THE EXCITERS - I WANT YOU TO BE MY BOY

The Masters had a sister group, the Masterettes, which consisted of Brenda Reid, Carol Johnson, Lillian Walker, and Sylvia Wilbur. They also had a single record on Le Sage: "Follow The Leader" and "Never Never," with Brenda in the lead. For some reason, Buster Cottman didn't like Herb Rooney and forced him out of the Masters soon after "Crying My Heart Out" was released. Herb then joined the Masterettes, which caused Sylvia Wilbur to leave.
The group came to the attention of producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who were so excited that they renamed them the Exciters and told to learn "Tell Him." Before the next session, Penny dropped out and Herb Rooney, who was there to help out only with the arrangements, a bass was added... few months later, they had a monster hit with "Tell Him." The group signed with United Artists Records in the fall of 1962 and by December 1st had entered the Billboard charts with "Tell Him," which made it all the way to number four Pop on January 26, 1963, and number five R&B. Reid's no-nonsense, tough girl vocal, the group's vocal blend, and a sure fire Bert Burns composition made "Tell Him" a whole new dimension in girl group rock and roll. Their follow up "He's Got the Power" was even stronger. This song was written by Ellie Greenwich with Tony Powers before she began writing with Jeff Barry, was a driving teen rocker that opened with "yeah, yeah, yeah" two years before the Beatles made those words an international trademark. It only went to number fifty-seven in the spring of 1963. Ellie Greenwich once said that Reid had one of the best female voices she had ever heard.

The third single "Get Him" had a dynamite lyric and driving melody that was set in an overly sweet arrangement, nullifying Reid's pleading lead. It only reached number seventy-six that summer.

The fourth single was an overlooked gem written by Greenwich and Barry (#78). Over looked only until Manfred Mann heard it, recorded and took "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" to number one internationally eight months after the Exciters first charted with it.

The groups next 45, the up-tempo "Havin' My Fun" failed to chart and the Exciters moved over to Roulette Records. there they did a remake of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers hit "I Want You to Be My Boy." It spent one week at ninety-eight.

During this time the Exciters were touring with artists like Wilson Pickett and as an opening act for the Beatles.

In early 1966 the group charted with the Jarmels hit "A Little Bit of Soap"(#58).

Herb and Brenda married in the late sixties. By the early seventies Walker and Johnson had left and were replaced by Skip McPhee and Ronnie Pace. The group continued to tour the US and abroad, eventually shrinking to a duo of Brenda and Herb.
CREDIT INFO : www.history-of-rock.com/exciters.htm

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[traintogirlstown]

that's totally crazyyy!!!!! sounds soooo nice!!! give me my time machine keyz daddy pleazzzz!!!

[Soulie70]

@traintogirlstown LOL...Thankyou for dropping by and have a nice weekend!!!

[tellit2]

Second Play,

Epic Clip Note's.

[Soulie70]

@tellit2 Thanks Steve :-)

[niteowl147]

Nice one Birthday Girl xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Soulie70]

@niteowl147 Thankyou :-) XXXXXXXXXX

[sisreid]

thank you soulie70 so much.

From Brenda

[sisreid]

oops , lol darn nails, I meant to say, this is Brenda and I'm the Lead singer lol excuse my mis splelling but I still meant every word I said love you

[sisreid]

thuis is brenda, led singer of the exciters. Thank you all for your wondeful comments and your love for our music. You all mean the world to me. God Bless

[Vincent50]

I heard this song for the first time when I joined a record club in 1966. One of the albums were hits from 1964 and this song was on it. It would take me years to know who the Exciters were when I saw a clip of them singing "Tell Him" on the Girl Groups cd. Then I put two and two together and realized this song and Tell Him were the same group. I was a kid back then but to find out who this group was amazed me in the early 80s when I bought the Girl Group cd. Great vocals.

[latefor]

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[latefor]

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