Saturday, 1 August 2026

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 241

 
















Bob Miller. Teen Pop singer - two singles for Jubilee (label from NYC). Several other artists used this name.


Grady Sneed. Pop singer, member of the twin-brother duo Brady & Grady Sneed  (see T16). In 1963  Grady (left) recorded one solo single for Reprise Records.



















TheTradewinds. Vocal group from Newark, NJ. State Ralph Rizzoll "Dusty"; Phil Mehill; Angel Cifelli "Chubby"; Sal Capriglione. Phil and Dusty are cousins, and have known Sal since they were nine. When the trio met guitarist Chubby, they formed their group. Their first professional experience came with night club dates around the Newark area. Recorded for RCA Victor.
https://doo-wop.blogg.org/main-tag/tradewinds-1-c26504372

Peggy Taylor. Margaret Tague (1927 - 2002). Singer, actress from California














Beverly Ross. Pop singer, songwriter and musician who co-wrote several successful pop songs in the 1950s and 1960s (1934 - 2022). In 1958 she recorded two singles for Columbia. While working at the Brill Building with Jeff Barry in the late 1950s, Ross was recruited to work for the publishing company Hill & Range. At Hill & Range Ross met aspiring songwriter Phil Spector, and began collaborating with him.


Fred Neil. Born Frederick Ralph Morlock Jr., in 1936, in Ohio - died 2001. Blues and folk singer and songwriter. He took his stage name from his maternal grandmother, Addie Neill, the family member of whom he was fondest. In the late 1950s, Neil was one of the singer-songwriters who worked out of New York City's Brill Building, a center for music industry offices and professional songwriters. While composing at the Brill Building for other artists, Neil also recorded six mostly rockabilly-pop singles for different labels as a solo artist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil

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