This
R & B group formed in 1953 in Harlem, New York City, New
York consisted of Willie Winfield, Nick Clark, William Dempsey,
Bill "Dicey Galloway, Billy Brown, and Raoul J. Cita. The
Harptones were the rage on the east coast but not nationally.
Their first recording released in 1954 "Sunday Kind Of
Love" was a regional hit and also "My Memories Of
You". In 1955 they released probably their most well known
hit "Life Is But A Dream.
The Heartbeats
This
Doo-Wop group originally called the Hearts formed in 1954 in
Queens, New York. They met while attending Woodrow Wilson High
School and consisted of Albert Crump, Wally Roker, and Vernon
Seavers. The group later added Robby Tatum and lead vocalist
James Sheppard. The song "Tormented" was their
recording debut. One of their most remembered recording was
"Your Way" in 1956 written by Sheppard and although it
did not chart at the time it has become one of the most popular
songs of the doo-wop era. The group later recorded several
memorable hits; "A Thousand Miles Away," I Won't Be
The Fool Anymore," "Everybody's Somebody's Fool".
James Sheppard went on to form Shep and The Limelites and had
marginal success with "Daddy's Home" in 1961.
Lee Andrews
& The Hearts
Coming
from Philadelphia they originally called themselves the Dreams.
The Hearts formed by Lee Andrews in 1953 consisted of Rory
Calhoun, Wendell Calhoun, Ted Weems, Butch Curry, and Lee
Andrews. An audition with WHAT-AM DJ Kae Williams and then on to
Rainbow records where the wife of Rainbow Records found a
plastic heart on her desk thus the name Hearts. Three top notch
hits were recorded by the Hearts in 1957-1958. Recorded in 1957
"Long Lonely Nights" is probably the most remembered
and ""Teardrops" which also topped the charts. By
1958, the group had their last song to hit the charts with
"Try The Impossible". Andrews and several different
line-ups of the Hearts continued to record throughout the
1960's. They have toured the oldies circuit and occasionally
have done appearances, as late as, 1999.
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This
R & B group formed in 1953 in Harlem, New York City, New
York consisted of Willie Winfield, Nick Clark, William Dempsey,
Bill "Dicey Galloway, Billy Brown, and Raoul J. Cita. The
Harptones were the rage on the east coast but not nationally.
Their first recording released in 1954 "Sunday Kind Of
Love" was a regional hit and also "My Memories Of
You". In 1955 they released probably their most well known
hit "Life Is But A Dream.
Coming
from Philadelphia they originally called themselves the Dreams.
The Hearts formed by Lee Andrews in 1953 consisted of Rory
Calhoun, Wendell Calhoun, Ted Weems, Butch Curry, and Lee
Andrews. An audition with WHAT-AM DJ Kae Williams and then on to
Rainbow records where the wife of Rainbow Records found a
plastic heart on her desk thus the name Hearts. Three top notch
hits were recorded by the Hearts in 1957-1958. Recorded in 1957
"Long Lonely Nights" is probably the most remembered
and ""Teardrops" which also topped the charts. By
1958, the group had their last song to hit the charts with
"Try The Impossible". Andrews and several different
line-ups of the Hearts continued to record throughout the
1960's. They have toured the oldies circuit and occasionally
have done appearances, as late as, 1999.