The "5" Royales

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Think 02:34 Tools
Dedicated to the One I Love 02:43 Tools
Baby Don't Do It 02:42 Tools
Catch That Teardrop 02:30 Tools
Help Me Somebody 03:12 Tools
the slummer the slum 02:30 Tools
Right Around The Corner 02:26 Tools
Laundromat Blues 02:24 Tools
I'm Gonna Run It Down 02:56 Tools
I Like It Like That 02:53 Tools
Say It 02:25 Tools
The Real Thing 02:13 Tools
I Ain't Getting Caught 02:40 Tools
i'm with you 04:19 Tools
Come On and Save Me 02:19 Tools
Tears Of Joy 02:42 Tools
Monkey Hips And Rice 02:57 Tools
Tell The Truth 02:19 Tools
I'm on the Right Road Now 02:40 Tools
Just As I Am 02:28 Tools
I Do 02:34 Tools
Thirty Second Lover 02:29 Tools
Mohawk Squaw 02:42 Tools
Don't Be Ashamed 02:32 Tools
Help Yourself 02:27 Tools
Do The Cha Cha Cherry 02:19 Tools
Messin' Up 02:48 Tools
Women About to Make Me Go Crazy 02:34 Tools
Crazy Crazy Crazy 02:45 Tools
I'd Better Make a Move 02:20 Tools
I Got To Know 02:32 Tools
I Know It's Hard But It's Fair 02:40 Tools
Courage to Love 02:25 Tools
They Don't Know 02:17 Tools
It Hurts Inside 02:40 Tools
Too Much Lovin' 03:01 Tools
Wonder Where Your Love Has Gone 02:41 Tools
One Mistake 02:56 Tools
School Girl 02:46 Tools
Baby, Don't Do It 02:45 Tools
My Sugar Sugar 03:00 Tools
Get Something Out of It 02:31 Tools
Slummer the Slum 02:41 Tools
Someone Made You for Me 02:38 Tools
Baby Take All of Me 02:36 Tools
Miracle of Love 02:48 Tools
Your Only Love 02:48 Tools
Crazy, Crazy, Crazy 02:45 Tools
I Need Your Lovin' Baby 00:00 Tools
When I Get Like This 02:40 Tools
My Baby Takes All Of Me 00:00 Tools
My Wants For Love 00:00 Tools
Tell Me You Care 03:02 Tools
All Righty 02:34 Tools
Don't Let It Be in Vain 01:59 Tools
Let Me Come Back Home 02:20 Tools
You Didn't Learn It At Home 00:00 Tools
Double or Nothing 02:05 Tools
You Know I Know 02:37 Tools
Behave Yourself 00:00 Tools
Baby Don’t Do It 02:48 Tools
Cry Some More 02:37 Tools
The Feeling Is Real 00:00 Tools
Don't Give No More Than You Can Take 02:37 Tools
I Could Love You 02:13 Tools
Mine Forevermore 00:00 Tools
Every Dog Has His Day 00:00 Tools
When You Walked Through The Door 02:48 Tools
(Something Moves Me) Within My Heart 00:00 Tools
When I Get Like This (Silver And Gold) 02:39 Tools
Do Unto You 00:00 Tools
Good Things 02:36 Tools
Take Me With You Baby 00:00 Tools
Six O'Clock In The Morning 02:36 Tools
Not Going To Cry 02:34 Tools
Much In Need 02:36 Tools
How I Wonder 00:00 Tools
Devil With The Rest 02:45 Tools
I'm Standing In The Shadows 02:34 Tools
Give Me One More Chance 02:46 Tools
Why 02:45 Tools
Please, Please, Please 00:00 Tools
I Want to Thank You 03:06 Tools
Too Much Of A Little Bit 02:28 Tools
What's That 02:11 Tools
I Am Thinking 03:06 Tools
She Did Me Wrong 02:33 Tools
Someone Made Me For You 02:57 Tools
Too Much Lovin' (Much Too Much) 02:58 Tools
Goof Ball 02:42 Tools
I Can't Stand Losing You 02:29 Tools
I Want It Like That 02:21 Tools
Mowhawk Squaw 02:11 Tools
Please Please Be Mine 02:58 Tools
Good Looking Woman 02:17 Tools
I Wanna Thank You 02:34 Tools
If You Don't Need Me 02:16 Tools
I'm Gonna Tell Them 00:00 Tools
Put Something In It (With All Your Heart) 03:02 Tools
Mine Forever 02:16 Tools
Let Nothing Separate Me 03:15 Tools
What's In The Heart 00:00 Tools
See, Hear And Know Nothing 02:36 Tools
Come Over Here 03:12 Tools
Whne You Walked Through The Door 02:47 Tools
With All Your Heart 02:54 Tools
Show Me 03:10 Tools
School Rice 02:47 Tools
Talk About My Woman 01:56 Tools
i could love you if you let me 02:13 Tools
Faith 02:13 Tools
What's That? 02:11 Tools
Monkey, Hips and Rice 03:10 Tools
Help Me, Somebody 02:57 Tools
Journey's End 02:46 Tools
Real Thing 02:13 Tools
Time For Everything 02:13 Tools
Take all of me 02:11 Tools
Send Me Somebody 02:17 Tools
Too Much Lovin' - Much To Much 03:02 Tools
Help Me Somebody (Digitally Remastered) 03:02 Tools
All Right 02:17 Tools
Bedside Of A Neighbor 02:24 Tools
All Righty! 02:32 Tools
Think-1957-King 02:46 Tools
So God Can Use Me 02:37 Tools
Everybody Knows 03:04 Tools
Solid Rock 02:36 Tools
I'm A Cool Teenager 02:36 Tools
When I Get Like This (Silver And Gold) - King 4806 02:17 Tools
I Wanna Rest 02:45 Tools
Put Something In It 00:00 Tools
Help me Sombody 02:17 Tools
Now Baby Don't Do It 02:47 Tools
Mr. Moon Man 00:30 Tools
Let Nothing Seperate Me (Royal Sons Quintet) 03:15 Tools
Don’t Be Ashamed 00:30 Tools
Much In Need - Original 02:57 Tools
Dedicated to the One I Love - Number One 02:47 Tools
Know Nothing 02:36 Tools
Please Please Please 02:47 Tools
Take All of Me (Baby) 02:20 Tools
Please, Please, Be Mine 02:36 Tools
I’d Better Make a Move 02:20 Tools
Roll With the Punch 02:47 Tools
Jail Bird 00:30 Tools
Mine For Evermore 02:47 Tools
Baby, Take All Of Me 02:47 Tools
Come On Let's Have A Good Time 00:30 Tools
6 O'Clock in the Morning 02:20 Tools
When I Got Like This 02:36 Tools
When You Walked In Through The Door 02:36 Tools
Doin' Everything 02:52 Tools
Let Nothing Seperate Me 02:36 Tools
Never Turn Your Back 02:52 Tools
Someone Made For You 02:52 Tools
I'm A Cool Teenager (Undubbed Version) 02:52 Tools
Baby Dont Do it 02:52 Tools
Put Something in It (With All Your Heart) [Alternate Version] 02:52 Tools
When I Wonder 00:30 Tools
Help Me Somebody - Original 02:52 Tools
It Hurt's Inside 02:20 Tools
I Know It’s Hard But It’s Fair 03:02 Tools
Messin’ Up 02:51 Tools
I'm on the Right Road Now  02:20 Tools
Pumpkin Pie 02:20 Tools
Do Unto To You 02:20 Tools
Come On & Save Me 02:20 Tools
Don't Give More Than You Can Take 03:02 Tools
30 Second Lover 00:30 Tools
Monkey Hips & Rice 00:30 Tools
Put Something In It (Alternate Version) 02:20 Tools
Don't Give Me More Than You Can Take 03:02 Tools
Too Much Lovin(much Too Much) 02:20 Tools
The Slummer the Slum - King 5153 02:20 Tools
Think (Remastered) 03:02 Tools
Here It 'Tis Right Here 03:02 Tools
Just Can't Do Me This Way 03:02 Tools
Talk About My Woman, Pt. 1 03:02 Tools
Catch The Teardrop 03:02 Tools
5 Royales Don't Let It Be In Vain6 02:20 Tools
Standing in the Shadows 03:02 Tools
Raindrops Keep A-Fallin' 03:02 Tools
5 Royales Don't Let It Be In Vain7 02:20 Tools
Please, Please Be Mine 02:32 Tools
Too Much Lovin' - Much To Much (Digitally Remastered) 03:02 Tools
Mohawk Squawk 03:02 Tools
I Ain't Gettin' Caught 03:02 Tools
5 Royales Don't Let It Be In Vain3 03:02 Tools
Mr. Moon Man Pt 1 & Pt 2 03:02 Tools
Crazy, Crazy, Crazy (1953) 03:02 Tools
Stompenin' Stomp 03:02 Tools
(I'm) Gonna Spend My Money 03:02 Tools
The Summer The Slum 03:02 Tools
Help Me Somebody [12Ag] 03:02 Tools
Talk About My Women Pt. 2 03:02 Tools
Take Me With You Babjy 03:02 Tools
With All Your Heart (Put Something in It) 03:02 Tools
Help Me Somebody - Digitally Remastered 03:02 Tools
( Something Moves Me ) Within My Heart 03:02 Tools
Didn't We Fool Them 03:02 Tools
The Slummer The Slum, aka Stompenin' Stomp (Alternate Take) 03:02 Tools
Laundromat Blues (feat. Charlie ''Little Jazz'' Ferguson & His Orchestra) 03:02 Tools
They Don't Know - Original 03:02 Tools
Laundromat Blues - The 5 Royals 03:02 Tools
Think (unreleased) 03:02 Tools
Get Something Out Of It (Alt Take 2) 03:02 Tools
Mine forever more 03:02 Tools
Here It 'Tis, Right Here 03:02 Tools
Jailbird 03:02 Tools
Think (1957) 03:02 Tools
Talk About My Woman, Pt. 2 03:02 Tools
There's Somebody Over There 03:02 Tools
Washboard TAKE 1. 03:02 Tools
I Like It Like That (1954) 03:02 Tools
I Wanna Thank Youi Wanna Thank You 03:02 Tools
I Know Its Hard But Its Fair 03:02 Tools
Courage To Love (Released September 1952) 03:02 Tools
Come On And Save Me (Alt Take 2) 03:02 Tools
The Real Thing (Alt Take 2) 03:02 Tools
Can't Stand Losing You 03:02 Tools
Too Much Lovin' (Much Too Much) 03:02 Tools
It Won't Be Long (aka Soul House) 03:02 Tools
Just As I Am (Alt Takes 3 & 4) 03:02 Tools
Rain Drops Keep A-Fallin' 03:02 Tools
I Need Your Lovin Baby 03:02 Tools
Baby Don´t Do It 03:02 Tools
Roll With The Punches 03:02 Tools
Help Me Somebody {1953} 03:02 Tools
Tears Of Joy (1957) 03:02 Tools
Talk About My Woman Pt.1 03:02 Tools
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The "5" Royales was a rhythm and blues (R&B) band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that combined gospel, jump blues and doo wop, marking an early and influential step in the evolution of soul music. Most of their big R&B hits were recorded from 1952 to 1953 and written by guitarist Lowman "Pete" Pauling; later cover versions of the band's songs hit the Top 40, including "Dedicated to the One I Love" (The Shirelles, the Mamas & the Papas), "Tell the Truth" (Ray Charles), and "Think" (James Brown). Brown modeled his first band after the "5" Royales, and both Eric Clapton and legendary Stax guitarist Steve Cropper cite Pauling as a key influence. Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger covered "Think" on his 1993 solo album Wandering Spirit. Originally the Royal Sons Quintet, the group began recording for Apollo Records in the early 1950s, changing its name to the Royals after abandoning gospel for secular music. The group paired Pauling with vocalists Jimmy Moore, Obadiah Carter, and Otto Jeffries, with Johnny Tanner singing lead. Later Tanner's younger brother, Eugene, would replace Jeffries. The robust Johnny Tanner sang lead on most of the group's hits, including "Think," although the sweeter-voiced Eugene Tanner stepped to the microphone for the group's best-known song, "Dedicated to the One I Love." "Baby Don't Do It" and "Help Me Somebody" became hits in 1953, but the group soon signed to Cincinnati's King Records. In addition to heartfelt odes like "Dedicated to the One I Love," Pauling also wrote comic and risque tunes, including "Monkey Hips and Rice," later the title of a two-CD anthology of the group's music released by Rhino Records in 1994. Pauling used an extra-long strap for his guitar, sometimes playing it down around his knees for comic effect. The group shared stages with all the major R&B artists of the 1950s, including Sam Cooke and Ray Charles, once substituting for the latter's Raelettes at a show in Durham, North Carolina. Confusion arose when two groups of Royals began touring, the other led by Detroit R&B legend Hank Ballard. According to members of the "5" Royales, the confusion peaked in 1953 when an unscrupulous promoter booked Ballard's group in Winston-Salem, trying to pass the Detroit band off as its native-son namesakes, much to the chagrin of a local audience. Shortly thereafter, the air cleared when Winston-Salem's Royals became the "5" Royales and Detroit's Royals became the Midnighters. Ironically, both artists would have hits at King working with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame producer Ralph Bass, becoming good friends and routinely competing in battles of the bands at clubs like Atlanta's Royal Peacock in that city's Sweet Auburn section. Ballard's group gained fame for originating "The Twist", later a monster dance craze and hit for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame excludee Chubby Checker, and for its risque series of "Annie" songs, including "Work With Me Annie" and "Annie Had a Baby." With King, "Think" and "Tears of Joy" became hits for the "5" Royales in 1957, while some of their lesser-known tracks from this period are now critically acclaimed as innovative. Veteran rock critic Dave Marsh chose the 1958 "5" Royales hit "The Slummer the Slum" as one of the top 1001 singles of all time in his book The Heart of Rock and Soul, crediting Pauling with capturing the first intentional use of guitar feedback on record, years before better-known squawks from the Beatles, Yardbirds, and Velvet Underground. In the 1960s, R&B gradually gave way to more polished soul music and the Royales' career waned rapidly. The "5" Royales broke up in 1965, though various combinations of musicians would tour under the group's name into the 1970s. For a time Pauling continued recording with pianist and frequent Royales collaborator Royal Abbitt as El Pauling and the Royalton. Pauling's brother, Clarence Paul, a former member of the Royal Sons Quintet, found success as a producer and songwriter at Motown Records in the 1960s. Most of the group's members survived well into the 1990s, but not Pauling. After years of struggle with alcohol dependency, he ended up working as a night watchman at a Manhattan church and died of an apparent seizure on December 26, 1973. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.