The Golden Age of the R & B
Vocal Groups 1953-1955 part five
January 1955
Nu-Tones - Annie Kicked The Bucket / I Believe (Hollywood Star)
5 Royales - School Girl / One Mistake (King)
Five Jets - Please Love Me Baby / Down Slow (DeLuxe)
Twigs - Lover Boy / Wonderful World (Hollywood)
Crystals - God Only Knows / My Girl (DeLuxe)
Checkers - Try Holding My hand / Can't Find My Sadie (King)
Medallions - The Telegram / Coup DeVille Baby (Dootone)
Roamers - Deep Freeze / I'll Never Get Over You (Savoy)
Flamingos - Dream Of A Lifetime / On My Merry Way (Parrot)
Mellows - Smoke From Your Cigarette / Pretty Baby What's Your Name (Jay-Dee)
Platters - Maggie Doesn't Live Here Anymore / Take Me Back (Federal)
Angels - Lovely Way To Spend An Evening / You're Still My Baby (Grand)
Rubies - Someday / Just You And I (Verne)
Lamplighters - Believe In Me / I Wanna Know (Federal)
Midnights - She Left Me / Cheating On Me (Music City)
Hollywood Flames - I Know / Let's Talk It Over (Decca)
February 1955
Five Keys - Doggone It You Did It / Close Your Eyes (Capitol)
Charms - Ko Ko Mo / Whadya Want (DeLuxe)
Orioles - I Love You Mostly / Fair Exchange (Jubilee)
Cadillacs - No Chance / Sympathy (Josie)
Five Royales - You Didn't Learn It At Home / Every Dog Has Its day (King)
Vice-Roys - I'm Yours As Long As I Live / Please Baby Please (Aladdin)
Gems - Kitty From New York City / I Thought You'd Care (Drexel)
Hawks - It's Too Late Now / Can't See For Looking (Imperial)
Robins - Whadya Want / If Teardrops Were Kisses (Spark)
Feathers - Standin Right There / I Need A Girl (Aladdin)
Street Singers - Caldonia's Boogie / Tonight Was Like A Dream (Tuxedo)
Hearts - Lonely Nights / Ooh Wee (Baton)
Midnighters - Ring-A-Ling / I'm Ashamed Of Myself (Federal)
Wrens - Come Back My Love / Eleven Roses (Rama)
Admirals - Left With A Broken Heart / Oh Yes (King)
Starlings - Hokey Smokey Mama / I'm Just A Crying Fool (Dawn)
March 1955
Cardinals - Door Is Still Open / Misirlou (Atlantic)
Drifters - Gone / What'Cha Gonna Do (Atlantic)
Lamplighters - Love Rock and Thrill / Roll On (Federal)
Harptones - I Almost Lost My Mind / Ooh Wee Baby (Bruce)
Four Bars - When Did You Leave Heaven / Memories Of You (Republic)
Dodgers - Drip Drop / Cat Hop (Aladdin)
Moonlighters - Hug And A Kiss / New gal (Checker)
Five Royales - Mohawk Squaw / How I Wonder (King)
Dukes - Oh Kay / Ooh Bop She Bop (Specialty)
Gentlemen - Baby Dont Go / Don't Leave Me (Apollo)
Five Crowns - You Came To Me / Ooh Wee baby (Riviera)
Dabolos - Hold Me Until Eternity / Route 16 (Fortune)
Honeytones - Too Bad / Somewhere, Sometime, Someday (Mercury)
Turbans - Tick Tock A Woo / No No Cherry (Money)
Falcons - I Need You Darling / Tell Me Why (Cash)
Ravens - Happy Go Lucky Baby / Bye Bye Baby Blues (Jubilee)
Admirals - Close Your Eyes / Give Me Your Love (King)
Flairs - She Loves To Dance / My darling, My Sweet (Flair)
Barons - Eternally Yours / Boom Boom (Imperial)
Spotlighters - It's Cold / Bam Jingle Jingle (Imperial)
April 1955
Orioles - I Need You Baby / That's When The Good Lord Will Smile (Jubilee)
Robins - I Love Paris / One Kiss (Spark)
Casanovas - That's All / Are You For Real (Apollo)
El Dorados - One More Chance / One More Chance (Vee-Jay)
Tenderfoots - Kissing Bug / Watussi Wussi Wo (Federal)
Nutmegs - Story Untold / Make Me Lose My Mind (Herald)
Sheiks - Walk That Walk / The Kissing Song (Cat)
Twilighters - It's True / Wah Bop Sh Wah (Specialty)
Mellows - I Still care / I Was A Fool To Let You Go (Jay-Dee)
Rivileers - Little Girl / Don't Ever Leave Me (Baton)
Spiders - Am I The One / Suki Sukey Sukey (Imperial)
Five Echoes - I Really Do / Tell Me Baby (Vee-Jay)
Concords - Candlelight / Monticello (Harlem)
DuDroppers - Talk That Talk / Give Me Some Consideration (Groove)
Charms - Let The Happenings Happen / When We Get Together (DeLuxe)
Quails - Things She Used To Do / Pretty Huggin Baby (DeLuxe)
Penguins - Be Mine Or Be A Fool / Don't Do It (Mercury)
Aladdins - Cry Cry Baby / Remember (Alladin)
Inspirators - If Loving You Is Wrong / Three Sixty (Treat)
Marigolds - Rollin Stone / Why Don't You (Excello)
Dominos - Love Me Now / Cave Man (Federal)
Val-Tones - Tender Darling / Siam Sam (DeLuxe)