The Daylighters

The Daylighters, from Chicago, Illinois, USA, were one of many transitional groups that bridged the doo-wop as well as the soul eras. The group was produced in 1956 in Birmingham, Alabama, by schoolmates at Hooper Town SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. In 1959 the group transferred to Chicago and documented ‘Mad House Leap’, that was fundamentally a leap blues. The group’s initial significant record was ‘Oh JUST WHAT A Way TO BECOME Loved’ (1962), which mixed a supper-club spirit experience with haunting doo-wop harmonies; it highlighted Gerald Sims (business lead), Charles Colbert, Eddie Thomas, Dorsey Hardwood and George Hardwood. The same line-up after that documented the group’s biggest regional strike, the soul-styled ‘Great Air flow’ (1962). Sims remaining to join maker Carl Davis at OKeh Information, and became a significant program guitarist, arranger and maker. The group’s following two local feelings, ‘Bottomless Pit’ (1963) and ‘Oh Mother (Teach Me HOW EXACTLY TO Uncle Willie)’ (1964), both presented Colbert as lead. By middle-1964 the group got reorganized, with Colbert and Thomas became a member of by Curtis Burrell, Ulysses McDonald and Tony Gideon, the second option of whom have been in the group from 1956-61. Gideon led for the group’s last significant local strike, ‘Whisper FROM THE Wind flow’ (1964). By early 1965 the Daylighters got split up, and Colbert continued to try out bass in American Breed of dog.