Billy Ward & The Dominoes "14 Hits" Vol 1 - 1977 - all their Hits 1951 - 1965 (mono)

...The name "The Dominoes" was owned by Ward and Marks, who had the power to hire and fire and to pay the singers a salary. Clyde McPhatter was being paid barely enough to live on, even though most of the Dominoes' success was due to McPhatter's soaring vocal abilities. "Whenever I'd get back on the block where everybody'd heard my records—half the time I couldn't afford a Coca-Cola," according to McPhatter.[10] Allegedly, Ward paid his singers $100 a week (US$1,013 in 2021 dollars), minus deductions for taxes, food and hotel bills. McPhatter often found himself billed as "Clyde Ward" to fool fans into thinking he was Billy Ward's little brother. Others assumed Ward was doing the lead singing...
...White and Brown both left in 1951 to form the Checkers and were replaced by James Van Loan (1922–1976) and David McNeil (1932–2005, previously of the Larks). In March 1952, the Dominoes were chosen to be the only vocal group at Alan Freed's "Moondog Coronation Ball". The hits continued, with "Have Mercy Baby" topping the R&B charts for 10 weeks in 1952. Later records were credited to "Billy Ward and His Dominoes".
In early 1953, after nine hits,[14] McPhatter left to form his own group, the Drifters. His replacement in the Dominoes was Jackie Wilson, who had been coached by McPhatter while also singing with the group on tour. Lamont and McNeil also left and were replaced by Milton Merle and Cliff Givens (Givens had been in the Southern Sons Gospel Quartet; he joined the Ink Spots in 1944 upon the death of original bass Orville "Hoppy" Jones). With Wilson singing lead, singles such as "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down" continued to be successful, although the Dominoes did not enjoy quite the same success as they had with McPhatter as lead tenor.
In 1954, Ward moved the group to Jubilee Records and then to Decca Records, where they had a number 27 pop hit, "St. Therese of the Roses", featuring Wilson on tenor, giving the Dominoes a brief moment in the spotlight again. However, the group was unable to follow that success on the charts, and there was a succession of personnel changes. They increasingly moved away from their R&B roots with appearances in Las Vegas and elsewhere. Elvis Presley went to hear Jackie Wilson and the Dominoes in Las Vegas in 1956 and was so impressed with Wilson's singing that he went back to Sun Studios and cut the Million Dollar Quartet's version of "Don't Be Cruel". Presley introduced the song by saying how Wilson sang it much better and then proceeded to do an impersonation of the much slower Dominoes version, backed by Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.
In 1957, Wilson left for a solo career and was replaced by Gene Mumford of the Larks, after which the group signed a contract with Liberty Records. They had a number 13 pop hit with "Star Dust". "Star Dust" was one of the earliest multitrack recordings in the rock and roll era, having been recorded on March 7, 1957. The tapes were mixed into true stereo, making the recording one of the first songs by a rock and roll / R&B artist in this format. The track reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1957. It was to be their only million seller. It was followed by "Deep Purple". This proved to be their last major success, although various lineups of the group continued recording and performing into the 1960s. They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006. - wiki
traxfromwax:
1 Sixty Minute Man 2 I Am With You 3 That's What You're Doing To Me 4 Have Mercy Baby 5 I'd Be Satisfied 6 The Bells 7 Pedal Pushin' Pappa 8 These Foolish Things 9 Can't Do Sixty No More 10 Rags To Riches 11 Ringing In A Brand New Year 12 Over The Rainbow 13 O Holy Night 14 What Are You Doing New Years Eve
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