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Hollywood Flames

This long-lasting LA doo wop aggregation had an extremely fluid personnel roster. Bobby Time was among the group’s founders in 1950, as well as the Hollywood Flames documented prolifically for Hollywood, Area of expertise, Lucky, Swingtime, Cash, and other brands before reducing their one main strike, the rocking “Hype Buzz …

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Ernie Freeman

One of a lot of interesting behind-the-scenes statistics of early rock and roll & move, pianist and arranger Ernie Freeman played on numerous early rock and roll and R&B periods in the ’50s. He done schedules for the L.A. indies Area of expertise, Contemporary, and Aladdin, aswell as white performers …

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Deon Jackson

Spirit singer and songwriter Deon Jackson was created in Ann Arbor, Michigan about January 26, 1946. He analyzed clarinet and drums as a kid, even though in senior high school he created his personal vocal group, concurrently carrying out in area skill shows like a single take action and composing …

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Gary “U.S.” Bonds

After moving towards the Norfolk, VA, area within the mid-’50s, young Gary Anderson began plying his vocal wares, first in church, afterwards with an area group called the Turks. When he had not been however 21, he was contacted by regional record manufacturer Frank Guida to become listed on his …

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Bobby Day

A significant cog in Los Angeles’ doo wop community through the ’50s, Bobby Day time wrote three often-covered early rock and roll classics in 1957-1958. Day time was area of the Hollywood Flames, among the area’s best R&B vocal organizations, and briefly section of Bob & Earl, later on going …

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Bobby Byrd

Like a long-running right-hand guy, Bobby Byrd performed a great function within the Wayne Brown show, starting to warm up the crowds like a single singer, after that retreating towards the sidelines as an associate from the Famous Flames, Brown’s backup vocal group. Certainly, without Byrd, Wayne Brown may haven’t …

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The Big Bopper

Legendary among the 3 rock greats to die within the tragic 1959 Crystal clear Lake, IA, airplane crash that also claimed the lives of Pal Holly and Ritchie Valens, the best Bopper (given birth to Jiles Perry Richardson) had simply established himself being a rock hitmaker using the rollicking “Chantilly …

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