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Bobby Freeman - 75% match to The Avons

13 June 1940, San Francisco, California, USA. Freeman is generally recognized as his home city's first rock 'n' roll star by virtue of "Do You Want To Dance". This 1958 smash hit was later immortalized by the Beach Boys and Cliff Richard. The singer enjoyed further success in... Read more

The Mystics - 70% match to The Avons

This rock 'n' roll vocal ensemble came from Brooklyn, New York, USA. The members were brothers Phil (lead) and Albee Cracolici (baritone), Bob Ferrante (first tenor), George Galfo (second tenor), and Allie Contrera (bass). The Mystics helped popularize the Italian-American... Read more

Shep & The Limelites - 65% match to The Avons

R&B vocal group hailing from New York City, USA. James Sheppard (c.1936, Queens, New York City, New York, USA, d. 24 January 1970, Long Island, New York, USA) was lead and songwriter successively for two R&B groups, the Heartbeats and Shep And The Limelites. He created... Read more

The Regents - 63% match to The Avons

A rock 'n' roll vocal group from the Bronx, New York, USA. The Regents were part of the explosion of Italian-American vocal groups from the New York area who made their impact during the early 60s, before the British invasion and the rise of self-contained bands made them... Read more

Teresa Brewer - 59% match to The Avons

Theresa Veronica Breuer, 7 May 1931, Toledo, Ohio, USA, d. 17 October 2007, New Rochelle, New York, USA. A child prodigy, Brewer first appeared on radio at the age of two and sang on the Major Bowes' Amateur Hour between 1938 and 1943. She was a veteran radio and club performer... Read more

Johnny Crawford - 58% match to The Avons

26 March 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA. Johnny Crawford shot to fame in 1958 when he co-starred with actor Chuck Connors (as his son Mark), in the US television series The Rifleman. In 1961 his debut single "Daydreams" made the lower reaches of the Billboard Top 100, but... Read more

The Five Keys - 58% match to The Avons

This US R&B vocal group helped shape the rhythm and blues revolution of the early 50s. The ensemble was formed as the Sentimental Four in Newport News, Virginia, USA, in 1945, and originally comprised two sets of brothers - Rudy West (25 July 1932, Newport News, Virginia,... Read more

The Earls - 56% match to The Avons

Although "Remember Then" was their only hit, the Earls were one of the most accomplished white doo-wop groups of the early 60s. The lead singer Larry Chance (Larry Figueiredo, 19 October 1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) formed the group in New York's Bronx area in the late... Read more

Randy & The Rainbows - 55% match to The Avons

This rock 'n' roll vocal group came from Queens, New York, USA. The members were brothers Dominick (lead) and Frank Safuto (baritone), brothers Mike (first tenor) and Sal Zero (second tenor), and Ken Arcipowski (bass). Randy and the Rainbows came out of the thriving New York... Read more

Tommy Edwards - 54% match to The Avons

17 February 1922, Richmond, Virginia, USA, d. 22 October 1969, Virginia, USA. This jazz/pop/R&B singer-songwriter began his professional career in 1931. He wrote the hit "That Chick's Too Young To Fry" for Louis Jordan in 1946. A demo recording of his own "All Over Again"... Read more