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The Fi-tones's lyrics & chords
Originally a Brooklyn-based street corner vocal group calling themselves the Cavaliers Quartet, the Fi-Tones first changed their name to the Fi-Tones Quintette after the core group -- Cecil Holmes, Marlowe (aka "Lowe") Murray, and Ron Anderson (bass) -- added Gene Redd (lead vocals) and Lloyd Davis (lead vocals) to their lineup. Their first recordings, in 1954, were for Tommy Robinson's Harlem-based independent Atlas Records and were played by Alan Freed and Tommy "Dr. Jive" Smalls in the New York area thoughout the fall and early winter of 19...read more