Little Anthony

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Tears On My Pillow 02:16 Tools
better use your head 00:00 Tools
Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop 02:09 Tools
Tears on My Pillow - Remastered 02:09 Tools
Hurt So Bad 02:18 Tools
Going Out of My Head 02:29 Tools
Goin' out of my head 02:39 Tools
Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop 04:40 Tools
I'm Still In Love With You 02:30 Tools
When You Wish Upon A Star 02:35 Tools
Gonna Fix You Good (Every Time You're Bad) 02:09 Tools
Two People In The World 02:37 Tools
Must Be Fallin' In Love 02:37 Tools
Must Be Falling In Love 02:10 Tools
It's Not The Same 02:23 Tools
The Diary 02:33 Tools
River Path 02:53 Tools
Somebody 02:12 Tools
Over The Rainbow 02:13 Tools
You 02:07 Tools
I'm Alright 02:26 Tools
A Prayer And A Jukebox 02:28 Tools
So Much 02:34 Tools
Lift Up Your Heads 02:17 Tools
Prove It Tonight 02:00 Tools
Traveling Stranger 02:03 Tools
The Fires Burn No More 02:06 Tools
Take Me Back 02:41 Tools
My Empty Room 02:31 Tools
Please Say You Want Me 02:47 Tools
So Near And Yet So Far 02:56 Tools
Wishful Thinking 02:43 Tools
Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing 02:20 Tools
Oh Yeah 02:22 Tools
Gonna Fix You Good 02:28 Tools
Cha Cha Henry 02:20 Tools
I'm On The Outside Looking In 03:01 Tools
I'm Taking A Vacation From Love 02:04 Tools
What Did I Do 02:47 Tools
The Wonder of it All 02:20 Tools
Only Sympathy 02:13 Tools
Don't Get Around Much Anymore 02:54 Tools
Dream 02:30 Tools
Bayou Bayou Baby 02:26 Tools
What Greater Love 02:28 Tools
All Or Nothing At All 02:50 Tools
I'm On The Outside 03:00 Tools
This Love Of Mine 02:43 Tools
I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night 02:44 Tools
They Say It's Wonderful 02:57 Tools
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening 02:30 Tools
I've Got A Crush On You 02:45 Tools
If You Are But A Dream 02:51 Tools
Formula Of Love 02:47 Tools
I Cover The Waterfront 02:22 Tools
Undecided 02:00 Tools
It Just Ain't Fair 02:14 Tools
Going Out of My Mind 01:56 Tools
Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bopy 02:51 Tools
Limbo (Pts 1 & 2) 05:17 Tools
Electric Together 02:56 Tools
That Lil O' Lovemaker Me 01:56 Tools
World Without Love 02:11 Tools
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop 03:01 Tools
Travelling Stranger 02:03 Tools
Ooh Look A There Ain't She Pretty 02:41 Tools
Help Me Find A Way (To Say I Love You) 03:01 Tools
Love'S The Only Way To Survive 02:03 Tools
I'll Never Smile Again 02:45 Tools
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop 02:08 Tools
You're My One And Only 02:03 Tools
A Prayer And A Juke Box 02:03 Tools
Hurt 02:11 Tools
Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop - Single Version 02:11 Tools
Hurts So Bad 02:11 Tools
Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko Ko Bop (1959 #24) 02:11 Tools
Yesterday Has Gone 02:08 Tools
Nobody But Me 02:08 Tools
I Miss You So 02:08 Tools
Shimmy Shimmy Coco Pop 02:08 Tools
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Pop 02:08 Tools
Get Out of My Life 02:08 Tools
Your Love 02:56 Tools
Nothing From Nothing 02:56 Tools
It´s Not The Same 02:08 Tools
Tears On My Pillow - Original Mix 02:08 Tools
I'm on the Outside (Looking In) 02:08 Tools
The Ten Commandments Of Love 02:08 Tools
Shimmy Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop 02:08 Tools
i don't have time to worry 02:08 Tools
USE YOUR HEAD 02:08 Tools
It's Not for Me 02:08 Tools
Out of Sight, Out of Mind 02:08 Tools
Cha-Cha Henry 02:56 Tools
Oldies - 60s - Little Anthony - Shimmy Shimmy Coco Pop 02:09 Tools
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In 1957, a doo-wop group known as the Chesters existed with members Clarence Collins, Tracy Lord, Nathaniel Rodgers, and Ronald Ross. Anthony Gourdine, a former member of the Duponts, joined as lead vocalist. Ernest Wright took over from Ross, and the group recorded briefly for Apollo Records.[citation needed] Changing their name to the Imperials, they signed with End Records in 1958. Their first single was "Tears on My Pillow", which was an instant hit. (While playing this song, D.J. Alan Freed came up with the name "Little Anthony".) The B-side, "Two People in the World", was also a hit. The group followed up with "Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko Ko Bop" in 1960. When their success dwindled in 1961, Gourdine left to attempt a solo career. Some members left, and the line-up then became Collins, Wright, Sammy Strain, and George Kerr. Kerr was replaced by Kenny Seymour after a short time. This line-up had little success.[citation needed] Gourdine returned in 1963, replacing Seymour. The group's classic line-up – Gourdine, Wright, Collins, and Strain – was now complete. With the help of record producer/songwriter Teddy Randazzo (a childhood friend of the group), the Imperials found success on the new DCP (Don Costa Productions) label with the dramatic pop-soul records "I'm On The Outside (Looking In)" (1964), "Goin' Out Of My Head" (1964), "Hurt So Bad" (1965), "I Miss You So" (1965), "Take Me Back" (1965), "Hurt" (1966), "Better Use Your Head" (1966), and "Out of Sight, Out Of Mind" (1969).[2] In 1965, the Imperials appeared on the CBS-TV special Murray The K - It's What's Happening, Baby, where they performed "I'm Alright" before a live audience in New York at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre. At the height of their career, the group made two appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, at the time television's top talent showcase, on March 28, 1965, and again on January 25, 1970.[3][4] They also performed on many other popular television variety shows during the sixties, including Shindig!, Hullabaloo, Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, Dick Clark's American Bandstand, and The Tonight Show. The Imperials then joined United Artists Records and were assigned to its Veep Records subsidiary, and then to the parent label itself, where they recorded "World Of Darkness", "If I Remember To Forget", "Yesterday Has Gone", and the Thom Bell-produced "Help Me Find A Way (To Say I Love You)". Albums from this era include: Reflections, Payin' Our Dues, Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (named after their hit cover of The Five Keys song), and Movie Grabbers, which included a rendition of "You Only Live Twice", the James Bond motion picture theme.[citation needed] They recorded three singles for Janus Records including "Father Father", which they later performed on the Merv Griffin Show. Then they went to Avco Records in the mid-1970s and recorded On A New Street,[5] and charted with the songs "La La La (At the End)" and "I'm Falling In Love With You". This album was produced by both Bell and Randazzo. A second LP for Avco Records entitled Hold On was withdrawn from sale in the USA after the failure of the title track to sell and AVCO's subsequent financial difficulties. The group appeared on Soul Train on May 26, 1973. By this time, Strain and Wright had left the group, although both would eventually return.[citation needed] Wright left in 1971 to join Tony Williams' Platters. He was replaced by the returning Kenny Seymour, who was again replaced after a short time by Bobby Wade. Strain left in 1972. He had a restaurant in Los Angeles and was not singing for three years; at the end of that period he was briefly a member of The Fandangos with Lonnie Cook and Alvin Walker. He also auditioned for the lead voice of Arpeggio. Strain had been replaced by Harold Jenkins as a member of The Imperials. He then joined The O'Jays as the replacement for original O'Jays member William Powell, who left the group due to illness. (Powell died of cancer shortly thereafter.) Jenkins had already been functioning as the group's choreographer. Jenkins and Seymour had previously performed together in the Impacts. Little Anthony left for a second (more successful) attempt at a solo career. The trio of Collins, Wade, and Jenkins continued as "the Imperials". Collins left in 1988, and was replaced by Sherman James. They then toured as "Bobby Wade's Imperials". James left in 1992, and was replaced by Ron Stevenson.[citation needed] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.