The Jive Five

Most widely known for the main R&B strike “My True Tale,” the Jive Five were mostly of the vocal groupings to survive the changeover in the ’50s towards the ’60s. Along the way, they helped move the music itself forwards, providing an integral hyperlink between doo wop and ’60s spirit. Produced in Brooklyn, NY, the group originally contains Eugene Pitt (business lead), Jerome Hanna (tenor), Richard Harris (tenor), Billy Prophet (baritone), and Norman Johnson (bass). The Jive Five’s initial strike, “My True Tale,” was their biggest, peaking at number 1 over the R&B graphs and number 3 over the pop graphs in the summertime of 1961. non-e from the band’s following singles — including 1962’s minimal R&B strike “These Golden Bands” — had been as popular, however the group were able to maintain performing and documenting. Under the path of Eugene Pitt and Norman Johnson, the Jive Five refashioned themselves being a spirit music group in 1964, developing a fresh lineup with Casey Spencer (tenor), Webster Harris (tenor), and Beatrice Greatest (baritone). This brand-new incarnation from the music group agreed upon to United Performers Information. The group just had one strike on UA, 1965’s “I’m a Content Man.” In 1966, the Jive Five still left United Artists and agreed upon with Musicor, where that they had the 1968 R&B strike “Glucose (Don’t ELIMINATE My Chocolate).” They transformed labels once again in 1970, putting your signature on with Decca. That same calendar year, they transformed their name towards the Jyve Fyve, to be able to appear more sophisticated. The Jyve Fyve acquired only one minimal R&B strike, 1970’s “I’D LIKE You to become My Baby.” The group continuing to execute and record for a number of small labels through the ’70s, but never really had another strike. Through the entire ’70s and ’80s, the just continuous member was Eugene Pitt. In 1975, Pitt transformed the name of the group to Ebony, Ivory & Jade, but this fresh incarnation didn’t gain much interest. In 1982 Pitt transformed the name of the group back again to the Jive Five as well as the music group documented two albums for the indie label Ambient Audio. Across the pursuing years the Jive Five had been regulars for the oldies circuit, and in 2003 they released a CD solitary (beneath the moniker Eugene Pitt & the Jive Five) entitled “It’s Xmas” on Doesn’t Matter Music.