The Cadets

This West Coast group used two names for recording sessions. They known as themselves the Jacks when performing dates for Contemporary as well as the Cadets on RPM. They started like a gospel group through the past due ’40s in LA. Ted Taylor, Aaron Collins, Lloyd McCraw, and can Jones had been the initial lineup, as well as the Cadets had been among the popular rings doing R&B addresses. The Cadets’ lone strike was “Stranded within the Jungle,” that they documented for Modern because the Jacks in 1956. It peaked at quantity eight R&B and quantity 15 pop. Davis and Collins would later on sign up for the Flares in 1961, while Taylor would appreciate solo success like a blues, spirit, and gospel vocalist. Jones became a member of the Coasters in 1958 and continued to be there for over ten years. Collins’ sisters, Betty and Rose, also documented for Contemporary/RPM because the Teen Queens.