Capris on Destiny

Capris

Destiny 500

CP-4353 ~ Ballad of a Dee Jay

CP-4354 ~ Comanche

1960

First release on the label. Destiny Records was owned By Robert Sellers and run from a location in downtown Lorain that was shared with WWIZ Radio. Most of the records were recorded at Audio recording.

Bob Sellers had a morning radio show on WWIZ AM/1380, on which he was known as 'Bob Jefferies' or 'B.J. the DJ,' derived from the on-air nickname given him by radio listeners.' Mr. Sellers was "well-known as a local disk jockey 'The Polka King' and was a talent manager in the 1960's." He operated a popular cocktail lounge in downtown Lorain at the same time.

Label discography :

http://www.buckeyebeat.com/destiny.html
http://www.45rpmrecords.com/OH/Destiny.php

Guitarist Ron Zehel, co-writer of "Comanche" was a member of Ronnie and the Rainbows (on Landa and Clevetown) and later of The Showmen on Soul Kitchen.

Ron Zehel eventually ran a chain of music stores bearing his name.




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Destiny 503 (picture sleeve)

Destiny 503 (picture sleeve)

Canadian Larry Lee was born in or around 1938 and died in 1996.

"Larry Lee's career began in his home town, London, Ontario, singing and playing guitar on Saturday mornings over Radio Station CFPL. At the age of fifteen, he formed his first group - a western band. As the group became more proficient...Larry had the pleasure of working with the Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash and went on a tour with Marty Robbins.

Larry formed a nite club rock 'n roll act in the fall of 1959. Since then it's been a hard, steady climb and he has appeared at many of the top Canadian clubs."

The Leesures were John Dee or Red Shea (guitar), Ray Fennell (drums), Billy Diel (pno; organ), Chuck Daniels (bass) and Al Falconi (or Andy Wilson) on tenor sax.

If three of his Canatal sides have been re-issued by Collector Records, the four sides recorded by Larry Lee on Destiny doesn't seems to have attracted the attention of the re-issues labels.