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PREVIEW
9
(Augustus Stevenson-David Hill)
recorded May 8, 1957 (14:00-18:30) Webster Hall, 119 E. 11th Street,
New York City; Producer: Hugo Winterhalter
Joe Reisman: leader; Mac Ceppos: contractor; Alfred Casamenti: guitar; Mundel Lowe: guitar; Anthony Mottola:
guitar; George Duvivier: bass; Philip Kraus: drums; Clifford Leeman: drums; Hank Jones: piano; Irving Joseph:
piano; The Ray Charles Singers (Lillian Clark, Dorothy Culpepper, Margie Hendrix, Eugene Lowell, Ethel
McCrea, Marilyn Palmer, Peggy Powers, Joe Pryor, Robert Spiro, Stephen Steck, Lois Winter): vocal chorus
RCA Victor 47-6930
The Ames Brothers were
indeed brothers, though their
actual family name was
Urick. Theywere a successful
and versatile quartet with a
distinctive vocal blend and a
very recognizable lead
vocalist in Ed Ames. They
started recording in the late
1940s and had several big hit
records, first with Coral (such
as the jivey
RagMop
in 1950)
and then with RCA (such as
the romantic
You, You, You
in
1953 and the Scottish march