Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 269

 

Lindarella. Doo-Wop group. One single for T.E.A.M Records (Paramount Music Corp.).

Little Margo. Teen Pop singer. One single for Interlude (label from Hollywood, California).

Nicky Love. Rockabilly singer. One single for Band Box Records (label from Denver, Colorado).

Susan Maddox. Pop and Soul singer. One single for Zanzi Records (from New York City).

Jerry Mann. Teen Pop singer. Recorded for  Skoop (label from Santa Claus, Indiana) and Hanover (from New York City).

Johnny Mann & The Tornados. Rockabilly singer - one single for Donnie Records (Columbia Custom, NY).

Clint Nall. Rock singer - one single for Case Records (label from Gardena, California).

Buzzie Miller. Rockabilly singer - one single for Sutter Records (label from Los Angeles, California).

Joey Nichol & The Rock-A-Fellas. Rock band - one single for ABC-Paramount.

Jimmy Nall. Country singer. Born in 1937, in Mississippi, raised in Beech Grove, Kentucky - died 2013. In 1960 he recorded one single on United Artist label.

Little Pattie Russo. Teen Pop singer. One single for Rae Cox (label from New York City).

Don Lanier. Born Donnie “Dirt” Henson Lanier in 1936, died in 2014. Rockabilly singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played guitar starting from his childhood and became later a famous songwriter ("Party Doll", "Here We Go Again") and composer. He worked along with Jimmy Bowen and Buddy Knox, when playing lead guitar for The Rhythm Orchids. As songwriter he was working for such artists as Hank Snow, Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood, Ray Charles and even Norah Jones. At the start of his career in the late 1950's, Don Lanier used different variations of his name for performing: Donnie La Near, Donnie 'Dirt' Lanier and he was Don of Don & The Roses (see Ta09).
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1842567-Don-Lanier

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 270

 

Johnny Halo. Rockabilly singer. Recorded for Angle Tone Records and Southern Sound, Topix Records (small labels from New York City).

Lee Harris. Rockabilly singer - one single for Jackpot (label from Hollywood, California).

Johnny & The Jays. Rockabilly band - one single for Fairbanks Records (label from New York City).

Johnny & The Jills. Teener rock 'n' roll band from Texas featuring future rockabilly star Ronnie Dawson (see Tb64) and harmonica player Delbert McClinton, backed by The Light Crust Doughboys. One single for Do-Boy Records (local label from Texas).

Bobby Lindsey. Teen Sound singer probably from California - one single for Canadian American, credited to Bobby Lindsey (Of The Bishops).

Bobby Lindsey. Teen Sound singer probably from California - one single for Canadian American, credited to Bobby Lindsey (Of The Bishops).

Jimmy Lee. Real Name: Lester Lopez. Cuban-born singer, songwriter and producer from New Jersey (1939 - 2011). Released one single on Canadian American. Also, released two singles as Les Ledo (seeTc67), several singles as Russ Damon (see Tcxx). Numerous other artists recorded as Jimmy Lee.

Frank Lyndon. Real Name: Frank Scheeren. Pop and Doo-Wop singer, member of The Belmonts and The Darvels. Released a couple of solo singles, the first under his real name.

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 268

 

The Norman Trio. Studio project of Darrell Nordskog (songwriter from Fargo, ND), one single released on Cuca (label from Wisconsin).

Jimmy Stephens. Pop and Doo-Wop singer from Los Angeles, member of The Safaris and The Angels. He recorded one solo single, released by Eldo (label from Hollywood, CA).

Al Travis. Teen Sound singer - one single for D (label from Houston, Texas).

Toby & Ray w. The Margilators. Rockabilly duo: Ray Carter and Toby Escobar - one single for Blue Moon (label from Santa Clara, California). The Margilators also backed Danny Lester (see Ta70).

Bobby Vacco. Teen Sound singer - one single for Impala Records (label from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

Wink & Judy with The Viceroys Five. Teen Sound duo - one single for Seafair Records (label from Seattle, Washington).

Sally Stevens & The Deltas. Vocal girl group - one single for Dot, both tracks composed by Sally Stevens.

Vicki Tasso. Real Name: Marie V. Tasso. Teen Pop singer from New York City. Recorded for Jeffrey (local label from NYC) and Colpix.

Ted Newman. Teen Sound singer from Arizona. Recorded for Rev (label from Phoenix Arizona) and RCA Victor.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/2174712-Ted-Newman

Terry Teen. Real Name: Terence Blaine Knutson. Rockabilly artist originally from Eagle Grove, IA (1942 - 2012). In 1959, at Norman Petty Recording Studios in Clovis, New Mexico, he cut recordings of his first two songs, "Just Wait Til I Get You Alone" and "Orchids Mean Goodbye" backed by The Fireballs and produced by Norman Petty. These songs were released on a single by Warwick Records.
He recorded over 300 distinct songs and played on 100 or more released recordings Of the 300 songs in Teen's discography, "Curse of the Hearse" - a 1961 rock and roll adaptation of "The Hearse Song" - is perhaps his most famous, being played by Dr. Demento on the majority of his Halloween shows. "Pussy Galore" was originally written for the James Bond film Goldfinger, but was not featured on the film or soundtrack.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Teene

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 267

 

Homer Denison Jr. Pianist, conductor, songwriter and arranger (1929 - 1999). He recorded several instrumental albums, one single with vocal A-side (Brunswick) listed by Kreiter.

King Victor. Real Name: Robert King. Rockabilly singer. One single for Madison Records (label from New York City).

Keith Loren.  Real Name: Harold Glass. Rockabilly singer. One single for Mark IV (label from Atlanta, Georgia).

Terry Ann. Teen Pop singer. Recorded at Cleveland Records of Los Angeles, California.

Billy Scott. Teen Pop singer from Philadelphia. Recorded for  Cameo and Everest.

Jennie Smith. Born Jo Ann Callison in Burnwell, West Virginia. Singer and actress She began singing solos at the age of six in church. She made her professional debut at 14 with the Al Waslohn. She was a regular on 'The Steve Allen Show' once it moved to Los Angeles. She recorded numerous albums and singles, for Columbia and Canadian American among others (listed by Kreiter).

https://fromthevaults-boppinbob.blogspot.com/2016/11/jennie-smith-born-13-november-1938.html

Kenny Young. American songwriter, musician and producer. Born Shalom Giskan in 1941 Mea-Shearim, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, died 2020 Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. Aged 22, and after changing his name to Kenny Young, he started working as a songwriter for Bobby Darin's TM Music at the Brill Building. He had success in 1960s with top 10 songs for Ronnie Dove, Herman's Hermits, Reparata And The Delrons, Clodagh Rodgers among many others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Young

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 266

 

Adrienne Allen. Teen Pop singer from New Jersey. The first single, released by Yale (label from Elizabeth, NJ), recorded with The Five Discs.

Howard "Howie" Beder. Country singer. One single for Rider (label from Brooklyn, New York).

Jo Davis. Rockabilly singer from Wisconsin. Recorded for Columbia and Cuca.

Johnny Galahad. Real Name: Robert M. Klimes. Pianist, composer, and arranger (1926 - 2008). He sang on Mr. Gasser & Weirdos albums.

Howie & The Crystals. Rock band from Revere, Mass. One single for Fleetwood Records (local label from Massachusetts).

Janie Black (right). Pop and Country singer from Pomona, CA. Sister of Jeanne Black (left), together they recorded as Jeanne & Janie. Janie recorded three solo singles for Capitol.

Gene Gaither. Pop and Country singer (1926 - 2005). In 1962 he recorded two singles in Teen Sound style. In the 1970s he recorded numerous gospel albums.

Honey Sisters. Three sisters from California. Recorded for Fable (label from Hollywood, California).

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 265

 

Johnny Amico. Teen Pop singer from from Chicago, Illinois. One single for Toner (local label from Chicago).

Denise Germaine & The Delmonicos. Pop and Doo-Wop singer, performed on the New York lounge circuit.

Chuck Goddard. Rockabilly performer. Released three singles for different labels. He was Disc Jockey on WMGE of Madison (Georgia) in 1957.

Grant Higgins. Teen Pop singer from Adrian, MI. Recorded for small labels from Detroit (Twirl, Karen).

Grant Hill. Teen Pop singer from Seattle, WA. Recorded one single, two self-composed songs, released by Topaz (local label).

Bobby Grabeau. Real Name: Robert Frank Grabot. Singer, producer and voice coach from California (1928 - 2008). He was called the 'Voice Of Hollywood' in a 2006 book about Disneyland records. He was a noted big-band singer with the Jan Garber Orchestra and in a number of motion pictures. In 1959 he recorded two singles, released by Crest Records and classified by Kreiter to Teen Sound.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27655549/bob-grabeau

J. C. Hill. Real Name: Hillman Baker. Rockabilly singer and songwriter from Ohio (1931 - 2013). In 1956/1957 recorded four singles for Epic, as Jaycee Hill (see Rxx). In 1958/1959 recorded two singles as J.C. Hill, one of them listed by Kreiter.

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 264

 

Penny Candy. Real Name: Rose Felicio. Teen Pop singer from New York, NY. Recorded for local NYC labels: Flippin'; Dwain.

Tommy Dawson. Teen Pop singer and drummer from Denison, East Texas. One single for Chancellor (label from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

Penny Candy. Real Name: Rose Felicio. Teen Pop singer from New York, NY. Recorded for local NYC labels: Flippin'; Dwain.

Tommy Dawson. Teen Pop singer and drummer from Denison, East Texas. One single for Chancellor (label from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

Merry Clayton. Soul, R&B singer and actress. Clayton was born and raised in New Orleans as a Christian, and spent much of her time in her father's parish, New Zion Baptist Church. After moving to Los Angeles, she met members of The Blossoms, who convinced her to pursue a music career. .She contributed vocals to numerous tracks and worked with many major recording artists for decades, including a duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Clayton

Joe Babcock. Country singer and songwriter. His first single, recorded in 1960 for First President Hi-Fidelity Records (label from Hollywood, California) has been classified to Teen Sound.

Ronnie Dawson. Rock & Roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Dallas, Texas (1959 - 1996). He was nicknamed The Blond Bomber. Although he achieved regional success in the 1950s, his popularity peaked internationally with tours in the 1980s and 1990s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Dawson_(musician)

Day Brothers. Vocal group from South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Top (L to R):  Mark Conti, Frank Cascarelli, Ricky Paris, Johnny Concho. Front (L to R): Donny Day and Tommy Day. Released two singles for Philadelphia labels: for Chancellor ; Firebird Records.
https://whitedoowopcollector.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-day-brothers-chancellor-firebird.html

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 263

 

Pat Vale; Jennie Feathers; Ginny Starr. Teen Pop singers recording covers for budget labels affiliated with Synthetic Plastics Company (Power; Peak, Newark, New Jersey).

The Trebels. Swamp Pop group from Louisiana. One single for Viking (label located in Crowley, Louisiana).

Ronnie Lavelle. Teen Pop singer from the East Coast, recorded for Parkway (Philadelphia-based label).

Jackie Wayne. Teen Pop singer from New York, NY. One private press for Standout Records.

Tommy Britt. Teen Pop singer from New York, NY. Recorded for local NYC labels: Unison Records (with Orch. and Chorus dir. by Vic Mizzy) and Admiral.

Jordan & The Fascinations. Vocal group from Queens, NY. Jordan Christopher (Lead); Frankie Zazzo; Lou Adessa; Jim Alessandria. in the late 1950s, Jordan Zankoff and pals Gene Blackford, Phil DiMascio and Darrel McDonald formed a doo-wop group called The Fascinations (Vxx). The boys performed at sock hops and appeared on WEWS-TV's One O'Clock Club. In 1960, The Fascinations cut a 45 rpm record for the Sure label in Philadelphia. In 1961, the singer changed his name to Jordan Christopher and moved to New York where he recorded one solo single (Tb37). New York record entrepreneur Jerry Love matched up Jordan Christopher with some members of The Boulevards (local boys from Queens) to form a new group: Jordan & The Fascinations. Jordan & the Fascinations recorded songs for Carol, Dapt, and Josie labels.

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 262

 

Theo Lane. Teen Pop singer from California. One single for Tender (small independent label in Southern California).

Vincent Macree. Teen Rockabilly singer from NYC. Recorded for Gametime Records (small label from NYC).

Chuck Madden with "The Tonneaire Trio". Rock and Blues performers. Recorded for Cee-Bee-Jay Records (label, likely from Chicago, Illinois).

Terry & The Tritones. Teen Rock group. One single for Kay Bee (label from Minneapolis, Minnesota).

Gene Kennedy. Singer, songwriter, producer, manager (1933 – 2021), active in Nashville, TN. He recorded the first single for Paradise Records (Old Town subsidiary label) as Gene Kennedy & The Dons, the next singles for Old Town, Victoria Records.
https://whitedoowopcollector.blogspot.com/2012/08/gene-kennedy-dons-paradise-records.html

Key Larsen. Teen Pop singer, pseudonym used by American actor Michael DeLano (1940 - 2025).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_DeLano

Ray Saporita. Teen Pop singer from Parma, Ohio. While in high school, he recorded a couple of 45s, one issued locally, and the second one released on the national IPG label (NYC).

Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 261

 

Harrison Gregory. Teen Pop singer, probably pseudonym for Ritchie Cordell (Ta85). Recorded one single released by Cordella (private press of Ritchie Cordell), Paul Simon on background vocals and guitar, both tracks composed by Ritchie Cordell.

Wallie Hawkins. Teen Pop singer. Two singles for Joy Records (New York City based pop label). 

Scott Miller. Teen Pop singer. Recorded for Mohawk (NYC) and Grey Cliff (Stamford, Connecticut).

Mary Klick. Teen Country singer. Recorded for Columbia.

Ginger aka Ginger Blake . Real Name: Sandra Glantz. Pop singer from California, future member of The Honey and Ginger & The Snaps.

Ginger Davis & The Snaps. Doo- Wop and Rock 'n' Roll group from Philadelphia: Ginger Davis (lead vocals); Bill Johnson (guitar, tenor vocals); Frank Zarzecki (bass, tenor vocals); Louis Springer (guitar, baritone vocals).

Jenny Jamison. Born Virginia Inez Wineinger 1932, in Carryville, Arkansas. Died in 2014. Country performer. At the age of three, she moved to Kennett, Missouri where she attended grade and high school. Moving to St. Louis she started professional entertaining with her own group, The Rimshots. Virginia was the first female disc jockey in the Midwest and worked at KSTL radio for 25 years, staring in 1965. Recorded for Golden Gateway Records (country label from St Louis, Missouri).

Don Hudson & The Royal Kings. Teen Sound group from Fort Worth, Texas. 

Vinyl to PC transfer (pdf Tutorial)

Singles of obscure Artists are hard to find. Missing below, Discogs Seller* in the right column, if available:

*  You can buy the missing 45 and send mp3 to me (e-mail, WeTransfer), or buy the missing 45 and send it to my address, or send money via “donation” button and I will buy the missing 45. I have no time to send you back such 45, sorry. The blog is wide-opened to collectors-contributors who are willing to share rare and missing songs and only to contributors (listed in the main post).

Sharing strategy has been re-modeled. Please read comment to T404

Extensive research on biographies is an essential component in Obscure Artists 1956-1963 project. Biographical data are

• included in booklets attached to each part, in pdf format, also, they are texted by each post/part to make them accessible for Google (or other browser) AI search engine.
• collected from the Internet resources also provided by collectors who contribute to the project.

Any comments (amendments, additions) associated with biographies are greatly appreciated.

 Missing Teen Sound - updated 19.08.2026

link to Missing UK in Content post 

Sound quality is essential = digital rips only

Having a pleasure in listening obscure records in good sound quality is more important than collecting poor rips. Sound quality of majority of YouTube rips also many tracks from CD compilations is very poor and such copies are disregarded. Making a good rip is very simple, modern (produced in the XXI century) turntable and Audacity (freeware) is all that you need. I have prepared  

Vinyl-to-PC (Tutorial)

Please follow the guidelines. You can purchase a 45, make a rip and send mp3 to me - I prefer raw rips and my own remastering.

Every single track is remastered (1), iZotope RX7 licensed software and Audacity freeware are applied. All files are properly tagged. 

Tags: 1. Title, 2. Artist, 3. Album, 4. Publisher, 5. Copyright, 6. Comment, 7. www, 8. Cover

(1) remastering = fixing any shortcomings of the ripped vinyl or the transferred CD track (de-click, de-noise, normalization, intro/outro silence of 0.75/2.00). The frequency spectrum is not "improved", it remains unchanged, as the norm.

Link to Google sheet with discographies of Obscure Artists (Teen, Rock, Doo-Wop, Popcorn, Instrumental)

Obscure US Artists 1956-1963 updated 22.08.2026

Teen Sound Artists are denoted in column N by K, K' or K- (more info in the main post). 

Location of the file containing the discography of the Artist you are looking for can be found in column R.