The Honeytones (1) (Jersey City, N.J.)
Personnel :
Shirley Kee
Jacqueline Givens
Gloria Givens
Grace Givens
Discography :
1955 - Somewhere, Sometime, Someday / Too Bad (Mercury 70557)
1955 - False Alarm / Honeybun Cha Cha (Wing 90013)
Biography :
The Honeytones are a female quartet, in 1955 they closed a successful engagement at Harlem's Baby Grand.
The group includes Shirley Kee, 20, and the Givens sisters — Jacqueline, 18, Gloria, 19, and Grace, 21, all of whom attend high school in Jersey City, N. J., and do their homework backstage between acts.
They have been in show business since winning a I Mack Amateur Hour show in 1951. The Honeytones cut two singles for Mercury and Wing. Wing Records was a record label subsidiary of Mercury, founded in 1955.
The Honeytones perform at the Apollo Theater with such greats as Hal Jackson, the Solitaires and the Cadillacs .
Songs :
False Alarm Honeybun Cha Cha
Somewhere, Sometime, Someday / Too Bad