Wednesday, 7 June 2023

The Five Keys "14 Hits" 1978 (mono)

American R&B and doo-wop group popular in the late 1950's. In 1949, brothers Rudy and Bernard West joined another set of singing brothers - Ripley and Raphael Ingram - to form The Sentimental Four, a gospel quartet. Inspired by the harmonies of The Mills Brothers and The Ink Spots, they soon began to shift toward R&B...
...The young foursome toured briefly with Miller's Brown-Skinned Models, an all-black revue that played fairs and carnivals. And they started winning local talent contests. Those victories led to a chance to perform at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. The singers won a contest there, too. And soon after, Los Angeles-based Aladdin Records signed the group.
After a few lineup changes that included adding a fifth member, the combo renamed itself The Five Keys. "Ling, Ting, Tong," was a No. 28 pop hit in 1954. That was followed by the ballad "Out of Sight, Out of Mind," which reached No. 23 in 1956, and "Wisdom of a Fool," which hit No. 35 in 1957. But the group's influence was greater than the best-sellers would indicate.
Before black groups started crossing over onto pop charts, The Five Keys had a powerful effect on R&B music - especially among vocal harmony acts. "One of the most popular, influential and beautiful-sounding R&B singing groups of the 1950s, The Five Keys were not only a link between the gospel/pop units of the '40s and the later R&B and rock groups, they led by example, having hits in R&B, rock 'n' roll, and pop before the decade was through," wrote Jay Warner in the Billboard Book of American Singing Groups. - discogs

traxfromwax:
1 How Can I Forget You 2 I've Always Been A Dreamer 3 I Took Your Love For A Toy 4 Your Teeth And Your Tongue 5 Ziggus 6 Gonna Be Too Late 7 When Paw Was Courting Maw 8 You Broke The Only Heart 9 Dream On 10 I Burned Your Letter 11 Dancing Senorita 12 Rosetta 13 Girl You Better Stop It 14 Stop Your Crying
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6 comments:

RYP said...

The Five Keys "14 Hits" (mono)
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Richie Muster said...

Mucho thanks to you.

lemonflag said...

Thanks

styles said...

Cool! Thanks.

styles said...

Cool! Thanks.

richsoul said...

thank you, i heard of these songs by other artist. I wanted to hear by the Five Keys. Thank you.