Arthur Crier

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Arthur Crier (born Arthur Griffin Lewis Crier Jr. in Manhattan on April 1, 1935 ; † July 22, 2004 in Warsaw, North Carolina ) was an American doo-wop singer and composer.

Life

Arthur Griffin Lewis Crier Jr. was born in Manhattan and the family moved to Morrisania, Bronx when he was two years old. At the age of 15, Crier joined a local amateur quintet called Heavenly Five, and in 1953 he formed the group Chimes with Gary Morrison, John Murray and Gene Redd; in the same year the Chimes released two singles on Royal Roost Records. In the spring of 1956, Crier founded the Hummers, who recorded three songs for Old Town Records and from 1959 onwards he was more involved in songwriting, production and administration, often in collaboration with Robert Spencer. In 1959 Crier joined the group The Mellows, with whom he released four singles. In 1961 the Doo-Wop vocal quartet The Halos was formed as an accompanying choir for individual performers, and Crier took over the bass part. The quartet accompanied, for example, Tommy Hunt , Bobby Vinton , Johnny Nash , Little Eva , Johnny Mathis , Dion , The Coasters , Connie Francis , Brian Hyland and Ben E. King . For example, the group took over the recording of Pretty Little Angel Eyes by Curtis Lee. From 1968 to 1972, Crier lived in Detroit and worked for Motown Records as a songwriter and producer. Inspired by the We Are The World project, Crier reformed the Mellows in 1984 to revive the music of the 1950s; In 1986 he produced Don't Let Them Starve as a benefit record against hunger in Africa.

Arthur Crier died in 2004 at the age of 69, leaving behind his wife Dorothy, six children, nineteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

literature

  • Nick Talevski: Rock Obituaries - Knocking On Heaven's Door . Omnibus Press 2010, ISBN 0-857-12117-0
  • Jet (music magazine), Volume 23, No. 25, Apr. 11, 1963, ISSN  0021-5996
  • Jay Warner: American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today . Hal Leonard Corporation 2006, ISBN 0-634-09978-7
  • Mitch Rosalsky: Encyclopedia of rhythm and blues and doo wop vocal groups . Scarecrow Press 2000, ISBN 0-810-83663-7
  • Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon . Bastei-Lübbe 1991, ISBN 3-404-60288-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon . P. 271
  2. ↑ nydailynews.com: ARTHUR CRIER, STAR AND FAN OF '50S SOUND, DIES AT 69. Retrieved May 31, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Crier, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arthur Griffin Lewis Crier Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Manhattan
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 2004
Place of death Warsaw, North Carolina