Allan and The Flames

Allan and The Flames

CP-2731 ~ Till The End Of Time
Johnny Lasley, Bentley Music BMI

CP-2732 ~ Winter Wonderland
Bernard-Smith, Bregman, Vocco & Conn Inc, ASCAP
    

Campbell 225

late 1959

    Also issued on Colonial 7006

Billboard review, January 18, 1960

Second issue on Colonial

Distributed by London Records

Till The End Of Time

http://youtu.be/hHmb987OzRU

Allan and the Flames

Vocal - Tilley

7971 - Whatcha Gonna Do 

(Allan Clontz)
http://youtu.be/UlO1pcKRjGM

7972 - Love Bug

(Chuck Tilley)

Starmount

Produced by Robbins Records, Greensboro NC

Summer 1962

Greensboro (North Carolina) band.  Allan is probably Allan Clontz.  On Starmount the singer is Chuck Tilley.

In 1959, Chuck Tilley started with Donny Trexler  a band known as the Six Teens. later renamed "Chuck Tilley and the Fabulous Five". Chuck was the lead singer.  He left the group and then joined The Flames. 

Allan and the Flames is not listed in THIS Beach Music website.

Alan and The Flames

Blue Christmas / White Christmas

Lance 006

Richmond, Virginia

Late '61

"Organ driven Christmas music"

Alan and the Flames on Lance Records (Richmond, Virginia) is probably the same band.

Ace Davis on Carlco

 Ace Davis

29339 — Snakes
29340 — Our Day Will Come

Carlco 103

1972

Ace Davis bought  “The Alley Door” in the back of a church building, which was the first Coffee House in the Dayton area.   On Sunday evenings, the Alley Door featured “The Jazz Lab” where black musicians, led by Ace Davis, were able to have a forum in the downtown area which at that time was closed to black musicians.

This label was created by Carl Cowen, the trumpet, flute, and saxophone player for the Dayton Sidewinders, with the sole purpose of releasing this bands material.   Carlco Records would eventually release five 7" singles during the early 1970's, all recorded at Cybertekniks Studios, also in Dayton Ohio.  The label had no distribution for the 500 pressings of each single.

In the late 1990's and early 2000's, with an increasing interest in obscure funk, soul, and jazz music, this label was resurrected by Carl Cowen in the same house he ran the label out of nearly thirty years prior. Carlco Records has since reissued a 7" single and LP collection of the Dayton Sidewinders singles, now with distribution through Funkadelphia Records.

 Label discography

Curly Dan, Wilma Ann (Danville 104)

 Curly Dan, Wilma Ann and The Danville Mt. Boys

15939 —  I'm In Heaven When I'm With You 

 (Wilma Ann)
Vocal C. Flatt And C. Dan Wilma Ann

Featuring Bob Stanley 5 String Banjo

15940 — I'm Sorry If I'm Crying Dear 

 (Curly Dan)  
Vocal C. Flatt And C. Dan

Featuring Bob Stanley 5 String Banjo

Danville Records #104

23154 Crossley
Hazel Park, MI

1965

 

Some info on Curly Dan and Wilma Ann here


Danville Records discography

The Five Gents on Veiking

The Five Gents

7233 - Sandy
7234 - Baby Doll

both : B. and T. Mancuso; Orifice; Veiking; Soprano

Veiking Records 101

 Waltham, Mass.

1962 

Brothers Tom and Bob Mancuso joined by  Jeff Sykes and his brother Tim formed  “The Golden Echoes” in the late 70s and performed all over the New England area. 

Probably recorded by Lew Tobin  in Boston ( same Rite account #111 )

Both sides can be downloaded at the White Doo-Wop Collector blog HERE

Little Miller and the Goodman Family Trio

Little Miller and the Goodman Family Trio

Rite 8631/8632

1962

side one

Sweeter As The Days Go By / Because Of Him / In Times Like These / I Want To Do / Dear Jesus Abide With Me / Wonderful Savior

side two

His Eye Is On The Sparrow / What A Day That Will Be! / Higher Ground / Lord, I'm Coming Home / Open Your Heart / What Then?


The Goodman Family
12604 DeVoe,
Southgate, Michigan

'' At an early age Little Miller was acclaimed the title, "Junior Mr. Gospel Singer of 1959" in Montgomery, Alabama.  He also was a winner of the National Quartet Convention in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Goodman Trio consists of Little Miller's three sisters, Lola, Donna and Norma.  They have been singing gospel songs as a group since 1948.  Their combined voices are a complement to the stirring lead of Little Miller, whom they have been featuring.

Lola sings alto and is mistress of ceremony for the group.  Donna sings second soprano.  Norma sings first soprano. 

Pianist is Thommy Thorn.  He is married to Norma and has been a member of the Goodman Family singing group since 1957. ''

Audio file : AlwaysGoodMusicInc's YouTube channel

The Corps on Redd Hedd

 

The Corps

 

26305 – New York City
26306 – Window Room

 

both J.Smail, Zap-Zap Music

 

produced by Midnite Sound

 

Redd Hedd 004

 

1970

 

"Grampus", from his review of "The Midnite Sound of the Milky Way", CD  [excerpt] :

Dean Carter and Arlie Miller bought a local townhouse in Danville, Illinois which they transformed into a makeshift recording studio with different instrumentalists confined to individual bedrooms and broken down cardboard refrigerator boxes battened to the walls to assist with the acoustics.   The studio was named The Midnite Sound to reflect the time of day when most recordings took place.   Also formed around the same time was Milky Way Records.   The record label only lasted for around eighteen months before folding under a cease and desist order issued by the company manufacturing Milky Way chocolate bars (you can't make this stuff up!). 

Elmer Farris on Layman

Elmer Farris

RR-42123-A  Atari

SAMPLE

RR-42123-B  Love

Strong Music Co.

 

Layman Records

 

Complete mystery from December 1981.

? http://www.corporationwiki.com has a "Strong Music Co "  located in Moody, Alabama.

 

? One ELMER FARRIS was born 23 January 1936, got Social Security number 313-32-3713 (indicating Indiana,) and died 28 April 2003.

 

 

Johnnie Forrer on Bow and Arrow

 

Johnnie Forrer

 

9355 ~ Long Gone 

Johnnie Forrer ~ Moss Rose BMI

9356 ~ I Just Think Of You

Johnnie Forrer ~ Moss Rose BMI

  

Prod. by Gene Crawford At Forrer Studios

Bow And Arrow 1003

6207 Sherwood Ave.
Houston, TX
 

1963

Johnnie Forrer was previously on Pappy Daily's D Records in 1958  (D 1021 : Fools Paradise is on YouTube).     He was later produced by Eddie Noack at Music City Recorders in Nashville ("Singing the Blues Again" , Studio Records, a Waco, Texas label.  

 

Johnnie E Forrer was born in 1927.  He died in 2005 and is buried in the cemetery: Houston National Cemetery, which is located in Houston, TX.

The tiny Bow and Arrow label  (only three releases) was owned by Kenneth N. Everett, which is the real name of Gene Crawford, star in the early sixties of the "Gold Coast Jubilee," beamed each Sunday over KTRK-TV, Houston,

Lafayette and The LaSabres

Lafayette and The LaSabres

      

10685 ~ Cure For Love   

D.Vaughan

Trianon BMI

10686 ~ Freeway

L. & M. Yarbrough - Goodman - Pierson

Mayflower Music co. BMI

 

Your-Pick 1005

 

 September 1963

 

 Re-issued on Port 70036 in October 1963

Note :Publisher  of "Cure For Love" is incorrectly credited to Trinion Pub. on both labels !

 

Cure For Love on YouTube
Free Way  (YouTube link)
 

Top side is a cover of  the song penned and recorded by Dell Vaughn (With The Fortune Aires) on Fortune Records (flipside of the wild rockabilly "Rock The Universe"  [Fortune #205,  1958]

 

.

 Lafayette and The LaSabres : Lafayette Yarbrough (vocal), brother Marcel Yarbrough (drums),  Carl Pearson (Pierson)  (organ) and  a 4th member probably named Goodman.    Photo credit : White Doo Wop Collector

 photo credit : Ronnie Ray

Later line-up : Lafayette and Marcel Yarbrough,  Mike Timms (bass) and Michael Dean Wilson (organ). In 1966, they recorded a full-length album for Sidra Records, produced by Valvano and rockabilly singer-turned producer Johnny Powers.

Lafayette Yarbrough, born and raised in Noxapater, Mississippi,  moved after High School, to Michigan. He performed in and around Flint and recorded in 1958 a now much sought-after single for the Detroit's Bart Records : "Cool Cool Baby / Livin' Doll"

 

According to gossip columnist Bill Dakota  :

Lafayette Yarborough had a band in Flint.  And this guy could have been a superstar.   He used to play at the Beecher Gardens, north of Flint. He was handsome, and he could have been a movie star.   I wanted to take him on the road (among other things), but he was married and didn't want to travel.   Even though he was married, between sets, he would often be in the back seat of a car "fucking a fan."    He was happy enough and getting enough, without superstardom.   In looks, he was a cross between Fabian and Elvis.

 Lafayette Yarbrough is still performing.  (Lafayette can be seen on video with the Keith Ross Show HERE)

He has recorded a CD with Vada Rosecrans "When Two Worlds Collide".  Several songs from this CD can be heard on the Lafayette Yarbrough own You Tube channel HERE

 

 

Adelphi Ladies Trio

Adelphi Ladies Trio

Mrs Norman Krogstad at the Lowrey organ.

Deep Settled Pace

SIDE 1  CP-7035

    A Deep Settled Peace
    How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings
    Teach Me How To Pray
    O The Wonder
    Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know

SIDE 2  CP-7036

    Thanks Be To God
    Softly And Tenderly
    Moment By Moment
    Beside Still Waters
    Overshadowed

    Family Altar Records #115

 1962

sample

Family Altar Records was a division of The Columbia Union Conference, which "exists to advance and fulfill the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Mid-Atlantic United States.". 

Mrs Krogstad, former Eleanor Cowles, a Bachelor of Music Education degree holder (with piano as her specialty),  was married to Norman Krogstad – NOT the veteran high-ranking Vancouver Hells Angel, I assume  – who was appointed chairman of the Department of Music at Washington Missionary College in 1957 and may have been involved in the formation of Family Altar Records.

From the back cover :

The Adelpho Ladies Trio is well-known in the area around Washington, D.C.  The group sings at many church and social functions throughout the East.

Vallevia Grant, second soprano began to sing at an early age.  Through her school years she sang in various trios and choral groups, often taking solo parts.

Kathaleen Fuller, alto, has also sung in other trios and choral organizations.  Her experience includes choir directing.

Betty Morford, soprano, wife of the director of physical education at Columbia Union College has a varied musical background. She has appeared with various trios and other musical organizations

From ebay HERE

Jim HARRIS & The Sidewinders on Fabar

Jim HARRIS

& The Sidewinders

15563 ~ Three Chartreuse Buzzards Sitting On A Fence
15564 ~ I'm On The Outside Looking In

Fabar Records

1965

A-side is penned by Jim Harris.  B-side is a cover of   a 1964 hit song by Little Anthony and the Imperials, issued on DCP Records (their comeback single, ending a long period of inactivity.)

No info on Jim Harris or on The Sidewinders.   

According to buckeyebeat.com, 

this Columbus label was owned by Bill Strickland with two other non-musicians.   All the Fabar records were recorded at Magnetic.  Fabar did not use a catalog numbering system so all the label 'numbers' are the pressing plant matrix numbers.

Fabar label discography