The Cues

The Cues were Atlantic Information’ first (& most prominent) studio vocal group during rock & roll’s infancy (circa 1954), but their real claim to popularity was their backing support for R&B artists in the Atlantic roster. The Cues might have been the identifiable name where they would afterwards try to make their tag as a documenting group, but through the formidable ’50s they passed many different identities: Ruth Brown’s “Rhythmakers,” LaVern Baker’s “Gliders,” Big Joe Turner’s “Blues Kings,” Ivory Joe Hunter’s “Ivory Shades,” and Carmen Taylor’s “Boleros.” The recognized mastermind behind this course of action was Atlantic’s home arranger and songwriting sessionman Jessie Rock, who also use the Drifters, the Clovers, Big Joe Hunter, and additional Atlantic artists. Rock brought collectively two members from the lately disbanded group the Blenders — Abel DeCosta and business lead vocalist Ollie Jones (originally an associate from the Ravens) — and two additional vocalists, Eddie Barnes and Robie Kirk (aka Winfield Scott on his songwriting credits). In past due 1954, Rock brought the Cues towards the Messner Brothers’ Aladdin Information and recorded for his or her Lamp subsidiary. For this same period, they also documented for RCA as the Four College students, releasing “Therefore Near yet UP TO NOW” within the Groove label in middle-1955, as well as resulted in on Jubilee Information having a cover from the Platters’ “Just You,” which sunk with out a track. While that they had small achievement under their personal name, the Cues continuing to prosper behind the moments, burning LaVern Baker for “Tweedle Dee,” Roy Hamilton on “DON’T ALLOW Proceed” (the 1st rock & move hit to become recorded in stereo system), and Nat “Ruler” Cole for his many recordings on Capitol through the ’50s (plus a group known as the Four Knights). By past due 1955, the Cues experienced added Jimmy Breedlove and relocated from Atlantic to Capitol, where they documented 12 songs targeted at the pop marketplace. The first launch was “Burn off That Candle,” which instantly became popular, but unfortunately, Expenses Haley & His Comets quickly recorded the track for Decca. It became a nationwide strike, knocking the Cues edition off the graphs. The group later on became a member of Buck Ram’s touring “Content Music” nationwide tour and documented four even more singles for Capitol, but didn’t find any achievement. By middle-1957, Breedlove acquired departed in the group. The Cues’ following record, “Crazy Crazy Party,” made an appearance in the Capitol subsidiary Prep. Alan Freed provided the song significant airplay, which produced a little achievement in the product sales graphs, nonetheless it was a case of inadequate, too past due. In 1960, they documented one last melody for Festival, a cover of the typical “Old Guy River.” Discographers possess often claimed the fact that record was in fact a re-working from the song with a reconstituted edition from the Ravens (offering Jimmy Ricks), while some declare that the Cues had been performing a Ravens-style treatment of the tune. The group disbanded in the first ’60s.