LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS "WE ARE THE IMPERIALS" ORIG. END#303 (1959) HEAR

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ARTIST : LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS

TITLE: WE ARE THE IMPERIALS  

REMARKS: ONE OF THE GREATEST DOOWOP LPs EVER......LATER REISSUED UNDER THE "EMUS" LABEL AND ON A MULTI-COLOR "END" LABEL!!!!...THIS IS IT!!!!

IN 1960 WE WERE (SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO) IN WITH THE AMERICAN BANDSTAND TV SHOW AND OURS "TEENAGER'S MATINEE" AFTERNOON TV SHOW HOSTED BY OUR OWN DICK CLARK.... MR. ALFRED D. HERGER...SUCH MEMORIES...TEARS ON MY PILLOW WAS THE GREATEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD's "GARAGE" DANCES, BUT WE HAD A SUPER AMATEUR GROUP THAT KEPT PRACTICING WITH "TWO PEOPLE IN THE WORLD" (TEARS FLIP SIDE) BUT WITH THAT FALSETTO WE COULD HARDLY DID IT...THIS IS IT!

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. 

Little Anthony and the Imperials 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, Little Anthony 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.

Little Anthony returned in 1963, replacing Seymour. The group's classic line-up – Gourdine, Ernest Wright, Clarence Collins, and Sammy 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), and "Out of Sight, Out Of Mind" (1969). 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 height of their career, the group made two appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, at the time television's top talent showcase, on March 28th, 1965, and again on January 25th, 1970.  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", "Better Use Your Head", "If I Remember To Forget", "Yesterday Has Gone", and the Thom Bell-produced "Help Me Find A Way (To Say I Love You)".

A1  Tears On My Pillow  2:12  

A2  Over The Rainbow  2:12  

A3  Cha Cha Henry  2:16  

A4  The Diary  2:30  

A5  Oh Yeah  2:12  

A6  Two People In The World  2:38  

B1  When You Wish Upon A Star  2:34  

B2  Wishful Thinking  2:40  

B3  So Much  2:18  

B4  Traveling Stranger  2:00  

B5  What Did I Do  2:49  

B6  Love Is A Many Splendord Thing  2:18 

WEB & BLOG REMARKS: "A MUST FOR DOOWOP/SOUL COLLECTORS"

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We Are LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - clean Vinyl LP 

End price: USD 100

End date: 2012-01-28

Start price: USD 100

Start date: 2012-01-10

Number of  bids: 1

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End 303 (mono)

Record Grade: VG+ (some light ticks on the intro, otherwise a nice clean player with ample vinyl gloss)

Cover Grade: VG++ (very nice with all seams completely intact)

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