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Members. Lester Mulberry • Ricky Mulberry
• Bobby Allen • Delbert Taylor • Reginald Harmon
• (information please)
Biography Known primarily as the Four Korner's band, but this
was a sharp group of musicians.
Vendor.
(information please)
3rd St. Dayton
Biography: A really nice middle of the road men's
clothing store. Their prices were not real high, and their quality
of vines was not real low. This store also had an excellent
selection of brims. It was the place to go for a pair of Levies,
because they used to honor that "no rip guaranty" that Levy-Struass
used to have. You could buy some jeans, wear them until they started
to fade, take your pocket knife, and rip the seam, and take them
back for a brand new pair. Darned it was easy to be a player, back
in the 60's.
Members. Reggie Morgan • Cisco Weathers
• Van Morgan • Bobby Carriker • Robert Bradley
• Ricky Bennett
• Cee Cee Butler
• (information please)
Biography This group was started by Reggie Morgan, along with
Cisco Weathers. The group lived in Detroit and played throughout
Detroit until returning to Dayton in 1979.
AKA: Faze3 Members. John
Harden • Tyrone Crum • Roger Parker •
Keith Harrison • Harry Mcloud • Mike Hinton • John Mortimer (information please) )
Biography Had a brief and successful recording run during the
mid-70's. A product of the Ohio Players production company (Tight
Corporation).
Recordings: "Riding High"
Trumpet Known to play a pretty
mean trumpet, and appeared with a couple of the big
horn bands in Dayton, like Topaz. He also worked with
the Dayton/Atlanta band, Rare Pleasure (information please)
Manager. Toured briefly with
Heatwave, in Europe as their road manager. (information please).
Related People: Rudy Hartman, Record Player,
Heatwave
Flagg Brothers
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Vendor.
(information please)
Biography This mail order company was based in one of the
Southern States, or New Jersey. Nobody seems to recall exactly where
it was, even though we all ordered hat, shoes, and other regalia,
required to compliment a player's wardrobe. The Flagg Bros. catalog
circulated all over the Dayton area, so you could find just the
right shoe, send them a money order, and 3 to 6 weeks later, you
would get your shoes in the mail. They specialized in Platforms, and
'gators.
(information please) )
Biography Dayton's own version of the Carpenters.
A brother and sister act, that featured pure vocal
technique. The duet had major promise, but they never
fulfilled it, in the pop music arena. Derrick has
since switched to gospel and is often a featured
artist in the pageants at the world known Crystal
Cathedral, in Garden Grove, CA.
21st
Century Flash
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Members. Vesta Williams • David Simpson •
Tudy White • Clifford Baily Billie Bell • Melvin "Junior Davidson
Doug Simon Chunky.
(Information please)
Biography. This was one of the first groups
that the now popular singer, Vesta sang with in the
Dayton area.
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Hip
Hop/R&B. J. Williams • R. Frost •
K. Robinson • W. Estes • Featuring
Pinky
This is one of the new
breed of Dayton performers, bringing up the '90s.
BIO: (information please)
Related People: Dale Wilson, Ronald Nooks,
Desiree Estes, Cynthia Frost
Pop/Rock.
Members: Kenny
Price • ?•? •? (information please)
BIO: This
band faded out in the late 70s early 80s. They played a style of
music like YES. They had 20 minute compositions about mythical worlds
and sometimes wore capes. As recently as 1998 the keyboard player
was playing in a Dayton band called the Hathaways. They play
mostly top 40. When last seen in Kettering, Ohio back in '98 they
played a medley of Emerson Lake and Palmer with a group of 4 girls
in Farrah Fawcet hair styles trying to dance to one of the songs,
being played in 5/4 time.
Related People:
(Bio: Kenny Bender - Hott Spitt)
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Formula
LX-23 |
Group Members: Jerry Johnstone
{Guitar}• Victor Pate{Guitar}• Frank Jones (Trombone)
• Virgil Smith (tenor sax& flute) • Luther 'Luke'
Wright III (bass) • 'Chip' Pallard (alto sax)• Tulani
Refaro (Saxophone) • Keith 'Rick' Combs • Frances 'Renee'
Wright• (Vocals) • Jesse Partridge • (guitar) •
Micheal 'Jake' Jefferson (drums) (information please)
Biography. Formula LX-23 had one '45' release
in 1981 'Voyage to Infinity'. The group survived a number of
member changes and finally ended in 1986 (8yrs). Many
Dayton groups were influenced by this Dayton-made
Top-40 Band.
Guitar/Vocals Alan has stayed pretty busy. He
joined Record Player just as the group packed up for Los Angeles.
He has toured with Little Richard, and is still active with his
own L.A. band Alan Foster's Redemption. He has recorded or
played with various artists such as Bon Jovi, Living Color, James
Brown to name a few. And is currently recording his long awaited
master piece "Spiritual...Sexual...Love...Worship"
WEBSITE: http://home.earthlink.net/~lamar2tlw/alan1.html
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AKA: Ohio Hustlers (band) •
Platypus
Members. Floyd Weatherspoon • Arthur "Sonny"
Stokes • Harold Bryant • Dana Meyers •
Eli Williams • Kerrie Rutledge. • Skip
McDonald • Tootie White • Otha Stokes
• Larry Hines • Curtis Sanford • Lloyd
Jones (information please)
Biography One of the pioneer vocal groups in Dayton, that inspired
the rest of us, and lead us into the game. They recorded and released
a single which they put out on their own label. The name of the
A side was "Don't Send Me Away", a cover of the
Temptations song, backed by a song written by members of
the group called "Mad About The Girl". They did their
own radio promotion and sales and got air play on WDAO. (Bio: Otis Stokes - Lakeside)
Recordings: "Don't Send Me Away"
AKA: The Solicitors
Members. Larry Houston • Leon Robinson
• Derrall Leavell • Leroy Evans • Jack
Buttermore • Allen Bradford Tony John
Brenda Henderson Cliff DeBrill Angie Lee Diane Smith Mike
Johnson Jughead Derrall Leavell
Leroy Evans Phillip Broyles (information please) )
Biography. This group was self contained for the
most part. They never really worked the teenie-booper
gigs, but instead went straight for the clubs and NCO
dates. Some of the members backed up the Image
singers for a few, just before both groups broke up
completly.
Recordings: "Funk-tastic" "Don't
Just Sit There"
Members. Reggie Morgan • Robert Bradley
• Van Morgan • Darrell Wright • Greg Vance
• Bubbi Vance
• Roger Johnson
• Andre' Butler
• Thurman Burney
• Bruce Hankerson King
• (information please)
Biography. Opened up for many local acts in Dayton at the time
and was a favorite choice of the group Faze O. They also played the
College circuit and did all type of functions throughout the Dayton
area.
AKA: Phoenix.
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Gang: Members: ?•?•?
•?
Based in Crown Point, and Upper Residence Park. I can't recall their
gang colors, but I seem to recall that they wore blue jean jackets,
with white lettering. (Information please)
By the Mid-Seventies, Dayton was in full blossom. The
Vietnam War was over, and many of us were hitting the books, some
in faraway campuses, and some at Central State, Wright State and
Sinclair. The party was on, and none of the old clubs could hold
all of us anymore, so the big concerts (Parliament, Earth Wind &
Fire, Isaac Hayes, Mandrill, Rick James) had to move their shows
into this concert venue. During the week it was the home of the
Dayton Gems Hockey team, so when we came to party on Saturday night,
they would cover up the ice with plywood, but your feet would still
freeze.
Members. The Harden Bros.-
members John W. Harden Dr. Stephen A. Harden
Jenny Douglas Renee Pate
Dean Hummons Derrick Armstrong
Isaac L. Harden, Jr.
Biography The Harden
Bros. had a smash single in 1982 entitled "Deep Inside of You"
Drums/Keyboards: John W. Harden's list of
credits includes:
A drummer for The Young Mods, The Group
Magnum, and the group Dayton on their first LP.
Currently a Gospel/Jazz Artist. He
recently was featured on Bobby Jones Gospel as a keyboardist, and
has appeared on the WORD Network and BET Gospel Network. John has
released several CDs to include: Triumphant, Triumphant Remix,
Glory To God (featuring vocalist Renee Pate), Jesus on the
Mainline. John has been blessed to receive several Popular Music
Awards from ASCAP New York Chapter...
Promoter Rolled into Dayton from
the New Orleans area, and started booking many
professional bands in, as an operative for Al
Hayman's - Tiger Flower Productions. He brought in
the Barkays, Rick James, Click, and Millie Jackson,
and usually insisted on using a local group as the
opening act.
Terry "Mr.
Echoplex" Harris
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Guitar: A founding member of the
group, Sly Slick & the Wicked. He chose Jimi
Hendrix as his spirit guide and says that he still
is. I only saw his group perform on a few occasions,
as with most of the Dayton bands, we were "busy",
and only got to see each other when we shared a
venue.
Keyboard/Vocals: A member of the recording group
Faze-O. He later went on to play with the Dazz Band and some others.
(Information please)
Best Song:
Vendor. 3rd St. Dayton. / 4th & Jefferson -
Downtown. Salem Mall
Biography: Probably the most exclusive men's clothing
store in the '60's. The 3rd Street Riots ran them out of the hood,
and into downtown. They had the best all around fashions for men.
Their prices were high, but they would work with a brother on a
layaway plan.
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The Hathaways
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Members. • ? • ? • ? (Information please)
Biography.
Radio Station Owner:
U92
(Information please)
Members. Keith Wilder •
Audrey Hayes • Tony Baskins • Brenda
Henderson • Doug Jones Billy Jones Pedro Jones Cynthia Sloan Derrick Allman
(information please)
Biography. This group was named for the Dayton, Ohio street -
Hawthorne Ave. In the early 70's Keith Wilder, left
for Germany to join his brother's group, Heatwave.
Members. Johnnie Wilder •
Keith Wilder • • • (information please)
Biography. http://www.shalonda.com/
Johnnie's Site
Vendor.
(information please)
3rd Street, Trotwood/Crown Point Area
Biography: Look. I'm going to go ahead and say it. This
was a good place to pick up a pair of slacks, or a nice knit shirt,
if you wanted to look good - tonight. But you knew that once you put
this stuff in the cleaners, you might as well play basketball in it.
Henry was a really cool, old dude. His prices were always right, and
he would always work with a brother on a layaway plan. He had one of
the best gangster hat, and derby selections in town.
Radio Personality: Mr. Henry did the morning gospel
hour on Dayton's WDAO. His show started around 4 AM, and he would
play contemporary gospel music, and provide some morning inspiration
and ministering. If you were a young man in Dayton, in the early
70's, this was the last voice that you wanted to hear on your car
radio, because on the one hand, it meant that unless you had an
8-track in your car, you would have to do without the "funk"
for an hour, but even more important, it meant that you had stayed
out way too late, and Stanley would make you feel guilty for whatever
you were doing all night...
"Balif,
whack his pee-pee..." (Sorry this is a real
private joke.)
Quote.
"The bars close
at 2 AM. There aint nothing opened at
3 AM but legs, so get my daughter
home well before 3." |
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woman who would become my
mother-in-law) |
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Guitar When we rehearsed at the house with his
older brother Mike, we used to get a kick out of this youngster,
when he would try to pick up his brother's guitar. Man did we miss
the point! This kid will probably go down in history as having played
the all time best R & B guitar solo ever, as a member of the
group Slave That performance was cosmic, and will no doubt
be a classic that stands up alongside solo performed by Alex Van
Halen. (Information please)
Best Song: Slide - Slave
Guitar Once played lead axe for the Image,
but he just kind of faded out of the game after that, which was
a real shame because he was one of the best rhythm guitarist I've
ever seen. His chord structure was in a word -sweet. After
a date with the Delfonics, lead singer Poochie compared
him to the great Philly guitarist, Tom Bell. Probably his greatest
contribution was as mentor and role model for his younger brother
Mark. (Information please)
Guitar Part of the Bad Bunch
organization that eventually migrated to LA, and
became Platypus. The Platypus sound was based on
Larry's rock and roll guitar (information please)
Mark
Holland
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Drums
Bio: Mark's ambitious nature and adoration for music led
him to California in 1986. On arrival he was introduced to the Legendary
Little Richard participating in his European Promotional
tour for the album "LIFE TIME FRIEND" featuring the smash
hit "GREAT GOSH A'' MIGHTY" from the motion picture
"DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS".
Mark has performed with Little Richard on: MOTOWN LIVE • JAY
LENO • THE MAGIC HOUR • RU PAUL SHOW • NIGHT MAN
• TODAY SHOW • The Aresno Hall • Joan Rivers •
Johnny Carson • WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE (Sound track) •
BLACK ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS • SOUL TRAIN MUSIC AWARDS • ROCK
& ROLL HALL OF FAME • SOLID GOLD • ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
• DOLLY PARTON SHOW • ROCK & ROLL EVENING NEWS. •
Canada, Europe & Japan
Mark has started a record label entitled Intercity Records a division
of Mah Entertainment, Inc. For more info point your browser to:
http://jjholland.iuma.com (Bio by Mark Holland -Edited
by DMG)
| Hoover Skating Ring - The Mayo Family |
The Dayton Music Guide is dedicated
to the generation of great memories from the "Good.Old.Days".
We would be remiss in our duty, if we don't mention Skating. This
was one of our favorite pastimes besides a good Talent Show, and
it was all about music, Like "Twine Time" or Marvin Gaye's
"Grapevine" and some serious dancing on wheels. Sometimes
the Chains of Rap Brown or the Glory Stompers would
shut it down, but unless you were one of the unlucky ones that caught
a skate upside the head, a good fight after the Skating Party just
added to the memory. This was the main skating venue during the
early 1970's.
(Thanks for reminding
me, Patricia...)
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Members. Kenny Bender •
Ellis Unger • Tommy Cummings (information please)
Biography. One of the few Rock and Roll Bands
that I recalled for this site. I went to school with
the drummer, and our groups shared a "Sock
Hop" event one evening in the Cafeteria at Colonel
White HS in
Dayton, Ohio. I've long since lost contact with
Kenny, when we headed out to College. The other
members of the band, the bass and guitar players were
from Fairview HS, in Dayton. As I
recall they had a kind of 3 Dog Night
sound.
(Additional
Biographical information compliments of D.S.)
House
Rockers
<< You have to read this
story...
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Members. "Big" Jay Bush • Tommy
Owens • Jimmy Graham • John Mortimor • Jesse Partridge
• Ray Carter • Curtis Hooks • Marvin
Craig
• Boots Emmitt North
Bobby Ward Marvin Craig Nelson
Calloway Ronnie Calloway
Ray Carter Crook
Gatewood Bledsoe Chuck
Wade Chuck Jones Red
Daryl Strong Curtis
Hooks Phillip Newman Chunky
Michael Wilson Beverly
Sutton
Biography. (Information please)
Related Groups: The Morocos, The
Appolos, Little Woo Woo, The Dominions, Mr. G &
The Sidewinders, The Emeralds, Huntsy and the Entertainers
(Thanks To: Michael Wilson)
| Huber Heights Skating Ring |
The Dayton Music Guide is dedicated
to the generation of great memories from the "Good.Old.Days".
We would be remiss in our duty, if we don't mention Skating. This
was one of our favorite pastimes besides a good Talent Show, and
it was all about music, Like "Twine Time" or Marvin Gaye's
"Grapevine" and some serious dancing on wheels. Sometimes
the Chains of Rap Brown or the Glory Stompers would
shut it down, but unless you were one of the unlucky ones that caught
a skate upside the head, a good fight after the Skating Party just
added to the memory. Huber Heights welcomed teens to the outskirts
of the Miami Valley, and became the main skating venue during the
early 1980's.
(Thanks for reminding
me, Peter Slaughter)
Teresa Hunt
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Vocals: (Information please)
Best Song
Drums/Vocals The best singer's
drummer that you could ask for. Kevin had a good
strong foot, as well as a locked sense of rhythm. He
could support the rest of the band with a tight
pocket, while catching every accent for every hand
movement in the singing group's choreography.
Bands: The American Legion • The
Interiors • The Image • Little Dot •
Record Player • Dayton.
The
Image Girls
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AKA: The Tweeds • The
Dancers • True Confession
Members. Cathy Graves • Leslie Day •
Sherry Ector • Desiree Estes • Denise
Conley • Caman Elmore • Cheryl Broach
• Carletta Sanders • Shelia Anthony •
Jackie King (information please)
Biography. Most Daytonians never saw these ladies
perform. They hardly appeared in Dayton, but were
instead part of the Stone Soul Image Revue, that went
out on big out of town dates. On these dates the
Image Band Played one set, and then they backed up
the first part of the Image girls, who did an exotic
dance routine. The band would take a break, and when
they returned, the second half of the Image girls
came out and sang a 15-20 minute set. The Image
singers would come out and do one big headline show
to end the evening.
The original members were
Carletta, Kathy, Leslie, Sherry, and Desiree . - Carletta
Carmen, Denise, and Cheryl, were
the sexy Image Dancers who warmed up the crowd in
their revealing "sizzler dresses". They
would draw the guys to club and the singers would
bring the girls. The results were full houses at the
Clock Bar and Utopia.- Reggie Crutcher.
Members. Shaun Sandridge •
Ricky (?) • Earnie Greene • Fred (?) •
Stephen (?) (information please)
Biography.
See Players Lounge.
The Impromptu Band
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Members. David Simpson • Paul Hawkins • •
(information please)
Biography.
Members. Raymone Favors •
Melvin Vintson • Chris Cash (information please)
Biography. This singing group kept showing up at talent shows,
but they must have been somewhat indifferent about having a singing
career, because they never seemed to expand their influence, or
be consistent about building an organization. When they did show
up, they had a pretty good sound.
The bandshell was one
of the best venues in the Dayton area. Designed as an open air community
concert venue, on Dayton's north side, it became a favorite place
for some summer funk. The unique acoustical properties afforded
by the shell, meant that the music and singing would reverberate
all over the island park, so that despite the hard physical structure
of the seats, which was brutal on the butt, no seat was a bad seat.
Vocals/Percussion One of the founding members
of the Stone Soul Image, remaining with the group from it's beginning
to the end. After the great band revolution of the 1970's killed
off singing groups in Dayton, he picked up the Congas and joined
the group Satori, and later Record Player. In 1982 he headed to
Los Angeles where he and Reggie Crutcher formed the group Arogance.
After a couple of failed Recording Deals, he finally took up production
and A&R as Music Director for the fledgling Pick Records label.
Percussion/Vocals Took center stage for a brief
run with Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame In high school, he
planned a career as a toy and games developer, but the music bit
him sometime during his college days. (Information please)
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Jefferson
Twp. Senior Review
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(information please) )
Biography The members of this group would change
as the members graduated from the school. They mainly
entertained in local high school auditoriums, but
they were some top notch music students at JT.
Trombone/Vocals Born and raised
in Tulsa Oklahoma, Mike joined the Record Player
horn section. He also filled in on the keyboards
during RP's switch-off sessions. After leaving Record
Player he toured with Zapp during the early
80's. He is said to be in New York at present,
working a Production Company (information please)
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Guitar/Vocals Eric is the name
sake and leader of this hot Midwest Rock and Blues band, that features:
Eric Jerardi (vocals, guitar), Curtis Sanford (drummer, background
vocals) and Jon Arnold (bass). Eric has released a few CDs that
have garnered sales and airplay, that is uncommon to most unsigned
(to a major label) acts. His live show has helped to push him into
a tour circuit that includes such major venues as B.B. King's and
the House Of Blues. (more info)
Broadway and Riverview, Lower Dayton View.
Jimmy Dorsey's was the only Record Store
in the 'view, and it was where we went to get tickets
and James Brown's 45 single, every week. I still have
most of those 45's. Jimmy later moved the store up to
the Salem Mall area.
Glynn Hipp & The Fabulous
Jokers
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Members. • • • (information please)
Biography.
Guitar/Vocals/Trombone: Part of
the Record Player phenomenon. The group Record Player
was actually created around a possible recording
contract with Arista records, that was focused on his
own recordings "Belly Boogie" and Nursery
Rhymes. On stage he was a showman, often picking up
the Bone and blowing with the Record Player Horns,
while his guitar swung off of his shoulder.
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Bass Guitar:
Vendor.
(information please)
4th and Main, Downtown Dayton
Biography: Definitely the most exclusive men's shirt
store in town. Judd's always had the best selection of Leonardo
Strausi, Italian knits, and Highboy dress shirts. These prices were
sky high! To this day I don't know where we got the money to buy a
$75. Knit shirt (because I was not that slick) It probably took 3
months to get it out of the layaway, at $5.00 a week. But once you
had it, you would be superfly.
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