Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, DooWop 01

 

1. The Brooktones - There Must Be A Reason (2:01)
2. The Brooktones - Cute And Collegiate (2:11)
3. The Brooktones - Never Again (1:53)
4. The Brooktones - School Girl's Crush (2:10)
5. Bobby Dale - You, You Love Me Only In Your Dreams (2:15)
6. Bobby Dale - Love Me More (2:09)
7. Bobby Dale - Remember Your Mother (2:06)
8. Bobby Dale - Love, You Lovely Stranger (2:09)
9. Bobby Dale - Foolish Little Fool (2:12)
10. Bobby Dale - Love, You Lovely Stranger (2:09)
11. The Del Rays - Run-Around Lou (2:42)
12. The Del Rays - Mary Is Her Name (2:16)
13. Ray Fournier & His Rockin’ Rebels - Cherry Pie (2:52)
14. Ray Fournier & His Rockin’ Rebels - A Broken Heart (3:06)
15. Ray Fournier & His Rockin’ Rebels - You Done Me Wrong (2:42)
16. Ray Fournier & His Rockin’ Rebels - Settle Down (2:06)
17. The Cal-Cons - Mash Potatoe Party (2:05)
18. The Cal-Cons - Daddy Cool (2:46)
19. Sheriff & The Ravels - Shombalar (2:15)
20. The Ravels - Lonely One (2:23)
21. The La Dell Sisters - Hasta Luego (2:19)
22. The La Dell Sisters - Say It Again (2:15)
23. The La Dell Sisters - Rockin' Robert (2:04)
24. The La Dell Sisters - You Don't Owe Me A Thing (2:18)
25. The La Dell Sisters - Don't Wait For Tomorrow (2:22)
26. The La Dell Sisters - Frankie's Out On Parole (2:00)
27. The Music Men - Blue Bird (2:51)
28. The Music Men - Santa Cruz (2:22)
29. The Music Men - An Open Fire (2:25)
30. The Music Men - Via De Paradisio (1:50)

Bobby Dale. Obscure teen doo wop singer. In 1961 recorded the first single, for De Rose (Westbury, New York). In 1962 he recorded two more singles, for KoKo (New York) – three tracks bb. The Pedal Pushers (unidentified band).

The Del Rays. Pop group from Youngtown, Ohio: Johnny Stanko (lead vocals and guitar), Danny Carbon (keyboard), Joe "Mouse" Kalaman (saxophone), Nick Timcisko (bass) and Bruce Dill (drums). In 1963 they recorded the only single, for Tammy Records (Youngstown, Ohio).

Ray Fournier (Fournia) & His Rockin’ Rebels. Songwriter and singer from Biloxi, Mississippi. In 1960 and 1961 he released two singles, on local labels: River Records (label owned by Marion Carpenter) and Diamond Disk. The Rockin' Rebels included Ray's brother Dodie Fournia on drums, Pat Thorton, guitar, Gerald Blessey, bass (45cat).

The Cal-Cons. Obscure doo wop group. In 1962 they recorded one single, for Allrite Records - soul label from Detroit, Michigan. Both songs were composed by Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, influential pianist, producer, band director and songwriter from Detroit.

The Ravels. Brooklyn streetcorner group.  One of their acquaintances, a man named Elmore Sheriff, had a song he had written back in 1955 that he called "Shombalor". This wacko tune was based on an old African work song. Anyway, Sheriff knew a guy named

Aki Aleong,

and Aki had some contacts with some local recording studios. Result: The Ravels got their chance to cut a record. They immediately cut one of their original songs, "Lonely One" for the flip side. The group got behind it, and made the record (this is why original copies on Vee Jay have "Sheriff and The Ravels" on one side and "The Ravels" on the other). Of course, not only did Aki Aleong take half the writers' credit for both sides, he got one of the EARLIEST production credits EVER for a rock and roll 45! Aki then shopped the tapes around to several labels, and Vee Jay Records in Chicago picked it up. The record never became a hit, but over the years it has consistently blown the minds of everyone who hears it.

https://ontherecordshow.blogspot.com/2010/12/sheriff-and-ravels-shombalor.html

The La Dell Sisters. Pop vocal group: Helen Chance, Inez Haynes, Delores Pinson (aka Dolores Dinning) and Kathy Copas. Chance and Haynes were sisters and formerly members of The La Croix Sisters who performed with Roy Acuff for three years on the Grand Ole Opry. Pinson (Dinning) was a member of The Dinning Sisters. In 1955 and 1956 they recorded three singles, for Mercury

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-ladell-sisters-1957-12-08/23514131/

The Brooktones. Obscure pop vocal girl group. In 1958 recorded two singles, for Coed.

The Music Men. Vocal group from New Heaven, originally composed by Santo ”Sandy” Ratineri, Chico Gambardella, Fred Merola and Ralph Donnarummo. First organised in 1956 under the name of The Teardrops. When a new group called The Teardrops came out on the King label, the boys had to change their name to The Bachelors and they recorded three singles (National, MGM). At the end of 1958, The Bachelors signed a recording contract with Johnny Bienstock from BigTop records and in January 1959, BigTop released the first of their two singles under their new name The Music Men, few months later the second single was released.