Vocaleers--One For my Baby(And One more For The Road)

in 1960, the Vocaleers recorded four songs for the Old Town Label. This time the group was Joe Duncan, Herman Dunham, Melvin Walton, tenor Leo Tiny Fuller (brought in by Herman), and (almost) Lamar Cooper. Actually, Lamar was at the session, all ready to go, but he got into a disagreement with Hy Weiss about something, and walked away. Consequently none of the tunes have a bass. The songs recorded were: Love And Devotion (led by Joe), This Is The Night (led by Herman), One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (led by Herman), and I'll Be There (led by Joe). One For My Baby was sung in a Flamingos-type arrangement (somewhat like I Only Have Eyes For You), but Weiss was unhappy with the way Herman did it, and it remains in the can to this day. The a&r man at the session was Henry Glover, who had worked at King/Federal for many years. Love And Devotion and This Is The Night were released in September, 1960, but went nowhere. The Vocaleers had gotten a new manager, named Scotty, who wasn't musically inclined. He and Hy Weiss managed to get into a fight, and that was the end of the group on Old Town.

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