U.V. St. J. Baptist Church Choir

With U.V. St. J. Baptist
Church Choir
100 Voices

B.C. McCarley Pastor
Andrew Brown Director

Monticello

CP-6667 - Jesus Will
CP-6668 - You Don't Know How Blessed You Are (Andrew Brown)

Black gospel

1961

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The St John Baptist Church [Buffalo, New-York] was founded in 1927 by the late Reverend Burnie C. McCarley. Rev. Burnie C. McCarley served faithfully as Pastor until 1972.

The St. John Baptist Church is one of the leading houses of worship in the city of Buffalo and has acclaimed national and international status.

On YouTube, a documentary takes a special look at the history of the St. John Baptist Church, from its humble beginnings inside a storefront to becoming a prominent church within the city of Buffalo, New York. The story of this historic church is told through archival photos and film footage as well as personal interviews. Reflections of the first 2 ministers, Rev. Burnie C. McCarley and Rev. Dr. Bennett W. Smith, Sr are also shared within the video.




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Bebo Singleton on Stentor

Bebo Singleton
with Jeff and the Notes

Stentor RH 101

CP-2242 – The Shrine of the Echoes RN-45-1

CP-2243 – Feeny Jones RN-45-2

Syracuse, New York label.

George "Bebo" Singleton is the brother of Jimmy Singleton on Devere.

Jeff and the Notes were Jeff Chappelle, Nick Russo, Brian Saunders and Doug Macabelli.



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Danny And Ivan And The Traveling Gentlemen

Danny And Ivan And The Traveling Gentlemen

Lifetime 1029

19975 - Waitin For You To Be Blue

19976 - One Foot Ahead Of The Other
(Danny Thomas, Cora Lee Music BMI)

1967

country

Lifetime label discography

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Leboeuf Brothers on Chroma

Leboeuf Brothers
Accompanied by Sammy Speno Combo

Chroma 1002

10823 - Tell Me Baby CLIP
10824 - From The Frying Pan CLIP

1963

The music intro and backing of "Tell Me Baby" sounds like a soundtrack of one of these old grandiose movie blockbusters (think Cecil B. DeMille) taking place in ancien Egypt or in Rome. The vocals are reminiscent of the contemporary Everly Brothers.

Located in Auburn, New York, the Chroma label was owned by Frank Mucedola and Fred Mammoliti. Five singles were released between 1962 and 1965, all pressed by Rite Records.

Chroma label discography


Frank Mucedola [1921-2007]

Frank was born in San Severo, Foggia, Italy, May 21, 1921, but lived most of his life in Auburn, New York. Frank Mucedola was an Army veteran of World War II having served with the 304th Infantry Regiment of the 76th Division as part of General Patton’s Third Army that fought through France, Luxembourg and Germany.

He owned his own accordion school in Auburn since 1945. For many years, Frank toured Auburn and central New-York playing with the Sammy Speno Orchestra. Frank Mucedola has been a permanent fixture on the music scene in the Central New York area for many years playing in various dance bands and, when the musical score required, filled the accordion chair with various symphony orchestras. He has been touring with the world-renowned Mantovani Orchestra, as their accordionist, since 1985 in the United States, Canada, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia and Singapore.

He composed many pieces of music for the accordion. The most famous was the « Fox and the Hound », which is played throughout the world.

He died in March 2007.


Fred G. Mammoliti [1915-2010]

Musician and composer Fred G. Mammoliti was born in January 1915 in Seneca Falls, NY, a son of Cosimo and Verernada Brancatisano Mammoliti. He lived in Watertown as a young child and then moved to Auburn. Learning first to play the violin with his family, he later took up guitar and piano. As a young man he started his professional career playing with bands part time until 1947 when he moved to California and soon became a full time solo musician with the stage name of Freddie George. During the 1950's he worked as an entertainer in Central New York and the Los Angeles area.

During the 1960's and 1970's he also operated the George Mammoliti School of Music on Genesee St. in Auburn. In 1980 he retired to Florida .Later he began playing regularly at the Sleepy Hollow and other area establishments. In 2009 he created a music video, Ode to President Obama, which was posted on YouTube and featured on Miami television news.

Fred Mammoliti, 95, passed away April 12, 2010 at University Hospital in Tamarac, Fl.


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The Key Notes on Lin

CP-1609 ~ Tuff E Nuff, Baby
wr Carl Wrinston, Wilbob Music, ASCAP

Tuff-E-Nuff, Baby …………69
On this side the boys add a vocal as Little Mike sings about a tough Miss who can dance the rock and roll. (Wilbob, ASCAP)
Billboard June 23, 1958

CP-1610 ~ Pyramid [instrumental] SAMPLE
wr Mike Altherr, Queen City Music, ASCAP

Pyramid ……………………71
The Key Notes, an instrumental group, drive this swinging riff all the way with accordion and horn featured. (Queen City, ASCAP)

Billboard probably didn't reviewed this Rite pressing but certainly rather the earlier RCA pressing, as there is a mention of vocalist Little Mike that the Rite issue - pressed in the summer of '58- don't have.

Repro of the first pressing (RCA)

The label was located in Rochester, New-York. The president of Lin Records was Frank J. Conklin, Bob Miketta was the musical director and Lee Alman the arranger.

I have counted three releases only on the label, despite the fact that Conklin announced that he had signed other artists : Janet Shaw (really Janet Shay on Lin 1003?), Kitty Debnar, the Harmony Kings, thrush Pauline Deters, The Piano Lounge Trio, Ray Cormier’s Har Maniacs, the Enchanters...

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Jimmy Singleton & The Royal Satins

Jimmy Singleton
& The Royal Satins
(Accompanied By The Hi-Fis)

Devere 006

CP-2396 - Each Passing Day (RN-48-1)
Wilma R. Lung & Viola Flansburg
Kama Music Publ.

CP-2397 – Sally ( RN-48-2)
Wilma R. Lung, Viola Flansburg and Jimmy Singleton
Kama Music Publ.

Rite account # 146



The Eldaros

Jimmy Singleton was a member of The Five Points (along his uncle Owen Singleton), and of The Eldaros (Vesta Records, '58). Brother of George 'Bebo' Singleton, himself a recording artist (Stentor and Vim Records).

This rare black vocal group record was issued on the Syracuse [J'aimerais tant voir Syracuse] Devere label and on Stan Markowski's Mark label in 1959.

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Keith Albee

Keith Albee (and Orch)

Albee 102

12893 - Rock-A-billy
12894 - Rockin’ Robin

1964

Distributed by Willard Music Dist., Deposit, New-York

Rock-A-billy was a top-ten hit in 1957 (Guy Mitchell, Columbia Records).

Rock-A-Billy is about rockabilly but is not rockabilly. [...] The singalong chorus consists of only two words, rockabilly and rock, chanted rhythmically and hypnotically. The colorful phrases paint a child’s perspective of rockabilly : “the guitar man chased the old banjo.” The lyrics use catchphrases –blow my fuse, crazy beat, turn me loose, go man go – and use stereotypic images and expressions from the city perspective of country life – “mountain juice”, “head for the hills, “do-si-do”, store-bought clothes, “”lone prairie”.

Craig Morrison (Go Cat Go!: Rockabilly Music and its Makers)

Keith Albee had records on Paragon in 1960 and 1961, a label distributed by Paragon Productions Inc., 1265 Broadway, New York, a company who also was the distributor of the Ronnie label records, which was a song-poem label. But Keith Albee wasn't a song-poem singer as the Nov.20, 1961 issue of Billboard inform us that "Keith Albee is making the rounds of radio stations in New York and Pennsylvania to promote his latest Paragon release, « Tell Him You Are Mine » b/w « Only tonight ».

Rock-A-Billy (sample)

Compass on Schoolhouse

Compass
Compass Rises
Label : Schoolhouse

Side 1: -30633-

Schizoid
Sour Cream
Pharoah's Thing

Side 2: -30634-

Cleanin Up
Sunflower
Waltz For Barbara
Blues For Vito

Personel:

Rick Lawn (Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet, Misc. Percussion),
Joel Chase (Electric Piano),
Tom Ives (Electric Bass, Flugelhorn),
Al Calone (Drums),
Smelly (conga drums)

Recorded November 17, 18 & 19, 1972 in Marblehead, Mass.

It's some 40 years ago, now, that "Compass" was born in Oneonta, New York. There were 3 young jazzers just starting to play together in area clubs back then: Joel Chace [piano] from Walton, Tom Ives [bass] from Schenevus, and Al Colone [drums] from Oneonta. They'd perform as the Joel Chace Trio, the Tom Ives Trio, or the Al Colone Trio, depending on who booked the gig. Then in 1971 Rick Lawn, a young saxophonist, a Philadelphia native, and a recent grad of Rochester, New York's Eastman School of Music, came to town to become an instrumental music teacher with the Oneonta Public School System. Lawn, a practicing and active jazz musician, was looking to continue playing jazz in his new hometown, and, through his research, easily discovered the trio of Chace, Ives, and Colone. The group got together and began to rehearse, quickly finding out there was a connection, a common interest in performing, and that they could produce a unique and creative blend of jazz. That may have been what ultimately led to the naming of the quartet, "Compass"; the group played jazz in every direction.

"Compass" began to test its newfound style and energy by booking performances on college campuses, mostly colleges and universities based in New York State. The band self-produced a demo-album entitled "Compass Rises" in 1972, which featured original compositions written and arranged by Lawn and Ives. "Compass" was one of five groups on a promotional program that opened the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in 1972.

For more info & biographies of band members : click here.

Tony Garo on Pla-Mor

Tony Garo

Pla-Mor
[ 507, 5th Ave., N.Y. 17, N.Y ]

CP-6425 ~ Whole Lot of Shakin'
CP-6426 ~ Jezebel

"Reviewed" in Billboard, October 30, 1961 (actually a mere item among others in the Limited Sales Potential listing (Popular section) of the music trade magazine) without any comment.

The following week, Pla-Mor Records advertised in Billboard the record with a picture (see above) of Tony Garo.

"Whole Lot of Shakin'", a cover of the Jerry Lee Lewis classic, was first compiled by the german Buffalo Bop records company in 1992.

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"Whole Lot of Shakin'"

Alexander Gospel Singers

Alexander Gospel Singers
Verdean Cummings, soloist

Lifetime 1012

9287 - Life's End
9288 - Work While It's Day

Black Gospel

audio clips

Rev. Guy J. Graves (Mo Do 107)

Rev. Guy J. Graves

Mo Do 107

25493 - In A Little Shack Part 1
25494 - In A Little Shack Part 2

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Clyde Dickerson And the Tear Drops

Clyde Dickerson And the Tear Drops
Kinzua 102

12401 - Guess Who [wr Jo Anne Belvin], cover ot the Jesse Belvin hit
12402 - Cool Week-End

Also issued on the Eastern label (601) owned by Juggy Murray.


Guess Who


Born 1923 in Bristol, Tennessee, Clyde Dickerson attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. In the fifties, he lived in Olean, Upstate New-York and played saxophone in the local band, the Rock-Itts who had a single issued late '58 by the Hamburg Prime label. The band were a sure sell-out at the Cuba Lake Pavilion in the late fifties. Next he was member of a Buffalo group called the Jesters.

Clyde may have been a member of Red Arrow and the Braves (he wrote both sides of their release on Kinzua 101.)

He moved to the Washington area where he performed in jazz clubs in the Washington area and beyond while holding down a day job as a doorman at the Watergate Hotel for 20 years. (That's when he acquired his nickname "Watergate Clyde").

He worked often with trumpet player Jimmy Burrell, and performed at various times with artists like Oran "Hot Lips" Page, the Mangione brothers, David Ruffin and Rick James. He also appeared in a Lester Young tribute with Shirley Horn and saxmen Byron Morris and Ron Holloway.

Prior to his death, he talked of writing a book mixing stories about his celebrity run-ins with what he knew about the Watergate scandal--though he generally shied away from recounting the infamous break-in, preferring to focus on his music. "He was so relaxed when he was playing the sax," recalls guitarist Lee Cathey, who met Dickerson while browsing at a local record store. "He had a lovely singing voice, too--hearing him was just the coolest thing that you could imagine. Playing with Clyde was, like, experiencing the real thing."

His last performance was on Capitol Hill, at Ellington's at Eighth, shortly before his death in hospital following a stroke. He died February 5, 2003 in Washington, DC.

Rev. C. T. Nelson, Pastor

Rev. C. T. Nelson, Pastor
Great Friendship Baptist Church Cleveland
26115 - Great Consolation
26116 - A Prayer

Produc [sic] of Staff

This is a re-issue [reproduced by Della’s Record Shop, as printed on the label]. These Detroit, Michigan recordings were previously issued by Idessa Malone's Staff Records (see picture below)

Rev. Guy J. Graves

#25673 - Amazing Grace

#25674 - Why Am I Treated So Bad