Randy & the Rainbows

Even though you have no idea the group simply by name, if you are the littlest bit acquainted with doo wop you’ll still most likely recognize Randy & the Rainbows’ hit solitary “Denise.” A HIGH Ten strike, it’s one particular feel-good tracks that continue steadily to arrive on compilations of the greatest music through the 1960s. Randy & the Rainbows shaped within the Queens portion of NEW YORK in 1962. The group included two pairs of siblings, brothers Sal No and Mike No and brothers Frank Safuto and Dominick “Randy” Safuto. Ken Arcipowski curved out the quintet. The group evolved from the Dialtones, which in 1959 included the Safutos, Rosalie Calindo, and Eddie Scalla, the Safutos’ cousin. After documenting through the early ’60s for Goldisc, the Safutos installed with Arcipowski as well as the Zeros in 1962 to be Randy & the Rainbows. Supported by the creation group that also managed the Tokens, the group released “Denise” in 1963. As Randy & the Rainbows, the group under no circumstances once again repeated the achievement they discovered with “Denise.” They transformed names many times and continuing to execute at differing times as Madison Road, Triangle, and Them and Us. Over time, the group offers distributed the stage with such performers because the Spinners, Small Anthony & the Imperials, Tony Orlando, Bloodstream, Perspiration & Tears, Freddie Roman, Jay Dark, and Pat Cooper. They will have also toured using the Seaside Kids, Dionne Warwick, as well as the Four Months. The group released a new recording in 2001. By that yr, the Randy & the Rainbows’ lineup included unique member Mike No, Vinny Carella, and Jimmy Bense.