Arthur Lee Maye This Is The Night For Love Dig 124 A
DISCLAIMER: All rights reserved to the production companies and music labels that distributed and produced the music and performance respectively. I've only added the footage as a tribute for historical, entertainment, and creative purposes with no financial gain. Copyright infringement is not intended. Circa 1956 This is the flip side of "Honey Honey" Arthur Lee Maye occupied a unique place in the history of doo-wop. Besides being a great lead singer who recorded with various groups for over a dozen labels, he was also a professional baseball player who spent thirteen years in the majors. Arthur was born on December 11, 1934, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and came to Los Angeles as a boy. He was one of the progenitors of the "Jeff High Sound," a harmony style developed in the early- to mid-'50s at Jefferson High School in South Los Angeles. Out of this circle of friends came members of The Coasters, The Platters, The Penguins, The Flairs, The Medallions, The Turks and others. "We were all friends, we sang with each other, helped each other write songs," Arthur said several years ago. "We didn't realize that we were creating our own musical history, 'cause we were too busy having fun." His closest collaborators were Jesse Belvin, Richard Berry, Obie "Young" Jessie and Cornel Gunter. "We were just kids and we didn't know much about harmony, so we'd rehearse in the dark to concentrate on our voices. Or we'd sing in hallways at school to get our harmonies to ring off the walls ... Lowest Price Texas Instruments Ti 83 Plus Calculator
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