Yeah, Bill Brown was great, but this vocal is by Billy Ward himself, by this time Bill Brown had left to be a part of the cardinals
@ceruleanspaghetti
7 жыл бұрын
Alex Valenzi Bill Brown and Charlie White both left the Dominoes in early '52 to form The Checkers for King. None of the surviving members seemed to know who the Bill Brown sound alike is. Some speculated Billy Ward, but he couldn't pull this off. Joe Lamont was said to be able to sound similar to Brown, so that's my guess.
@Frnk_3
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@@ceruleanspaghettiI suggested it to Marv Goldberg a month or two ago over email. I always thought it was Joe, cause it mentions in Marv’s article (which you previously stated) that he was very capable of sounding like Bill. Marv even contacted Joe’s son Yusuf again and him and one of his sisters said it sounded like their dad. It’s scary cause it sounds almost EXACTLY like him too. While I do suspect Mr. Ward is on this record he’s probably playing piano and singing background baritone to replace Joe if he is up front. Currently, as of 2023, all members of the Dominoes who performed in a line up with Joe are dead. Joe himself died in 1991 at 71. Bill Brown died in 1956 or 58 in his early 30s, James Van Loan died in 1960 at 33, Clyde McPhatter died in 1972 at 39, Billy Ward died in 2002 at 81, Charlie White is said to have died in 2005 at 75, and finally later bass David McNeil also died in 2005 at 73.
@ceruleanspaghetti
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@@Frnk_3 I've always wondered what happened to Bill Brown after he was with The Checkers. 33 is so young. It's ironic that out of all of them that Charlie White lived that long since he had such a bad heroin addiction.
@Frnk_3
Жыл бұрын
@@ceruleanspaghettiSo weird right? Charlie had some minor successes The Checkers. He was in the Clovers from January to December 53. Also did solo cuts on the Winley Label as late as 59.
@Frnk_3
4 ай бұрын
@@ceruleanspaghettiSo I forgot about this upload until now and I came back to find it. Since then, some new info has come out from a source of mine. Apparently Bill died most likely in 1970-71. and was actually born in early 20s, similar to Joe Lamont. He died still quite young however and still very tragic. Charlie White my source also told me, was said to have died “long before that” I assume shortly after his last recordings in the late 50s.
@keithm5224
5 жыл бұрын
This isn’t the original
@hwgray
5 жыл бұрын
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@keithm5224
5 жыл бұрын
Yep, I have the 78. Great two sider. The other side is the haunting ballad “The Bells”
@Frnk_3
4 ай бұрын
This IS the original. A demo of sorts. Suspected to be Joe Lamont imitating Bill Brown (as suggested by me in Marv Goldberg’s article).
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