The Larks

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The Jerk 02:32 Tools
My Reverie 02:23 Tools
Eyesight to the Blind 02:52 Tools
Coffee Cigarettes and Tears 02:53 Tools
It's Unbelievable 02:17 Tools
Stolen Love 03:10 Tools
How Long Must I Wait for You? 02:31 Tools
Christmas to New Year's 02:17 Tools
Rockin' In the Rocket Room 02:32 Tools
Lucy Brown 02:55 Tools
Honey from the Bee 02:46 Tools
Hey Little Girl 02:46 Tools
All I Want For Christmas 03:18 Tools
I Want You Back 03:11 Tools
How Long Must I Wait for You 03:11 Tools
When I Leave These Prison Walls 03:00 Tools
Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears 02:33 Tools
I Ain't Fattening Frogs for Snakes 02:38 Tools
For The Love Of Money 01:58 Tools
Maggie Maggie Maggie 02:33 Tools
Tareki 01:58 Tools
Os-Ca-Lu-Ski-O 02:35 Tools
I Want Her To Love Me 02:55 Tools
How Long Must I Wait 02:26 Tools
In My Lonely Room 03:01 Tools
Margie 02:35 Tools
I Don't Believe in Tomorrow 02:37 Tools
Little Side Car 02:40 Tools
Darlin' 02:58 Tools
Forget It 02:43 Tools
Coffee Cigarettes and Tears - Coffee 02:33 Tools
Hold Me 02:45 Tools
Holiday. 02:18 Tools
Ooh... It Feels So Good 02:27 Tools
Lonely This Christmas 02:33 Tools
Shadrack 02:19 Tools
Billy Graham 02:58 Tools
Christmas To New Years 03:08 Tools
Tippin' In 02:26 Tools
All Or Nothing Girl 03:25 Tools
Groovin At The Go-Go (Inst) 02:37 Tools
THE JERK, 1964 MONEY RECORDS 02:34 Tools
Coffee, Cigarettes & Tears 02:35 Tools
Come Back Baby 02:46 Tools
Lost My Love Yesterday 02:31 Tools
It's Unbelievable /the Larks 02:18 Tools
There Is A Girl 02:34 Tools
Whatever You Say 02:31 Tools
Groovin at the Go-Go 02:37 Tools
I Live True To You 03:07 Tools
My Heart Cries For You 02:38 Tools
The Ducks 02:20 Tools
KIDS IN AMERICA [KIM WILDE ACOUSTIC COVE... 02:38 Tools
Larking With The Larks 02:20 Tools
Phantom Of The Bingo Hall 03:10 Tools
Maggie Maggie Maggie (Out Out Out) 02:30 Tools
Honey In the Rock 02:06 Tools
I Want You (Back) 02:58 Tools
Heavenly Father 02:52 Tools
Brother What It Is 08:06 Tools
i love you 00:30 Tools
Soul Jerk 02:26 Tools
Heartless 02:06 Tools
Forget Me 02:34 Tools
Maggy 02:35 Tools
No Mama No 00:00 Tools
DON'T GO ['YAZOO' ACOUSTIC COVER] 00:30 Tools
The Skate 02:39 Tools
Hello World 00:30 Tools
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 02:25 Tools
Let's Say A Prayer 02:58 Tools
Forget It (Digitally Remastered) 02:43 Tools
The Jerk (Rerecorded) 02:53 Tools
Jerk 02:34 Tools
Stranger In Town 00:00 Tools
The Jerk - Re-Recording 00:30 Tools
If It's A Crime 02:53 Tools
Town for Tomorrow 02:34 Tools
Research Station 02:34 Tools
On the Street Where You Live 02:28 Tools
Data Mine 02:28 Tools
Make Urn 02:58 Tools
Pain in the Neck 02:28 Tools
Who Walks In When I Walk Out 02:58 Tools
If You Were The Only Girl In The World 02:38 Tools
The Slauson Shuffle 02:58 Tools
(Ooh Baby) I Love You 02:53 Tools
Midnight Channel 02:39 Tools
Fabulous Cars and Diamond Rings 02:22 Tools
I Will Never Forget 02:43 Tools
Pienso En Tu Chica 02:22 Tools
Do the Jerk 02:22 Tools
Coffee Coffee, Cigarettes and Tears 02:33 Tools
Rockin' In The Rocket Room (Digitally Remastered) 02:50 Tools
Partnes:Teachers 02:35 Tools
Kids In America [Kim Wilde Acoustic Cover] 02:50 Tools
Ext Source 02:53 Tools
My Lost Love 02:22 Tools
Parents : Teachers 02:32 Tools
Tubular Hells 02:38 Tools
The Answer Came Too Late 02:45 Tools
Hopefully Yours 02:45 Tools
Fabulous Cars & Diamond Rings 02:59 Tools
I Am Sitting in a Tomb 02:45 Tools
I Can't Believe It 02:47 Tools
11-the_larks-coffee_cigarettes_and_tears-rare 03:35 Tools
I Need Someone to Love 03:35 Tools
Billy Graham's Going To Heaven 02:55 Tools
Philly Dog 02:41 Tools
It's Breaking My Heart 02:41 Tools
Dreaming Of You 02:34 Tools
No Other Girl 02:59 Tools
Heaven Only Knows 03:51 Tools
Darlin' (Unk) 02:41 Tools
Bells Of Love 02:39 Tools
Little Side Car (Digitally Remastered) 02:39 Tools
You're Gonna Lose Your Gal 02:55 Tools
Eyesight to the Blind [Alternate Take] 02:55 Tools
Groovin' at the go go 02:37 Tools
Jam Session 02:47 Tools
For The Love Of You 02:29 Tools
Groovin At the Go-Go (Instrumental) 02:37 Tools
The Roman 02:47 Tools
- Keep On Jerkin' 03:51 Tools
- Mickey's East Coast Jerk 03:51 Tools
Stalactites 03:51 Tools
Information Wants to Be Free 02:23 Tools
Ooh It Feels So Good 02:23 Tools
Another Sleepless Night 02:19 Tools
Rockin' In The Rocket Room (1954) 02:47 Tools
How Long Must I Wait For You (Digitally Remastered) 02:29 Tools
The Temptation Walk 03:51 Tools
Organ Failure 02:47 Tools
Readjustment 03:51 Tools
Holiday 03:51 Tools
She's A Good One 00:30 Tools
Mira 00:30 Tools
Let's Drink A Toast 03:16 Tools
Love Me True 02:47 Tools
Mickey's East Coast Jerk 02:47 Tools
How Long Must I Wait For You ? 02:47 Tools
Unbelievable 02:47 Tools
Little Side Car - Digitally Remastered 02:47 Tools
Larks 02:47 Tools
The Boat 03:51 Tools
Bird of Prayer I 03:51 Tools
Memory Aid 02:37 Tools
Evocation of Invocation 02:19 Tools
Tippin'in 02:19 Tools
Tareki (Original Mix) 02:23 Tools
Tippin in 02:23 Tools
Dedicated To You 02:37 Tools
Don't Cry 02:56 Tools
Rain 03:16 Tools
It Is Something 03:51 Tools
Vision of Half Sleep 03:51 Tools
Cigarettes Coffee & Tears 02:34 Tools
Bird of Prayer II 02:34 Tools
Altar Of Michael 02:34 Tools
Rockin'in The Rocketroom 02:47 Tools
When I Leave The Prison Walls 02:47 Tools
Coffee, Cigarettes, and Tears 02:56 Tools
Tareki - Alex D'Elia & Nihil Young Remix 02:56 Tools
Margie - Digitally Remastered 02:47 Tools
Slauson Shuffle 02:47 Tools
Continuation Outside Of Extent 02:47 Tools
Fear of Men 02:47 Tools
Bird of Prayer III 02:47 Tools
Darlin 02:19 Tools
You Must Believe Me 02:47 Tools
[Ooh Baby] I Love You 02:47 Tools
Slauson Shuffle #2 02:37 Tools
Keep On Forgetting 02:37 Tools
Margie (Digitally Remastered) 02:33 Tools
Eyesight To The Blind (Remastered) 03:16 Tools
Another Chance 03:16 Tools
Groovin at the go go 03:16 Tools
Tippin' In - Digitally Remastered 02:56 Tools
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The Larks were an African American vocal group, active in the early 1950s. They were not the same group as the Los Angeles-based Larks (originally The Meadowlarks) featuring Don Julian. Eugene "Gene" Mumford (June 24, 1925 - May 29, 1977) (tenor, lead) Alden "Allen" Bunn (also known later as Tarheel Slim) (September 24, 1924 – August 21, 1977) (baritone, lead, guitar) Thermon (or Thurmon) Ruth (known later as T. Ruth) (March 6, 1914 – September 13, 2002) (baritone, lead) Hadie Rowe Jr. (1928 - September 19, 1998) (baritone) David McNeil (1932 - January 8, 2005) (bass) Raymond "Pee Wee" Barnes (tenor) The story of the Larks begins in the late 1920s, when singer Thermon Ruth founded the Selah Jubilee Singers in New York, later basing them in Raleigh, North Carolina where they had a radio show. They recorded for Decca Records and other smaller labels in the 1940s, and their membership overlapped with other religious vocal groups in the area, including The Southern Harmonaires. In 1945, Ruth tried to persuade Eugene Mumford of one of these groups, The Four Interns, to join the Selah Jubilee Singers, but before he could do so, Mumford was charged with the attempted rape of a white woman, convicted and imprisoned. He was innocent of the crime and later received a full pardon. In 1946, Allen Bunn joined The Southern Harmonaires, and soon afterwards joined Thermon Ruth in the Selah Jubilee Singers as the group's guitarist and second lead singer. Three years later, Ruth and Bunn decided to leave to form a new group, The Jubilators. They linked up with Mumford, now released from prison, and with three members of The Southern Harmonaires, David McNeil, Hadie Rowe Jr., and Raymond "Pee Wee" Barnes. In 1950, the six-man group drove to New York to record. On one single day, they recorded 17 songs for four different labels, under four different names. Initially, billing themselves as the Selah Jubilee Singers, they recorded four gospel songs for Jubilee Records, before moving on to record as "The Jubilators" for Regal Records in New Jersey. Then they drove to Newark, recording four secular blues songs, including "Lemon Squeezer", as "The 4 Barons" for Savoy Records. Finally, they drove back to Apollo Records in Manhattan, where, as "The Southern Harmonaires", they recorded four more gospel tracks. However, Apollo owner Bess Berman realized the subterfuge. She signed them to a contract which allowed the other companies to release the other recordings, but wanted to promote them as a secular R&B rather than a gospel group. At this point the group became The Larks, named along the lines of other "bird" groups like The Ravens and The Orioles. Their earliest recordings featured Mumford on lead vocal, on "When I Leave These Prison Walls" and "My Reverie", the latter recorded after Rowe had left the group on being drafted into the Army. However, chart success did not come until later in 1951, when the blues "Eyesight To The Blind", with Bunn on lead vocals and guitar, made # 5 on the R&B charts. This was followed up by another R&B top ten hit, "Little Side Car", a reworking of Smokey Hogg’s "Too Many Drivers”. This period was the height of The Larks’ popularity – they appeared on the Perry Como and Arthur Godfrey TV shows, toured with Percy Mayfield, and recorded with Mahalia Jackson. Early in 1952, however, Bunn left for a solo career, first recording blues for Apollo, accompanied by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, and then moving to Bobby Robinson's Red Robin label in 1953 (as "Allen Baum"!). Barnes also left The Larks in early 1952 to become a R&B, jazz and rock 'n’ roll session guitarist. Shortly afterwards, McNeil also left to replace Bill Brown in The Dominoes. Thermon Ruth relocated back to North Carolina, and The Larks as a group effectively then ceased to exist for a while. Gene Mumford joined gospel group The Golden Gate Quartet, but in 1953 he decided to return to secular music. He recruited the quartet’s Orville Brooks and pianist Glenn Burgess, and singers David "Boots" Bowers and Isaiah Bing of the King Odom Four, this group then becoming the new incarnation of The Larks. Bess Berman at Apollo wanted the group to develop as a mainstream pop music group, rather than an R&B group, and they released a number of singles in that vein. They also appeared in the movie Rhythm & Blues Revue. However, commercial success eluded them, and the second Larks disbanded in 1955. Subsequent solo careers[edit source] Mumford first joined the Serenaders, and then joined David McNeil in Billy Ward & the Dominoes, where he replaced Jackie Wilson. As the Dominoes’ lead singer, he was responsible for two big hits in 1957, "Stardust" and "Deep Purple". Later, both Mumford and McNeil performed as members of a version of The Ink Spots. Mumford died in 1977. McNeil continued as a member of "The Fabulous Ink Spots" until 1989, dying in 2005. Thermon Ruth continued his activities as a prominent and influential deejay, MC and promoter, often billed as "T. Ruth". In 1955, he succeeded for the first time in the history of American entertainment in signing a gospel group, the Selah Jubilee Singers, to play in a commercial theater. Bunn continued his musical career after his early solo recordings, initially as manager and guitarist of R&B group The Wheels and then, in 1956, as one half of The Lovers with Anna Lee Sanford, who became his wife. The pair had a minor R&B hit in 1957 with "Darling It’s Wonderful", and another in 1959 with "It’s Too Late" on Bobby Robinson’s Fire label, this time credited as "Tarheel Slim and Little Ann". He also recorded in a rockabilly style, on songs such as 1959's "Number Nine Train". In the mid-sixties Tarheel and Ann recorded soul music, and in the early 1970s Tarheel Slim made further recordings including a largely solo blues album, "No Time At All", on Trix Records. As a result, Bunn performed at blues and folk festivals until his death in 1977. #2 - The Larks were Don Julian (1935-1998), Ted Walters and Charles Morrison. They had one top 40 hit "The Jerk which rose to #7 in 1964. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.