Roger A. Pratte, was born in Manchester, NH. In his younger years he served in the US Air Force, After the military, Roger enjoyed a long and storied career in music. In 1959 he was the lead singer of the New England rock and roll / rockabilly band, Sonny Lane & the Downbeats (see below photo) toured the east coast with his band and sold over 100K copies of the song "Growing Love".
This band is present in all doo wop music guides with...
THE DOWNBEATS.
- "Growing Love / Sweet Little Jane". Hampshire records-1959.
But after listening to these two songs they DON'T HAVE a doo wop sound.
LISTEN...