1959 - Please Baby Please / Little Sandy (Herald 524)
1959 - She's Right For Me / Lonesome Soul (Herald 539)
Biography :
The Tune Tones, who recorded for Herald Records in the late 1950s,
were formed in Brooklyn by two friends, Allen Levy and Gilbert Kaplan.
Kaplan heard Levy playing the piano in the gym at Tilden High School,
and told him that he knew somebody in the music business. The two wrote
some songs and then went to Manhattan and auditioned for Jim Gribble,
who owned a recording studio and was a budding manager. Gribble later
went on to manage The Passions and The Mystics, and his recording studio
and offices became a hangout for such later notables as Paul Simon and
Al Kooper. The Tune Tones were his first group. Gribble liked what he
heard, christened them The Tune Tones, and took them to Al Silver, of
Herald Records, a few floors up in the same building.
Silver signed them and released two 45s by The Tune Tones: “Little
Sandy” b/w “Please Baby Please,,” (H-524, 1958) and “She’s Right for Me”
b/w “Lonesome Soul” (H 539, 1959). Neither were hits, although “Please
Baby Please” received solid airplay (it was the b-side) and has become
something of a completist fan favorite.After the release of “She’s Right
for Me”, Kaplan decided to break up the group and try for a solo
career. He ended up a veterinarian in Long Island and died several
years ago. Levy went to become a rock critic (writing for Changes),
Assistant Editor of music industry trade paper Record World, and then
held public relations posts at United Artists, A&M and ASCAP. He
later became Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Chapman University
in Orange, California, a post he held for 25 years. He is now a member
of Southern California doo-wop group The Expectations.
1959 - Hit And Run Away Love / Advertising For Love (Anna 1103)
Unreleased:
1959 - Love Me (Anna)
Jackie Carbone bb The Hill Sisters
1960 - Let Me Go Daddy-O / The Lovely Lady In Blue (Ciro’s 1002)
1960 - Song Of Napoli / The Voice Of Love (Ciro’s 1003/1004)
Biography :
Lynne Hill, Carol Hill and Beverly Hill started their music career
back in 1955 and was part of a singing trio, The Hill Sisters, singing
for school and church functions. They also performed live on the "Soupy
Sales" show in 1959 performing "I hear It Everywhere". In 1959, they
released a record on Barry Gordy's "Anna Records" with the songs "Hit
And Run Away Love" and "Advertising For Love".
Jackie Carbone The Hill Sisters
Anna
Records was a short-lived record label, known as a forerunner of
Motown, founded by sisters Anna and Gwen Gordy and Roquel Billy Davis in
1959 and located in Detroit, Michigan. Gwen Gordy and Davis had written
hit songs for Jackie Wilson and Etta James prior to founding the
label. The Trio sang back-up vocals on a few different records for a
promising young vocalist named Jackie Carbone on "Let Me Go Daddy-O" and
"The Lovely Lady In Blue", "Song Of Napoli" and " The Voice Of Love"
both singles released by Circo's Records .In 1960/61, the Hill Sisters
decided to end their music career.
1963 - What Are You Doing Tonight / Being In Love (Bethlehem 3079)
Biography :
Willie John Farley was born at East Hartford, Connecticut. He started
singing in 1958, being part of several groups, the Impalas , the
Cosmopolitans... It was in 1963 that he started his own group with some
friends : The Florescents. The group consists of Willie John Farley,
Wayne Strong, Timmy Martin, Richard Reedy, Peter Tyson and John Lee.
They recorded "What Are You Doing Tonight" and "Being In Love" released
by Bethlehem Records.
1957 - You Know I Go For You / My Brother (ABC 9865)
1958 - Eda Weda Bug / The Greatest Love Of All (Bale 100)
1958 - Hello Mr. New Year / Let Christmas Ring (Bale 103)
1974 - Just Room For Two / You Know I Go For You (Roadhouse 1019)
Unreleased :
1958 - Siesta (Bale)
Biography :
The Coolbreezers started singing as a gospel group in Wash. D.C. and
switched to doo-wop. Members were Joe Reuth, Richard Steward, Bob
Armstrong, William Primrose, Earl J. Williams, and Sonny Williams. Bea
Williams, sister of Earl and Sonny Williams, assumed the role of manager
and had them record some rhythm and blues demos that she sent to New
York for evaluation.
As a result, ABC Paramount had them record one record that went
nowhere , Bea Williams then started her own label, BALE, and released
two singles by the Coolbreezers in 1957: “The Greatest Love Of All” /
“Eda Weda Bug” and “Let Christmas Ring” / “Hello Mr. New Year.” Earl
Williams also sang bass for the Twilighters on Marshall.
1956, Ernest Harriston, Butch Hamilton and William “Sheik” Dailey
The Bop-Chords (Harlem, New York)
Personnel :
Ernest Harriston (Lead)
William "Sheik" Dailey (First Tenor)
Butch Hamilton (Second Tenor)
Morris Smarr (Baritone)
Leon Ivey (Bass)
Discography :
1956 - When I Woke Up This Morning / I Really Love Her So (Holiday 2603)
1956 - Castle In The Sky / My Darling To You (Holiday 2601)
1957 - So Why / Baby (Holiday 2608)
Biography :
Harlem's the Bop Chords formed in 1955 in the same building where the
Ladders, Channels, and Willows got their start. Lead vocalist Ernest
Harriston, William Dailey, Butch Hamilton, Leon Ivey, and Morris Smarr
had all sung with other neighborhood groups, and Hamilton had recorded
with the Five Wings earlier in the year on a tribute to Johnny Ace that
was issued by King. The Bop Chords recorded for Holiday in 1956, and the
mid-tempo "Castle in the Sky" was a local and regional hit. Their
second single, "When I Woke Up This Morning," also did well on the East
Coast, but internal clashes over song content and wardrobe soon caused
lineup defections and changes.
Dailey and Smarr left and were replaced by Skip Boyd and Peggy Jones,
their first female vocalist. They recorded "Why" in 1957, then
disbanded. Harriston did background vocals for Shep & the Limelites
and recorded "We Need Love" for Asnes in 1962 as Ernie Johnson. A new
edition of the Bop Chords resurfaced in 1971, with lead vocalist
Johnson, Hamilton, Boyd, and Ivey. They never recorded, but were a
popular attraction at various New York locations and oldies shows in the
'70s.
