The Basin Street Boys (2) (Philadelphia, PA)
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Group members:
Ormonde Wilson
Gene Price
Reuben Saunders
Arthur Rainwater (aka Artie Waters)
Discography:
Judy Carol & The Basin Street Boys
1945 - Changes / I Want To Love And To Be Loved
(Exclusive 215)
The Basin Street Boys
1946 - Jumpin’ At The Jubilee / Nothin’ Ever Happens
To Me (Exclusive 220)
1946 - I Sold My Heart To The Junk Man / Voot Nay
Ion The Vot Nay (Exclusive 225)
1946 - I Need A Knife, A Fork, And A Spoon / This Is
The End Of A Dream (Exclusive 229)
1947 - I’m Gonna Write A Letter To My Baby / Josefine
(Exclusive 239)
1947 - For You / Ain't Got No Loot (Exclusive 245)
1947 - I’ll Get Along Somehow / Exactly Like You
(Exclusive 247)
1947 - Summertime Gal / Satchel Mouth Baby
(Exclusive 19x)
1947 - You’re Mine Forever / Near You (Exclusive
21x)
1948 - I Sold My Heart To The Junkman / Voot Nay Ion
The Vot Nay (Exclusive 39x)
Ormond Wilson & The Basin Street Boys
1948 - If I Can’t Have You / Come To Me (Mercury
8106)
1948 - (Instead Of Breaking My Heart) Please Give My
Heart A Break / To Make A Mistake Is Human (Mercury 8120)
Ormonde Wilson & The Basin Street Boys
1950 - In A Cozy Corner Of The Sky / This Will Make
You Laugh (Leda 2004)
Biography:
This four-piece vocal group was formed in 1945 in
Los Angeles, California, USA, by Ormand Wilson. Wilson had originally been
taught the guitar by Steve Gibson, whose band was called the Basin Street Boys,
and so when Wilson formed his own band he named it after Gibson’s as a mark of
respect. The other three singers in Wilson’s band were Gene Price, Reuben
Saunders and Arthur Rainwater (aka Artie Waters), and they performed in a style
in keeping with the nascent R&B boom.
They signed with the local Exclusive Records label and their debut release was backing Judy Carroll on ‘I Want To Love And Be Loved’.
They signed with the local Exclusive Records label and their debut release was backing Judy Carroll on ‘I Want To Love And Be Loved’.
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Their first effort under their own name, ‘Jumpin’ At
The Jubilee’, earned them a local following, but it was the ballad ‘I Sold My
Heart To The Junkman’ that established their name (Patti LabBelle & The Blue Belles later took the song into the charts).
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With a great deal of radio support for the single,
the Basin Street Boys toured the USA during 1947, including a date at the
Apollo Theatre in New York. In the meantime, singles such as ‘This Is The End
Of A Dream’, ‘I’m Gonna Write A Letter To My Baby’, ‘I’ll Get Along Somehow’
and ‘Summertime Gal’ also failed to chart, but the group maintained a strong
local following.
In 1948 the group was renamed Ormand Wilson And The
Basin Street Boys and moved to Mercury Records, but, starved of any commercial
success, the Basin Street Boys broke up in 1951.
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Songs:
Changes
I Want To Love And To Be Loved
Jumpin' At The Jubilee
Nothin' Ever Happens To Me
I Sold My Heart To The Junk Man
Voot Nay Ion The Vot Nay
I Need A Knife, A Fork, And A Spoon
This Is The End Of A Dream
I’m Gonna Write A Letter To My Baby
Josefine
For You
Ain't Got No Loot
I’ll Get Along Somehow
Exactly Like You
Summertime Gal
Satchel Mouth Baby
You're Mine Forever
Near To You
If I Can't Have You / Come To Me
In A Cozy Corner Of The Sky
This Will Make You Laugh
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