Tag Archives: Early R&B

“Eddie My Like,” a lovely ballad from the Teenager Queens, clawed its method to quantity 14 within the pop graphs on March 31, 1956. This happened despite pop addresses from the Chordettes, as well as the Fontaine Sisters — all three damaged the pop Best 20 the same yr. The …

Little-heard Manhattan doo wop group the Suburbans was the starting pad for songwriter Sylvester Bradford, who continued to author R&B classics including “Tears in My Cushion” and “AT THIS TIME.” Regarding to Marv Goldberg’s profile on his R&B Notebooks website, tenor/baritone Bradford originally produced the Suburbans in 1952. Visible impairment …

The Turbans were one of the primary Philadelphia-based R&B outfits to accomplish nationwide recognition. They surfaced in 1955 out of an area R&B picture that experienced previously been dominated by such tenor-led organizations as the Castelles, the Capris, as well as the Dreams. The Turbans’ unique trait (aside from their …

The Spaniels are most widely known because of their massive 1954 hit, “Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight” (number five R&B). These were the initial effective Midwestern R&B group, via Gary, Indiana by method of Chicago. Business lead vocalist Adam “Pookie” Hudson was a elegant business lead singer who inspired many who emerged …

The Sequins said “Hey Romeo” and record buyers responded, giving the teenaged singing trio a high 40 R&B hit. Comprising Veronica “Ronnie” Gonzalez, Linda Jackson, and Dottie Hayes, the Sequins had been all learners at Chicago’s Harlan SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. After earning first award at a skill contest on the …

The Shells — led by Nate Bouknight (aka “Small Nat”) — scored with a high 30 hit with “Baby Oh Baby,” charting for the tiny Johnson label in 1957. The group — Bouknight, Randy “Tone Alston (tenor), Bobby Nurse (tenor), Danny Little (bass), and Gus Geter(baritone) — continuing to wax …

This R&B vocal group originated from LA, California, USA. The Shields had been an random group produced in 1958 by manufacturer George Motola to record a cover edition from the Slades’ ‘You Cheated’. The account is definitely conjectural, nonetheless it is generally recognized to possess comprised business lead Frankie Ervin …

The Radiants started in Chicago in 1960 at the higher Harvest Baptist Cathedral, where in fact the future Radiants sang in the Youth Choir. Maurice McCallister constructed the group and sang business lead; the other people had been Wallace Sampson (baritone), Jerome Brooks (second tenor), Elzie Butler (Bass), and Charles …

This R&B group contains Harold Miller (b. 17 January 1931), tenor Walter Ford (b. 5 Sept 1931), second tenor Davey Jones (b. 1931) and baritone Harry Wayne (b. 1932). It had been formed in NY in 1955, when two refugees through the Four Fellows (of ‘Soldier Boy’ popularity), Miller and …

Although rooted in jazz, singer, poet, and activist Oscar Dark brown, Jr. defied musical categorization throughout his lengthy and eclectic profession — a forerunner from the politics consciousness that could become predominant in spirit, funk, and hip-hop in the years to check out, his initiatives to exact cultural change spread …