Gary
Kane.
Teen Sound singer - one single for Amy Records
Johnny
Mendell. Teen Pop singer from Philadelphia, PA - three singles for Columbia and
Jamie.
Garry
Miles with The Statues. Pop and Doo-Wop singers from Nashville, Tennessee. James "Buzz" Cason (Garry Miles) and
Richard Williams first joined forces in 1955 as lead vocalist and keyboard
player; respectively of the six-man Casuals, Nashville High School students
all. The Band was soon one of the hottest acts of the fraternity scene and by
1957 was recording for Dot records. By that year's close Tthe Casuals had
signed on as regular back-up for Brenda Lee as the Casualteens, then 12 years
old. In 1960 Cason cut a version of the hotly contested british song "Look
for a Star", issued by Liberty as Garry Miles.
While that deck still rode the charts, Liberty
released an update of Tony Bennett's 1951 hit "Blue Velvet" by The
Statues, which reached #84 on the Hot 100 that August. The Group comprised Buzz
Cason and Richard Williams from The Casuals & Casualteens plus Hugh Jarrett
of The Jordanaires. They released two more singles on Liberty, Garry Miles
released several solo singles on Liberty and Spar Records (label from
Tennessee).
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