The Wanderers - The Best Of The Wanderers (1997) (Vol 1) ONYX - Rare DooWop/R&B (MP3)

Repost from the old blog. Requested in mp3 and in reality there,s hardly no difference to flac with either album whatsoever....The Wanderers were a popular East Coast doo wop group who went through numerous name changes during their decade long career,and despite various label related shuffling and stylistic changes,national success eluded them at each turn.They are best known for their cover material. They had minor East Coast hits with "For Your Love" and "Thinking of You." They began their career in 1952 as the Barons.The original group members Ray Pollard (lead),Frank Joyner (tenor),Robert Yarbrough (baritone),and Sheppard "Shep" Grant (bass). By 1957, the group now simply called the Wanderers began releasing singles on the Onyx label. They tried broadening their material,even recording a pop single called "Thinking of You" which was already familiar to New Yorkers as the Honeydreamers had recorded it as the theme song to the then popular Brad Phillips' radio show Battle Royal. The audience response to the Wanderers' version provided them with some hope and began to clearly define the outlines of a smooth pop vocal career. Unfortunately,Onyx was then absorbed by the larger major MGM,and so they moved over to Orbit Records,a label run by Onyx's Jerry Winston.That label changed names a month later (in April of 1958) because of the amount of small labels using the name Orbit, becoming CUB Records.The first release on Cub was "Teenaged Quarrel" (it had been issued on Orbit,then withdrawn, making it a rare 45 today). Unfortunately,the single failed to connect,as did further efforts from the group throughout the rest of the '50s. By 1961,the group had been performing for nearly a decade without much success outside the East Coast. They went through another stylistic change to keep with the times,focusing on a more commercial R&B/Soul sound for their cover of Ed Townsend's 1957 classic ballad "For Your Love." The single rose up the national pop charts in the summer of 1961 and was a favorite of East Coast vocal group fans. Things with the label again did not pan out. Not to be undone just yet, the Wanderers then signed to the United Artists label, who issued two singles by the group, 1962's "After He Breaks Your Heart" and 1963's "You Can't Run Away From Me," but neither did well and they were soon dropped from UA. The Wanderers continued to perform in the Northeastern U.S. until lead vocalist Ray Pollard landed a role in the Broadway musical Purlie. He dropped out of the group, who disbanded soon thereafter. After the musical ran its course, Pollard continued to make club appearances as a solo artist, performing in a wide variety of styles. The story gets interesting with the NEXT POST volume 2 which is still sought after by ardent soul fans!

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