The Paragons

Founded in Brooklyn, NY, the Paragons had been a black colored vocal harmony quintet agreed upon to the brand new York-based Winley label, that was also house towards the Jesters (“The Blowing wind”). Julius McMichael (business lead), Ben Frazier (initial tenor), Donald Travis (second tenor), Ricky Jackson (baritone), and Al Dark brown (bass) had a unique audio with McMichael’s high tenor tone of voice as the business lead, very much determining this distinctly New York-centered doo wop audio. They started their recording profession for Winley using the one “Florence” b/w “Hey Small School Gal,” that was released in early 1957 and was a local strike. Julius McMichael lasted through three even more significant singles, “Let’s Begin,” “Twilight,” and “WHICH MEANS YOU Will Understand,” which do well without ever charting nationally, before he exited the lineup to become person in the Olympics. His substitute within the Paragons’ lineup was Costs Witt. The Paragons endured in to the early ’60s with an increase of lineup adjustments and label adjustments aswell, to Musicraft and to Touch. They lucked out with Touch right from the beginning gate when their initial one for the brand new label, “If,” charted, which prompted Winley, their primary label, release a more materials that it had been securing the quintet. The group’s achievement on the graphs in the first ’60s appeared to presage their following background — the Paragons continued to be active through the entire 1960s, directly into the rock and roll & move revival, where brand-new viewers, consisting both of previous supporters of ’50s music and brand-new appreciators of tranquility vocal groups, uncovered the work of the fine, long lasting group and boosted their listenership. In newer years, the group possess recorded new variations of their traditional material, and continue steadily to play to viewers at rock and roll & move revival shows.