The Parakeets waren eine der Gruppen von Angletone/Atlas
Records, die mit Doo Wop unterwegs waren. Diese Gruppe
spielte auch eine Single mit dem jungen Italiener Vic Donna ein.
Marv Goldberg weiß zu berichten:
„ Back in 1954, James "Petey" Martin lived in Newark, New Jersey, where he'd been singing with some friends, Willie Curry and Preston Fields. They'd just been fooling around, but Petey had it in his mind to form a real group. At the time, Petey was dating a girl who lived in nearby Elizabeth. She, in turn, had heard Gerald Highsmith singing with some friends and told Petey about him. They met, sang a bit together, and Gerald ended up bringing in a friend, Leroy Williams.
Petey (first tenor, piano, and songwriter) had attended Bordentown High School, graduating the year before and coming north to Newark. Willie Curry (baritone/bass, originally from Georgia) and Preston Fields (second tenor, originally from Jacksonville, Florida) both attended Newark's South Side High. Gerald Highsmith (bass) and Leroy Williams (lead tenor; originally from Aiken, South Carolina) both attended Thomas Jefferson High in Elizabeth.“(….)
Records, die mit Doo Wop unterwegs waren. Diese Gruppe
spielte auch eine Single mit dem jungen Italiener Vic Donna ein.
Marv Goldberg weiß zu berichten:
„ Back in 1954, James "Petey" Martin lived in Newark, New Jersey, where he'd been singing with some friends, Willie Curry and Preston Fields. They'd just been fooling around, but Petey had it in his mind to form a real group. At the time, Petey was dating a girl who lived in nearby Elizabeth. She, in turn, had heard Gerald Highsmith singing with some friends and told Petey about him. They met, sang a bit together, and Gerald ended up bringing in a friend, Leroy Williams.
Petey (first tenor, piano, and songwriter) had attended Bordentown High School, graduating the year before and coming north to Newark. Willie Curry (baritone/bass, originally from Georgia) and Preston Fields (second tenor, originally from Jacksonville, Florida) both attended Newark's South Side High. Gerald Highsmith (bass) and Leroy Williams (lead tenor; originally from Aiken, South Carolina) both attended Thomas Jefferson High in Elizabeth.“(….)
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