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Having a name just like the Magic Lanterns, you might anticipate a late-1960s band that may reveal the psychedelic side from the era’s music — when first heard about in 1968, they appeared to participate in groups like Strawberry NOISY ALARMS as well as other trippy-sounding acts (what Bleeker Bob’s …

Among the initial vocalists to enter the Jamaican music business, Alton Ellis was generally revered because the greatest & most soulful vocalist the united states ever produced — that’s, until Bob Marley arrived. Ellis got his first strike through the ska trend, but produced his true enduring mark because the …

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 …

The Cellos’ singing was as smooth because the sound of the instrumental namesake. Created at Charles Evans Hughes SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL on Western 18th Road in Manhattan, the Cellos had been Alvin Williams (bass), Billy Montgomery (1st tenor), Alton Campbell (ballad business lead), Bobby Thomas (baritone), and Cliff Williams (second …

Earl Carroll — or Earl “Speedo” Carroll, while he was often described — was one particular rarities in neuro-scientific doo wop music, while a person who achieved stardom prior to the general public inside a music genre that’s more often than not branded by group titles. As an integral person …

Frankie Lymon (1942-1968) as well as the Teens were a fresh York doo wop group comprising Joe Negroni, Herman Santiago, Jimmy Vendor, and Sherman Garnes, but centered round the extraordinary skills of their business lead vocalist, 13-year-old Frankie Lymon. Lymon was acknowledged with their 1st big strike, “Why Perform Fools …

Making use of their debut single “One Summer Night,” the Danleers became perhaps one of the most successful vocal sets of the late ’50s. Compiled by the group’s songwriter/supervisor Danny Webb and documented during their initial recording program, the tune reached the pop TOP and sold more than a million …

He could sing such as a female, and he could sing such as a frog. That last mentioned trademark croak, useful to the potential on his 1956 debut smash “Ain’t Got No House,” gained good-natured Clarence Henry his nickname and jump-started a rewarding profession that endured for over 40 years …

Among the leading cover sets of the mid-’50s, the Gemstones adapted current R&B strikes into pop platinum of their very own. Hailing from Toronto, the Canadian quartet (comprising Ted Kowalski, Phil Leavitt, Expenses Reed, and Dave Somerville) authorized with Mercury in 1955 and instantly zoomed up pop play lists with …

The annals of rhythm and blues is filled up with vocal groups whose names — the Orioles, the Cadillacs, the Crows, the Flamingos, the Moonglows, the Coasters, the Penguins — are held in reverence by fanatics and devotees. The Drifters are section of a far more unique fraternity, as an …