LEE ANDREWS &t HEARTS Recorded Live '65 LP ASD

LEE ANDREWS & THE HEARTS RECORDED LIVE ON STAGE LPCategory / Style / Moods: R&B * Early R&B * Doo Wop * Philly Soul * Laid-Back/ Mellow * Bittersweet * Reflective * Intimate * Sweet * Soothing * Sentimental * Romantic * Innocent * Amiable/ Good-Natured * Gentle17.77 / 2009-04-27 S asocc1965 LOST NITE 113 LPTITLE: RECORDED LIVE ON STAGEARTIST: LEE ANDREWS & THE HEARTSCONDITIONCOVER: VG COHVINYL: Visually VG with a few marks but plays VG+Click here for info on grading and abbreviationsSCARCE ORIGINAL COMPLETE WITH LABEL INNER SLEEVE.Click the pix for a better view TRACKS: Disc: 11.Land Of A Thousand Dances/Hang On Sloopy/I'm Sorry Pillow/Can't Do Without You/Papa's Got A Brand New Bag/Long Lonely Nights/Teardrops/Try the Impossible2.I Can't Help Myself (It's The Same Old Song)/Oh My Love/All I Ask Is Love/My Girl/Cold Gray Dawn/1-2-3/Vaya Con DiosBiography by Bryan Thomas One of the finest R&B vocal groups of the '50s, the Philadelphia-based Lee Andrews & the Hearts specialized in smooth ballads and were influenced by similar vocal acts like the Moonglows, the Orioles, the Drifters, the 5 Royales, the Five Keys, the Midnighters, and the Ravens, while lead vocalist Lee Andrews' influences were mostly solo artists like Bing Crosby, Frankie Laine, Frank Sinatra, and especially Nat King Cole. These two key influences -- a harmonizing four-part vocal base with a strong but tender tenor voice leading the way -- was the foundation of the Hearts' hard-to-beat sound. The group scored three charting hits in the span of a single year (1957-1958). Their "Long Lonely Nights" (recorded for the tiny Mainline label) managed to barely beat the former Drifter Clyde McPhatter's version by a few chart points (number 45 to Clyde's number 49). It scored even higher on the R&B charts (number 11). At its peak, the group's next single for Mainline, "Teardrops," was picked up for wider distribution by Chess. It was their biggest hit, making it to at number 20 on the pop charts (on November 25, 1957), and by January 1958, it had jumped over to the R&B charts, where it ended up listing at number four. A third hit, "Try the Impossible" for the United Artists label, charted at number 33 on the pop charts (June 22, 1958). Lee Andrews (b. Arthur Lee Andrew Thompson) was raised by a musical family in Goldsboro, NC. His father, Beechie Thompson, sang with the Dixie Hummingbirds. The Thompson family soon moved to Philadelphia, PA, when little Arthur Thompson was two. By the time he was a student at Bertram High School in 1952, Thompson had begun singing with four friends: Royalston "Roy" Calhoun (first tenor), Thomas "Butch" Curry (second tenor), James "Jimmy" McCalister (baritone), and John Young (bass). The quintet -- from the neighborhood of 49th and Woodland in South Philly -- first began calling themselves the Dreams and later, the Dreamers. Between 1952 and 1954, the Dreamers rehearsed after school (often tutored on spirituals by Curry's aunt) and soon began incorporating R&B stylings into the mix. In early 1954, they visited the local WHAT radio station and danced in the studio adjacent to the DJ booth, where on-air personality Kae Williams held court. On one particular night, Williams asked a group of teens dancing in the next room about what local acts they liked and was told he should listen to the Dreamers. They later auditioned two Top Ten charters from previous decades and Williams was so awed by this unique assemblage that he offered to manage them on the spot. In the spring of that year, Williams squired the Dreamers into Reco Arts Studio and cut two sides. The group then traveled with Williams to New York City and to the offices of Eddie Heller and Bobby Heller's Rainbow Records, a label so small it shared space with a Hell's Kitchen storefront known as Sonny's Deli. The two also ran a club in North Philly and had previously associated with Williams. This exquisite piece of retro music history is a vinyl sound recording (not a CD). Please visit the A Sound Deal store for similar items and information on grading and shipping. Add me to your favorites for red hot sales bulletins and sneak previews of upcoming products. Combine Items to Save $$$! Click here to check the store for more!�A Sound Deal