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RARE PHOTO...Freddy Johnson & The Fabulous Blue Moons

April 20, 2020, 7:40 am
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MARC ANTHONY...Axtel records

April 21, 2020, 1:35 am
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Tony Messina from Philadelphia member of the band The Tornados is present in the Kreiter's vocal group record guide as...


MARC ANTHONY.

-Penny / Do You Part. Axtel records-1960

-Once Only Once / Party Doll . Axtel records-1960.

In these recordings he is accompanied by the vocal group The Illusions (see them in this blog).



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DICKY DELL & THE BING BONGS aka THE BING BONGS aka THE TROYS

April 22, 2020, 12:23 am
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In 1958 Michael J. Rampino with some friends formed the vocal group The Troys (Name derived from The street corner they first started to sing on in Brooklyn NY. The corner of Troy ave and Schenectady boulevard). they recorded two songs and presented them to the record label Dragon records.


The record label liked the two songs, and thinking that the first one could be a success with another leading voice, they called a singer named Dicky Dell to re-record it with the group.


At the end of 1958 Dragon records  published the two songs under the name of Dicky Dell & The Bing Bongs for the A side 'Ding-A-Ling-A-Ling-Ding-Dong' and only as The Bing Bongs for B side 'The Cling'.

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In 1959 the manager of the group sold the demos of those two songs originally recorded by The Troys to the Okeh label released them this year.


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THE YOUNG IDEAS...Swan records

April 23, 2020, 12:05 am
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The Young Ideas are featured in all the doo wop music guides with their 1959 recording for Sawn records, but they don't have a doo wop sound "Touchdown" is an instrumental side and "Dream" is a Teen song without a doo wop sound.


This time there is an error present in the two books that I have "The Complete Book of Doo Wop" and "Jeff Kreiter Vocal Group Record Guide".

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THE 45's...THE PENNDULUMS

April 24, 2020, 12:37 am
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THE PENNDULUMS.

-Times Marches On / Masquerader. May records-1961.

Value; $200.

Until today, on any website or YouTube I have not been able to see a photo of this 45 rpm and I also see that most of the references about this group do so with the misspelled name "PEN" instead of "PENN" and is that surely this 45 had never been seen, a rarity of white doowop groups.

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MARVIN NASH & THE CHEVELLES...Picture Sleeve

April 25, 2020, 12:08 am
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1961 picture sleeve of Marvin Nash & The Chevelles on Pharaoh records with the songs "Dina" / "Darling". Present in the Kreiter's guide with a value of $100 but this guide no mentioned this picture.

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RARE PHOTO...Dion DiMucci

April 27, 2020, 12:00 am
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Bruce Chamberlain & The Cams with The Rondells

April 28, 2020, 12:00 am
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Bruce Chamberlain from South Pekin, Illinois is present in the doo wop guides with...

BRUCE CHAMBERLAIN & The Cams (Vocal acc. by THE RONDELLS).

-No Love Have I / Don't Push Your Luck. Hit records-1963.


The Cams is Bruce's band consisting of (from left to right in the below photo), Jerry McDonald, Gary Little, Bruce Chamberlain and Jerry Milan.



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REVIVAL YEARS...Fine Young Cannibals

April 29, 2020, 12:00 am
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Birmingham (England) 1984, Andy Cox, David Steele and Roland Gift formed the band Fine Young Cannibals" (name from the 1960 movie "All the Fine Young Cannibals").

In 1989 recorded for MCA records the single " Social Security / Good Thing. present in the US Jeff Kreiter's Vocal group record guide.


The A side have a good imitation of the doo wop sound.

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WAYNE HANDY aka THE MELODY MASTERS

April 30, 2020, 12:00 am
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Wayne Handy from Eden, North Carolina is present in the doo wop guides as...


WAYNE HANDY with THE MELODY MASTERS and THE SPORTSMEN.

-Don't Be Unfair / Betcha Didn't Know. Renown records-1957.

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THE MELODY MASTERS.

-I'll Never Be The Same / Problem Child. Renown records-1957.


Although in all the guides this recording is only credited to The Melody Masters, this recording is actually by Wayne Handy with The Melody Masters (look at the label).



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As you can hear Wayne in these recording has a poor doo wop sound.

More information at; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Handy

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JIMMY TESTA...Picture Sleeve

May 1, 2020, 1:30 am
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1959 Picture Sleeve of Jimmy Testa (see The Four J's, Fabulous Four and Randy Stevens) for Darrow Records with the sides_Yeh, Yeh! No, No! / Please Make My Wish Come True. present in the Kreiter's guide (this book not mentioned this sleeve) with a value of $40.

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THE VISIONS...Coed records

May 2, 2020, 12:34 am
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This blog present to you four pictures of the group THE VISIONS that recorded in 1964 for Coed records.


Click on the photos to see them in a large size.


They are four rare photos, difficult to see of this little-known group, since there is no information or photograph on them on the doo wop and Rock & Roll sites or YouTube.
 
 
As you can see in one of these photos, the names of the members of the group are Johnny, Jimmy, Danny, Mickey and Andy.

They are present in the doo wop guides as ...

The Visions Featuring Johnny Rodia.

-Down In My Heart / Tell Her Now.Coed records-1964.

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In many places these recordings are attributed to another group with the same name of THE VISIONS these from Cleveland, Ohio that recorded for labels such as Warwick records (see in this blog The Visions) but that is not correct and surely the confusion came from using the two groups, the same name, which led many collectors to think that the two were the same group.
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LEWIS LYMON & THE TEENCHORDS...unpublished picture

May 4, 2020, 8:27 pm
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Photo of Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords from the 1957 movie "Jamboree". I think that this is an unpublished picture of the movie.

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The Teenchords were an integrated group formed by Lewis Lymon (Lead and brother of Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers fame), Ralph Vaughn (first tenor), Rossilio Rocca (second tenor), Lyndon Harold (baritone), and David Little (bass). Lewis, Ralph and David were black, Lyndon was white, and Rossilio was Hispanic.


They recorded in 1956-58 for Fury, End and Juanita records.

Complete biography and discography at; http://www.uncamarvy.com/Teenchords/teenchords.html
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DICK CARUSO...MGM records

May 5, 2020, 8:00 pm
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Dick Caruso from Rhode Island is present in all the doo-wop guides with...


-If I  / De De Dum. MGM records 1960.



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THE TEARDROPS...Rendezvous & Dot records

May 6, 2020, 6:52 pm
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Brothers Tony and Paul Ciaurella from New York City's East Harlem section know as "Little Italy" were present in The Complete Book Of Doo Wop as...


THE TEARDROPS.

-Jellyfish / Bridge Of Love. Dot Records-1957.

-Sugar Baby / Catch Me, I'm Falling Again. Rendezvous Records-1958.



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The duet, started in the early 1950s in New York, specialized in traditional Italian songs.The brothers singing in italian and english with a popish style, opened at New York's Copacabana Club in 1953, went to Las Vegas and ended up ultimately in Atlantic City. The Teardrops recorded for another labels as Frisky or 20th Century Records.


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DON HOSEA...Sun records

May 7, 2020, 5:54 pm
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Don Hosea from Cape Girardeau, Missouri is present in the doo wop guides with...

- Since I met You / Uh Huh Unh. Sun records-1961.


Only the A side have an imitation to the doo wop sound.

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The Belmonts 1962 advertisement

May 8, 2020, 9:30 pm
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Rare color advertisement of The Belmonts by your 1962 Sabina release "Hombre / I Confess".

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PHOTO...Dante & The Evergreens

May 10, 2020, 12:00 am
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SCOTT GARRETT with THE MYSTICS

May 11, 2020, 8:32 pm
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Scott Garrett was left on the steps of a church in Pittsburgh when he was six months of age. Then he was adopted by a religious family and as a teenager he was sent to different religious schools so that in the future he could be ordained a priest there he began to sing in the choirs.
 
 
At the age of 22 and with the explosion of the Rock & Roll music, Scott abandoned his religious career and moved to Washington where he would be part of Roger Mendez's band, there he was discovered by DJ Milton Q. Ford who signed him for his radio progam.
 
 
A late year he moved to New York where with the help of Elise Britton (a composer and singer with Ray Charkes and Perry Como) got a contract for Laurie records where in January 1959 he would record the songs "A House of Love" / "So Far so Good"(with vocal accompaniments by Elise)followed in May of this same year of "Love Story / Graduation Souvenirs" in this recording he is accompanied by the white group The Mystics (Below photo).
 
 
 
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Due to the low promotion of his recordings by Laurie records (who at that time was focused on promoting groups like Dion & the Belmonts or The Mystics) his songs were heard very little and he was soon forgotten by the music industry falling into oblivion.

Only the last recording for Laurie records is present in the doo wop music guides.
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THE 45's...THE TROYS

May 13, 2020, 12:00 am
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THE TROYS.

-I Was Dreaming / What Made Maggie Run. Hi-Hat  records-19??.

Value; $75

This is a very rare 45 to find, little of it appears on the internet.

It is a white group of Gary in Indiana who covers songs of The Cleftones and The Dell Vikings. The year of this recording is unknown, but I think it is from 1957.

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Sorry these two songs are not available on youtube.
 
 
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