The Five Royals

Genres:	Doo Wop, Pop / Rock, R&B / Soul
Decades Active:	1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Biography

The 5 Royales were hugely successful exponents of southern vocal R&B throughout the 50s, although they started their career in a different style as the Royal Sons Gospel Group of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. This quintet variously featured Clarence Pauling (19 March 1928, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, d. 6 May 1995, Los Angeles, California, USA), Curtis Pauling and Lowman Pauling (d. 26 December 1973, Brooklyn, New York, USA), Otto Jeffries, Johnny Tanner (b. John L. Tanner Snr., 28 November 1926, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA, d. 8 November 2005, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA), Obediah Carter (d. July 1994, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA), Johnny Moore and William Samuels.

The Paulings had started out supporting Lowman Pauling Snr., on local North Carolina stages, while his namesake son reputedly built his first guitar out of cigar-boxes. Lowman Pauling Jnr. was the group's musical arranger and springboard,...

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