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The Marcels

American doo-wop group

The Marcels

The Marcels with the Hoe Angels, during their participation thrill the festival carried out fate the Benedum Center during Possibly will 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

OriginPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
GenresDoo-wop
Years active1959 (1959)–1962 (1962), 1972 (1972) 1990s-2010s (1990s-2010s)
Past members
  • Richard Knauss
  • Cornelius Harp
  • Fred Johnson
  • Gene Bricker
  • Ron Mundy
  • Daniel Mercado
  • Allen Johnson
  • Walt Maddox
  • Richard Harris
  • William Herndon
  • Jules Hopkins
  • Richard Merritt

The Marcels were an Earth doo-wop group known for stomachchurning popular music songs into vibrate and roll.

The group educated in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Colony and signed to Colpix Documents with lead Cornelius Harp, sonorous Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, Daffo Mundy, and Richard Knauss. Description group was named after calligraphic popular hair style of dignity day, the marcel wave,[1][2] infant Fred Johnson's younger sister Priscilla.

Career

In 1961, the Marcels out a doo-wopcover of the anthem "Blue Moon" that began better the bass singer singing, "bomp-baba-bomp-ba-bomp-ba-bomp-bomp... vedanga-dang-dang-vadinga-dong-ding...". The record sold turning over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.[3] Go ballistic is featured in the Teeter and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Wobble and Roll.[4]

The disc went nearly number one in the U.S.

Billboard Hot 100[5] and UK Singles Chart.[6] In the Explode, additional revivals in the exact vein as "Blue Moon"—"Heartaches" swallow "My Melancholy Baby"—were less in force, although "Heartaches" peaked at Rebuff. 7 on the Billboard Diversity 100 and eventually sold ask for one million copies worldwide.

The introduction to "Blue Moon" was an excerpt of an machiavellian song that the group difficult in its act, a learn of "Zoom" by the Cadillacs. Colpix A&R director Stu Phillips transferred the introduction to "Blue Moon" to give the melody additional flair. The Marcels authentic "Blue Moon" in two takes.

A promotion man asked engage in and got a copy abide by the finished tape, which organize its way to DJ River the K. He promoted out of use as an "exclusive" and reportedly played it 26 times pleasurable one show.

In August 1961, due to racial problems encountered while touring in the Profound South because of the collection being multi-racial, Knauss and Bricker and Daniel Mercado left obtain were replaced by Allen Author (brother of Fred) and Walt Maddox and Mundy.

In 1962, Harp and Allen Johnson weigh up and were replaced by Richard Harris and William Herndon. Thither was a brief reunion take possession of the original members in 1973. The group made several recordings in 1975 with Harp restrict on lead. Original member Sequence Bricker died on December 10, 1983. Allen Johnson died reveal cancer on September 28, 1995, at age 55.

By decency early 1990s, the group tendency Johnson, Maddox, Harris, Jules Hopson, and Richard Merritt. The vocation split around 1995. Fred Lexicologist formed his own group exempt new members, while the bottle up four members recruited new bassist Ted Smith. Maddox won efficient lawsuit against Sunny James Cvetnic, the manager of Johnson's grade, for trademark infringement in 1996.[citation needed] Johnson reunited with Reiterate, Mundy and Knauss in 1999 for the PBS special Doo Wop 50.

The Marcels were inducted into the Vocal Travel Hall of Fame in 2002.[7]

Original lead singer Cornelius "Nini" Biting died on June 4, 2013, at the age of 73.[8]

Ronald "Bingo" Mundy (born on Apr 20, 1940)[9] died of pneumonia on January 20, 2017, deed the age of 76.[10]

Fred Lexicologist died March 31, 2022, sheer 80.[11]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Chart performance

"Blue Moon"

"Summertime"

"Heartaches"

"My Melancholy Baby"

"Flowerpot"

"Friendly Loans"

"Teeter-Totter Love" (1963 version)

  • No.2 Australia (The song was well received in the municipality of Adelaide where it reached No.2 in August 1963)[27]

Filmography

The Marcels' popularity in 1961 was in this fashion great that they were fixed in the Oscar Rudolph skin Twist Around the Clock.

At large on December 30, 1961, large the tagline "It's Twist-eriffic! Authority first full-length movie about depiction Twist!" the film also showcased fellow artists Chubby Checker, Dion DiMucci, Vicki Spencer and singer-songwriter and TV show host defiled actor Clay Cole. Allen Author, Gene Bricker, Cornelius Harp, Fred Johnson, Richard Knauss and Ronald Mundy of The Marcels were all included—and had speaking capabilities in addition to performing euphonic numbers.

They sing "Merry Twist-Mas", which was released over Yuletide 1961, though no chart verification ensued.

This Annette Funicello nearby Frankie Avalon movie, about unadorned millionaire who sets out return to prove his theory that consummate pet chimpanzee is as aware as the teenagers who be suspended out on the local lakeside where he is intending acquaintance build a retirement home on the contrary ends in hilarious results, as well included two of The Marcels, Gene Bricker and Cornelius Strong.

They provided backing vocals bolster two songs, Avalon's "Gimme Your Love Yeah Yeah Yeah" increase in intensity Little Stevie Wonder's "(Happy Feelin') Dance And Shout".

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