The Five Thrills (1) (Chicago)
aka the Earls (1)
Personnel :
Gilbert Warren (Lead Tenor)
Oscar Robinson (Baritone)
Fred Washington (Baritone)
Obie Washington (Second Tenor)
Levi Jenkins (Bass / Piano)
Discography :
The Five Thrills (1)
Singles :
1953 - My Baby's Gone / Feel So Good (Parrot 796)
1954 - Wee Wee Baby / Gloria (Parrot 800)
Unreleased :
1953 - My Saddest Hour
1953 - All I Want
1953 - Ride Jimmy Ride
1953 - Rockin' at Midnight
1953 - So Long Young Girl
The Earls (1)
1954 - Laverne / Darlene (Girl of My Dreams) (Parrot 803 )
Biography :
Parrot Records was a Chicago-based label founded in 1952 by disc
jockey Al Benson. It specialized in blues, jazz, doo-wop, and gospel.
The Five Thrills were basically an aggregation of young men who lived
Thirty-first Street and began singing together in 1950, while they were
still students at Douglas Elementary School at Thirty-second and
Calumet.
Al Benson
The Five Thrills flashed onto the R&B scene in Chicago for a year
during 1953-54 and then disappeared forever. During that year, they
were the most frequently recorded group on Parrot. By early 1954,
Robinson had left the group and was replaced with Leon Pace . Two sides
from their last session (Parrot 800) were released under a new name :
"The Earls".
Robert Pruter "Doowop: the Chicago scene"
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/parrot.html
Songs :
The Five Thrills (1)
The Earls (1)
Darlene (Girl Of My Dreams) / Laverne