Tag Archives: 1950s – 1960s

There have been two Crickets, obviously. One was Friend Holly’s group from Lubbock, TX, and there is also a vocal band of Crickets through the Bronx, NY. Though these Crickets had been under no circumstances trendsetters, they do manage to catch an achieved R&B audio led from the mellow vocal …

A background vocalist credited as both Arthur Davis and Artwork Davis on many Chess novelty and holiday recordings will not look like the popular bassist from the same name.

Bobby Edwards scored a amount-11 pop strike in 1961 with the simple, floating ballad “You’re the reason why.” There’s hardly ever been an in depth tale of Edwards’ profession in print, due to the fact he threw everyone away his path. Edwards informed everyone his true name was Robert Moncrief, …

Saxophonist and vocalist, apparently located in Miami, who recorded many albums along with his trio for Roulette, Gone, and other areas from the George Goldner/Morris Levy music continuum. He appears to have vanished after the middle-1960’s.

The Marquis of Kensington was actually Robert Wace, the former supervisor from the Kinks. The funny thing is usually, his only solitary release (documented for Immediate Information in 1967), “The Changing from the Safeguard,” can be a nostalgia-drenched piece that noises a little like Ray Davies’ vamping from the United …

In working with Pat Shannon and his career, it is critical to remember that occasionally nepotism is not a matter of undue favoritism — Pat Shannon’s genuine name was Pat Glasser, and he was the brother of Warner Bros. personnel maker Dick Glasser. That certainly gave him an advantage in …

Not to end up being confused with a great many other people named William Jones in the music business, that one was an early on rocker who, although in fact among the Hawks, continues to be repeatedly passed off following the fact among the Music group. That appears to be …

Famous trombonist from the Golden Age group of Brazilian song, wrote the hit “Sou da Fuzarca,” in 1929.

Counting all of the guitar shops or stringed tool distributors who contact themselves “Guitars Unlimited,” one may be forgiven for considering that which was actually unlimited was the usage of the name Guitars Unlimited. With regards to performing musical groupings, there continues to be room for dilemma. Sticking to america, …

The labyrinthine history of LA doo wop group the Untouchables schedules to early 1955, when second tenor Sheridan “Rip” Spencer formed the Sabers along with his cousin Brice Coefield, who assumed baritone duties. Regarding to Marv Goldberg’s profile on his R&B Notebooks internet site, the cousins experienced some name and …