Lyman Hopkins

If cannibals invaded New Haven, CT, and made a decision to dine on staff of this city’s doo wop legacy, the Chestnuts roasting over an open up fire would definitely include some associates from the Hopkins family members. Both dad and kid — Lyman Hopkins, Sr. and Lyman Hopkins, Jr., respectively — in addition to the latter’s sibling Frank Hopkins had been all people of the group when the Chestnuts had been originally registered and documented in 1955 for the very first time by maker Joe Davis. The daddy didn’t stay long using the clothing, which continued documenting in a variety of configurations through the finish from the ’50s. The high stage of the next era Lyman Hopkins involvement was definitely “Mary Listen to the Like Bells,” originally released as an individual within the Standord imprint and later on reissued on compilations like the Standord Record Tale. Hopkins is acknowledged as the writer of the music and in addition received business lead billing, the label reading Lyman Hopkins as well as the Chestnuts. It isn’t really as impressive since it seems predicated on the group’s background: almost a half-dozen different people had been trotted out and provided similar celebrity billing on different information, including Hayes Baskerville, Marvin Baskerville, and Expenses Baker.