Demon 1508 (original)
USA, Jun. 1958
Words & Music by: Side A – Fred Smith, Cliff Golsmith; Side B – Walter Ward
Musicians: Walter “Sleepy” Ward (lead baritone), Eddie Lewis (tenor), Walter Hammond (baritone), Charles Fizer (baritone), Marcus Banks (piano), Ted Brinson (bass), Effie Smith (drums), Irving Ashby (guitar)
Recording sessions: Ted Brinson’s garage, Los Angeles, CA, 1958
Highest chart positions: US #8, US R&B #7, UK #12
Words & Music by: Side A – Fred Smith, Cliff Golsmith; Side B – Walter Ward
Musicians: Walter “Sleepy” Ward (lead baritone), Eddie Lewis (tenor), Walter Hammond (baritone), Charles Fizer (baritone), Marcus Banks (piano), Ted Brinson (bass), Effie Smith (drums), Irving Ashby (guitar)
Recording sessions: Ted Brinson’s garage, Los Angeles, CA, 1958
Highest chart positions: US #8, US R&B #7, UK #12
Having three
baritones makes this a fairly unusual line-up for a Doo-Wop group. The line-up
actually changed soon after this recording, when Charles Fizer left the group
and was replaced by Melvin King (bass). Fizer returned to the group in 1959 to
replace Walter Hammond.
The flip
side was recorded (twice) by John Lennon in 1971.
List
price: Very Good + is $15, Near Mint $30
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