The Maples 78 doo wop Chicago Blue Lake Fascinators '55
$
70
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The Maples 78 RPM record "I Must Forget You" b/w "99" Guys" on Blue Lake Records #111. Record is VG++ with clean labels. Winner to add $4 Media for shipping in the USA or $18 airmail to countries listed (insurance extra). Overseas sales above $75 add $10 for Registered US First Class International Mail for tracking purposes. Combine shipping on multiple records. DD
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ISNW_AP On Nov-09-08 at 15:49:29 PST, seller added the following information:
It was correctly pointed out to me that this group has no connection to the Fascinators. Here's some more info on the group:
The Maples were a one-time ad hoc gathering of vocal group singers who came together in November 1954. The Five Chances started working with singer Kenneth Childers, who was paying for his own sessions to get on record. Reggie Smith and Howard Pitman recalled the Five Chances (using the name Maples) making a recording with Childers. But it never got that far according to Johnny "Chubby" Jones (who was the lead singer for the Five Chances at the time). Rather, Jones arranged to back Childers at the recording session with an ad hoc group consisting of himself, Albert Hunter (from the Clouds), and Andrew Smith (from the Fasinoles). The record was "I Must Forget You" b/w "99 Guys" and the group was dubbed the Maples.
Like many Benson-produced jump sides, "99 Guys" gets a superb instrumental break--courtesy of Von Freeman on one of the tenor saxophonist's first recordings.
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