The Five Chances

From Chicago, Illinois, USA, the Five Chances were among the city’s most successful vocal ensembles through the early 50s to sing in the mournful and bluesy ‘deep’ R&B design. The group began beneath the name Travelers through the dawn from the R&B group period in 1950. In 1954 the group became a member of the opportunity label, and had been renamed the Five Possibilities. The members on the only Possibility record, ‘I COULD BE Small’, had been Darnell Austell (lead), John Austell, Harold Jones, Howard Pitman and Reggie Smith. By enough time the group was on Al Benson’s Blue Lake label, documenting their best-known one, ‘All I Desire’, the people had been Darnell Austell (business lead), Johnny Jones, Harold Jones, Smith and Pitman. In 1956 the group shifted to the Areas label and got notable success using the Johnny Jones-led ‘Gloria’. Many more singles adopted prior to the group split up in 1960. Johnny Jones continued to create the Blenders. Pitman became an archive maker, and was in charge of the Ideals’ ‘The Gorilla’ (1963).