The Delicates - Black And White Thunderbird - 1959

Many people have never heard of The Delicates, but most have unknowingly heard them...The Delicates never had a national hit, and yet, their wonderful voices can still be heard and appreciated in the many hits they graced with their background voices, and now their own rare singles can be accessed and heard via their wonderful and beautiful website- http://jerseygirlssing.com/index.html

"Black and White Thuderbird" was one of their biggest regional hits and captures the Delicates at their vocal best.

Being a huge girl group fan, I came to know of the Delicates through my constant research on the subject and I am glad I did. These ladies are a class act and truly appreciate their fans. So here is a tribute to the wonderful "Delicates"- Denise, Peggy and Arleen.

The following is a brief biography of this group taken from their website:

The Delicates

The Delicates were formed in Belleville, New Jersey in 1959, when three classmates of Belleville Elementary School #8, Denise Ferri, Arleen Lanzotti and Peggy Santiglia joined their respective talents together to form the trio. The name Delicates was chosen because the parents of Denise Ferri happened to own a DELICATESsen ! The Delicates were a Brill Building girl group that recorded for four different record companies during the course of their career: Tender, Unart, United Artists and Roulette. The Delicates were in time introduced to the legendary DJ Murray the K and became his dancing girls. They were regulars on his radio show on 1010 WINS, New York, and wrote and recorded the Submarine Race Watcher's Theme which opened and closed his show. The Delicates also appeared on many of the television shows devoted to pop music of the day: Alan Freed's Big Beat, the Clay Cole Show, Rate the Record, American Bandstand, Connecticut Bandstand and Joe Franklin's Memory Lane. On stage they were seen as part of Murray the K's holiday shows at the Brooklyn Fox and the Brooklyn Paramount theaters, the State Theater Connecticut, the Commack Long Island Arena and at Palisades Park in New Jersey. The girls also toured with Clay Cole's Twist-a-Rama, replacing the Ronettes. The Delicates were unique in that they penned most of the songs they recorded, although the trio also recorded songs written by Jeff Barry and Doc Pomus. One special song written and recorded by the girls was Black and White Thunderbird for the Unart label. It was released in June 1959, and because of much airplay it became a significant hit in the New York metropolitan area. The song is much loved by girl group aficionados even today. After some 48 years, Black and White Thunderbird was chosen by Disney/Pixar for inclusion on a CD entitled Lightning McQueen's Fast Tracks, which was inspired by the movie Cars. That CD made the Top 10 on Billboard's Kids' Audio Charts. The song was also chosen by the same Disney producer, Fred Mollin, to become part of a second CD, Buddy Songs.

In the mid-60's, Denise Ferri and Peggy Santiglia teamed up with former Starlet/Angel Bernadette Carroll of Party Girl fame to do commercials and lucrative back-up work for many big name singers, including Frankie Valli, Patty Duke, Kitty Kallen, Connie Francis, Frankie Lymon, Teddy Randazzo and Al Martino. However, the new trio are best remembered for their work with Lou Christie's MGM recordings Lightning Strikes, Rhapsody in the Rain, Trapeze and many more.

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• pop
• rock
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• 1959
• Thunderbird
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• Jersey
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• Christie

[tmalvadeza]

Cool video.

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[boopkid]

Thanks! =D

[willbashem]

WOW!! this is GOOD.

[boopkid]

Thanks for posting!

[1400deadwood]

Cool video! The girls sure were cute and your pics are fabulous.

[boopkid]

Thanks. They were three sweethearts,I am sure they appreciate these great comments.

[turbo1964]

wow, new music is new if it's new to you. I'm a huge girl group / brill bldg. sound fan, and never heard of the Delicates. Thanks for exposing me to their gem.

[surfrider1962]

US : United Artists / UNART RECORDS UR 2017, 1959

[LuisaRayn]

And now 16 times again !!

[copperknickers]

anybody know where i can get the lyrics for this track?

[catchrnthkudzu]

Check out the Cackle Sisters

[PS109VanBurenHigh]

Hey everybody, check out two more Delicates songs I've uploaded that haven't appeared here yet - "Meusurry" and the flip side "Ringa Ding." Enjoy.

[JohnnyGNV]

The BEST singers usually don't achieve "fame" but really, if truth be known, the most talented singers have sung background for many less talented singers. Technically, the best singers in the business have sung TV and Radio commercials, have sung for non singing actors in films, and these three gals heard here are the perfect example. While not achieving household-name fame, that in no way dimishes their talent.

[stevestheboy1]

@mralwaysrockin hey there mr always steve terry here mate used to hang around wiv gary brett ray and a crowd of other guys still rockin goin to hemsby in a fortnite,some of the gang r no longer wiv us mate. but memories stay ,used to go to the lion n key the rabbits and the greyhound,get back bruv we can chat further take care

[carlover89]

my dad owns a black and white 1960 thunderbird....we listening to this on a sunny day. flashback

[mralwaysrockin]

Probably first heard this at the Lyceum in London way, way back during one of the fantastic rock 'n' roll nights in the 70's.....Still think of those days long ago & whatever happened to the East London Rebels ?

[gayboylaca]

Thank you for the history of the Delicates and sharing this song.