Jesse & Marvin
| Jesse & Marvin | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Rhythm and Blues |
| founding | 1952 |
| resolution | 1953 |
| Founding members | |
| Marvin Phillips | |
Vocals, piano
|
Jesse Belvin |
Jesse & Marvin were a short-lived R&B group from Los Angeles , California that celebrated a chart success with Dream Girl in 1952 .
Band history
The saxophonist and singer Marvin Phillips played in Big Jay McNeely's band in 1949 . In the background, Jesse Belvin sang the falsetto part in the vocal quartet Three Dots and a Dash. The two musicians moved to Specialty Records in Los Angeles in 1952 and recorded four singles together. The first three Baby Don't Cry with Confessin 'Blues , One Little Blessing with Gone and Love Love of My Life with Where's My Girl came out under Jesse's name. The fourth Dream Girl with Daddy Loves Baby with Marvin on saxophone and singing Jesse on piano became number two on the rhythm and blues charts in 1953 under the band name Jesse & Marvin.
The first success could not be followed by any more, as Belvin was drafted into the army in 1953 and Phillips was looking for a new partner after a few solo projects for his doo-wop project Marvin & Johnny . After leaving the army, Belvin followed Phillips to the neighboring label Modern Records in 1955 and stepped in as "Johnny" at Marvin & Johnny for the recording of Ko Ko Mo , I Love You, Yes I Do and Sugar Mama .
When Belvin finally became successful as a solo artist in the pop genre at RCA Records in 1958 , Marvin accompanied him on concert tours as a support band, so that Jesse could perform "Johnny" at Marvin & Johnny and his own solo program that same evening.
Discography
- 1952 - Dream Girl / Daddy Loves Baby , Specialty 447
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruce Eder: Jesse Belvin. In: All Music Guide. Retrieved November 4, 2008 . The title reached number 2 on the R&B juke box charts and number 7 on the R&B best seller charts; see Joel Whitburn: The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits . Billboard Books, New York 2006, p. 36
- ↑ Colin Larkin: Jesse Belvin Biography. (No longer available online.) In: Oldies.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2008 ; Retrieved November 11, 2008 (originally published in the Encyclopedia of Popular Music ). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Bosko Asanovic: Marvin & Johnny. In: Soulful Kinda Music. Retrieved November 2, 2008 .
