Die Fire Flys wurden 1957 in Philadelphia durch die Hilfe von
Gerry Granahan gegründet:
Roulette R 4098 (1958)
The Crawl/Where The Candlelights Glow
Dann brachte Granahan sie als Fire Flies
zu Ribbon Records und er sang sogar lead auf "You Were Mine",
bevor diesen Part später Leadsänger RICHIE ADAMS übernahm.
Schon vorher hatten sie als LEE & THE SOUNDS eine
Single eingespielt:
Lido 600 (1959) Beautiful Romance/What Is This Thing Called Love
Mitglieder:
Lee Reynolds, Paul Giacolone, Richie Adams,
Carl Girsoli (durch Don Viscelli schnell ausgetauscht)
RIBBON
6901 YOU WERE MINE/Stella Got A Fella (1959)
6904 I Can´t Say Goodbye/What Did I Do Wrong? (1959)
6906 Because Of My Pride/My Girl
UK: TOP RANK JAR 198 (Oktober 1959) You Were Mine/Stella Got A Fella
NL: TOP RANK HTR-539 (Dezember 1959) You Were Mine/Stella Got A Fella
Dann sang RICHIE ADAMS einige Soloscheiben:
Ribbon 6910 Lonely One/Tell Me Baby Did You Wait? (1960)
Ribbon 6913 Back To School/Don´t Go My Love, Don´t Go
The Fire Flies sangen 1961:
Canadian American 117
Marianne/Give All Your Love To Me
Von RICHIE ADAMS folgten:
Beltone 45-1001 No Mistaken It/The Right Away
Beltone 45-1011 Two Initials (In My Heart)/What Took You So Long
Imperial 5806 (1962) I Got Eyes/Something Inside Of Me Died
Imperial X 5838 (1962) Pakistan/My Prayer Of Love
Imperial 5856 (1962) It´s Worth It/Test Of Love
(1964 weitere vier Solosingles für Congress Records)
Noch interessant von RICHIE ADAMS (solo):
MGM K 13629 (1966) You Were Mine/Better Off Without You
The Fire Flies:
Taurus T 355 (1962) You Were Mine/One O´Clock Twist
Taurus T 366 (1964) My Prayer For You/Good Friends
Taurus T 376 (1966) Runaround/Could You Mean More
Taurus T 380 (1968) Tonight/A Time For Us
LP Taurus T 1002 THE SWINGING FIRE FLIES
Unten ein ERIC ReIssue (105; B: Stella Got A Fella)...
Keep Smiling!
Dieter
PPS: - hier eine andere Biografie, denn Abwechslung tut gut....
Biography by Andrew Hamilton
The Fireflies' career spanned eight single releases on five labels from 1958 to 1967. They formed in Philadelphia in 1957 and went through several lineup changes, but the actual membership is somewhat of a mystery. Ritchie Adams (born Richard Ziegler) sang lead but wasn't an original member; it's believed he sang lead on their biggest hit, their second single "You Were Mine" (Ribbon 1959), which followed "The Crawl," which they debuted with in 1958 on Roulette. Fireflies co-founder Gerry Granahan sang background vocals. The romantic "You Were Mine" barely missed the pop Top 20, a height the Fireflies never scaled again. It spawned an answer record by the Paulette Sisters, entitled "I Was Yours," and was redone by Wayne Thomas.
Ribbon (a New York label owned by Alan Kallman) followed with "I Can't Say Goodbye" the same year, but without the same success. It bombed and so did "Marianne," released on Canadian American Records in 1960, which competed with a final Ribbon release, "My Girl." It's a good bet that Adams left to pursue a solo singing career and answer a songwriting calling before the Fireflies dropped their first single on Taurus Records in 1962. The first Taurus release was a play on the Fireflies' big hit called "You Were Mine for Awhile," which promptly flopped. So did "Blacksmith Blues" on Hamilton; likewise for three more Taurus platters.
After the Fireflies, Adams cut solo singles on Beltone, Congress, Imperial, and other labels, and wrote many of them, something he didn't do with the Fireflies, but never charted with any significant impact. He made up for it, however, with his songwriting. Adams has written nearly 375 songs and scored two mammoth hits, "Tossin' and Turnin'" and much later with "After the Lovin'." He wrote songs for the Banana Splits and the Archies, and also sang lead on "Love Is Living in You," the only Archies single that doesn't feature Ron Dante.
