of the session were "Deep in My Heart for You" and "And I Need You". With this disc the band will perform all over the region. in 1957, with almost the same members, the group changed its name and became The Tempo-Mentals. The group signs a recording contract with Ebb records and recorded two song /"Deep in My Heart for You" was reworked into "Burning Desire" and "Dearest". In, 1959 Melvin White join The Cyclones on Forward Records.

Songs :

The Pyramids (1)

  

Deep in My Heart for You                            And I Need You    

The Tempo-Mentals

  

Burning Desire                                 Dearest