The halos
| The halos | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Doo-wop |
| founding | 1961 |
| Current occupation | |
Solo singing |
Harold Johnson |
singing |
Al Cleveland |
singing |
Phil Johnson |
Bass singing |
Arthur Crier |
The Halos was an American doo-wop vocal quartet from the early 1960s.
Band history
The quartet was originally hired as an accompanying choir for individual performers; for example for 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 background in the recording of Pretty Little Angel Eyes by Curtis Lee .
With the song Nag they had their own greatest success in 1961 and reached number 25 in the US charts. The success of Nag opened many doors for the group and soon the Halos were in great demand as a background choir. Apart from two Curtis Lee Singles, the group in hits like Who Put The Bomp by Barry Mann and Gene Pitney Every Breath I Take in and My Heart Cries For You to hear from Ben E. King.
Discography
- 1961: Nag
- Your Precious Love
- Bird dog
- I went to a party
- Copy Cat
- If I Had Known
- What'd I say
- Mean Old World
- Down The Road
- Crazy Bells
- Oh what a night
- Come on
literature
- 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
- ^ Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon . P. 271