The Reflections
The Reflections is the name of an American doo-wop band from Detroit that was successful in 1964 and 1965.
Members
- Tony Micale (born August 23, 1942 in Bronx , New York , front singer)
- Phil Castrodale (born April 2 in Detroit , Michigan , first tenor)
- Dan Bennie (born March 13, 1940 in Johnstone , Scotland . † April 7, 2008, second tenor)
- Ray Steinberg (born October 29, 1942 in Washington , Pennsylvania , baritone)
- John Dean (born November 9, 1941 in Detroit, bass)
- Frank Amodeo (born December 16, 1938 in Brooklyn , New York , † 2009), replaced Micale as front singer in 1966
history
Tony Micale and John Dean first sang in the 1958s with the "Larados" before they founded the group of five "The Reflection" in 1963. All four lived in the Detroit area . The group brought their first record out in 1963 with the small Detroit record company Kay Ko. At the end of the year they managed to sign a record deal with Golden World, which was also based in Detroit.
The first single on the new label was released in February 1964, and their B-side title (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet became Reflections' biggest success. He rose to number six in the Hot 100 of the US music magazine Billbord and reached number three in the rhythm and blues charts . Golden World took the success as an opportunity to bring Reflections, a long-playing record of the same name, onto the market in the same year. Singles with Romeo & Juliet also appeared in Great Britain , the Netherlands , Canada and Australia, among others . "Romeo & Juliet" sold over a million times. The Reflections was taken by Dick Clark on the "Caravan of Stars" tour, where they performed together with Gene Pitney and the Supremes in 27 US states. She then invited James Brown to take part in his New York revue. By 1965, Reflections had two more songs, Like Columbus Did and Poor Man's Son , that made it into the Hot 100. They also had an appearance in the film Winter A Go-Go (The totally crazy ski hotel) . After the contract with Golden World expired after nine singles and one long-playing record at the end of 1965, two more singles were produced by ABC-Paramount in 1966 , but they were unsuccessful.
Tony Micale left the Reflections in 1966 and tried his hand at being a solo singer. He was replaced as the lead singer by Frank Amodeo. There is only one known Golden World single of Micale, which he sang as Tony Michaels ( Picture Me And You / I Love The Life I Live , GW No. 41). Decades later, Tony Micale and John Dean reactivated Reflections with three new singers and they toured the States and Canada. In 1991, the Reflections were inducted into the Michigan Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Discography
Albums
- 1964: (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet (Golden World No. 300)
Singles
| From page | Catalog no. | published |
|---|---|---|
| Kay Ko | ||
| Helpless / You Said Goodbye | 1003 | 1963 |
| Golden World | ||
| Can't You Tell By The Look In My Eyes / (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet | 8/9 | 2.1964 |
| Like Columbus Did / Lonely Girl | 12 | 6.1964 |
| Talkin 'About My Girl / Oowee Now Now | 15th | 8.1964 |
| (I'm Just) aHenpecked Guy / Don't Do That to Me | 16 | 9.1964 |
| Shabby Little Hut / You're My Baby | 19th | 11.1964 |
| Poor Man's Son / Comin 'at You | 20th | 2.1965 |
| Wheelin 'and Dealin' / Deborah Ann | 22nd | 6.1965 |
| Out of the Picture / June Bride | 24 | 7.1965 |
| Girl in the Candy Store / Your Kind of Love | 29 | 9.1965 |
| ABC paramount | ||
| Like Adam and Eve / Vito's House | 10794 | 3.1966 |
| You're Gonna Find Out / The Long Cigarette | 10822 | 7.1966 |
Chart placements
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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R&B
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| 1964 | (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet |
US6 (12 weeks) US |
R&B3 (14 weeks) R&B |
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| Like Columbus Did |
US96 (1 week) US |
- | ||
| 1965 | Poor Man's Son |
US55 (5 weeks) US |
- | |
literature
- Frank Laufenberg: Rock & Pop Lexicon . Econ Taschenbuch Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-612-26207-6 , Volume 2, p. 1245.
- David A. Carson: Grit, Noise and Revolution - The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll , Univ. of Michigan Press 2006, ISBN 978-0472031900 , p. 53.
- Martin Popoff : Standard Catalog of American Records 1948–1991 . Krause Publications, Iola 2010, ISBN 978-1-4402-1131-7 , p. 984.
Web links
- Biography at www.allmusic.com
- Reflections website
- Discography at www.45cat.com
- Chart positions at www.musicvf.com