The Edsels
| The Edsels | |
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 German metronome single by The Edsels (" Rama Lama Ding Dong "), 1961 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Doo-wop |
| founding | 1959 ?, 2009 |
| resolution | ? |
| Founding members | |
| George 'Wydell' Jones († September 27, 2008) Larry Green James Reynolds Harry Green Marshall Sewell |
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| Last occupation | |
| Marshall Sewell († June 5, 2013) James Reynolds Maurice Jones Danny Friendly |
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The Edsels were an American doo-wop group in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Band history
The name of the group was originally The Essos , after the oil company , but was renamed to the Edsel (a car brand of the Ford Motor Company, which was marketed 1957-1960). The Edsels have recorded over 25 songs and made several appearances on the American Bandstand show for Dick Clark . The Edsels were one of the few doo-wop groups that were signed to a major record company ( Capitol Records ) at the time. The group is known almost exclusively for their song Rama Lama Ding Dong . Other titles were Do You Love Me? and What Brought Us Together? .
literature
- Jay Warner: The Billboard Book Of American Singing Groups. A History 1940-1990 . New York City / New York: Billboard Books, 1992.
- Günter Ehnert: HIT GUIDE - US Chart Singles 1950–1963 . Taurus Press 1992, ISBN 3-922-54247-6 .
- Julia Edenhofer : Das Große Oldie Lexikon , Bastei-Lübbe 1991, ISBN 3-404-60288-9 .
Web links
- Biography of George Jones, Jr. (English)
- The Edsels by JC Marion (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Youngstown singer-songwriter George Jones of The Edsels dies (English)
- ↑ Marshall Sewell sang bass for the Edsels and patrolled Cleveland streets: news obituary (English)
- ^ Julia Edenhofer : The Great Oldie Lexicon . Pp. 200-201.