Doowopheaven: The Rhythm Masters (2) aka The Rhythmasters aka The Rhythm Kings (1) aka The Four Pals (1) aka The Four Students (2)

Samstag, 29. März 2014

The Rhythm Masters (2) aka The Rhythmasters aka The Rhythm Kings (1) aka The Four Pals (1) aka The Four Students (2)

The Rhythm Masters (2) aka The Rhythmasters aka The Rhythm Kings (1) aka The Four Pals (1) aka The Four Students (2) (New York)

Group members:

Cecil Murray (leader)
Leonard Thomas
Howard Scott
James Riley
Isaac Royal (pianist and arranger)

Discography:

Ann Cornell & The Rhythm Masters (2)

1948 - Always Mine / I’ve Been Though The Mill With Bill (Bandwagon 517)

The Rhythmasters

1949 - I Was Third On A Match / Until Now (Bennett 401)

The Rhythm Kings (1)

1949 - Night After Night / I Shouldn’t Have Passed Your House (Ivory 751)

1949 - If I Can't Have The One I Love (I’d Rather Have No One At All) / How Do You Measure Love (Ivory 755)

The Rythmasters [sic]

1950 - I Shouldn’t Have Passed Your House*

*One sided record, not the same master as the Ivory side

The Rhythm Kings (1)

1950 - Would You Still Be The One In My Heart?* / Don't Talk Darling (Ivory 760)

1951 - Merry Christmas One And All / Christmas Is Coming At Last (Apollo 1171)

1951 - Why My Darling Why / I Gotta Go Now (Apollo 1181)

*Should read “Would I Be Still The One In Your Heart”

The Four Pals (1)

1955 - Please Don't Say Goodbye / I'm On The Mend (Kay 787)

1955 - If I Can’t Have The One I Love / I Flipped (Royal Roost 610)

1955 - No One Ever Loved Me / Can’t Stand It Any Longer (Royal Roost 616)

Zilla Mays & The Four Students (2)

1955 - Come Back To Me / [Zilla Mays - Right Now] (Groove 0127)

Little Tommy Brown & The Four Students (2)

1956 - The Thrill Is Gone / A Gambler’s Prayer (Groove 0163)

NOTE: Some "Four Students" recordings on Groove were by the Cues (Groove owned the name “Four Students”):

1955 - So Near And Yet So Far/Hot Rotten Soda Pop (Oh My Toe) (Groove 0110)

1955 - [backing Lil McKenzie] Run Along / The Others I Like (Groove 0113)

1956 - [backing Charles Calhoun] Jamboree / [My Pigeon's Gone - no group] (Groove 0149)

1956 - [backing Varetta Dillard] I'm Gonna Tell My Daddy* / Cherry Blossom* (Groove 0152)

*”Daddy" is the Cues; “Blossom” could be either group

1956 - [backing Emmett Hobson] That's Me Without You / I'm Keeping My Fingers Crossed (Groove unreleased)

1956 - [backing Varetta Dillard] That Old Feeling (Groove unreleased)

Four Students backup - the specific group is unknown (could be Four Pals (1) as Four Students (2), Cues as Four Students (1), or others):

1955 - [backing Piano Red] Goodbye / [Six O'Clock Bounce] (Groove 0118)

1955 - [backing Sue Allen] Think Of Tomorrow / [Set A Wedding Day] (Groove 0130)

1955 - [backing Big John Greer] A Man And A Woman / [Blam – Big Boy] (Groove 0131)

1956 - [backing Varetta Dillard] Darling, Listen To The Words Of This Song / [Mama Don't Want (What Papa Don't Want)] (Groove 0139)

1956 - [backing Beverly Wright] Shake Till I'm Shook [group is the "Students"] / [Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' - Beverly Wright] (Groove 0153)

1955 - [backing Big John Greer] I'll Never Stop Loving You (Groove unreleased)

Biography:

The former Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout winners recorded from 1949 - 1956 as the Rhythmasters (on Bennett), as The Rhythm Masters (on Bandwagon ), as the Rhythm Kings (on Ivory and Apollo) and as the Four Pals (on Kay and Royal Roost), and even did some backup work on Groove late in their career.