Friday, 17 July 2026

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 237

 

















Jimmy Barden. Teen Pop singer. Recorded for Doré and KR (label, distributed by Chess Records).


Craig Brown. Teen Pop singer from Los Angeles, California. Recorded for 20th Fox and United Artists.









Ric Carter. Teen Sound singer from Cleveland, Ohio. Recorded one single with The Jerry Packer Singers, for G.C. Records (local label). The second single as
"Masked Singer" Ric Carter,
for Mate (another local label from Cleveland). Artist Royalties donated to Parents Volunteer Association for Retarded Children.




Jordan Christopher Zankoff. Actor and singer. Born 1940 in Akron, Ohio to Macedonian immigrants parents - died 1996 in New York City. He formed a Doo-Wop group called The Fascinations, who released unsuccessful singles on several small labels in the early 1960s (se Tb63). He also recorded two unsuccessful solo singles.
Christopher's break came when he joined The Wild Ones, the house band at New York's Peppermint Lounge, as singer and guitarist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Christopher


Mickey Denton. Born Gasper Badalamenti in Detroit, in 1942. Blue eyed Pop singer and guitarist. He began performing in the early 1960s with the likes of Del Shannon and Johnny & The Hurricanes, but failed to find chart success. He recorded a large number of singles for various labels associated with Harry Balk (label owner from Detroit, Michigan).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Denton


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