The Safaris
Led by Jimmy Stephens, the light-singing Safaris hit the first time out with "Image of a Girl" (number seven Billboard) in 1960 on Eldo Records, but the So Cal based group never had another one. The calypso-ish, amateurish "Girl With the Story in Her Eyes" looked promising before it withered off the map. And "In the Still of the Night" and "Soldier of Fortune" (1961 releases) didn't attract any attention. Severing their ties with Eldo, the Safaris released "Legion of the Lost" in 1961 on Image Records. It was promptly lost in space as far as record buyers and DJs mattered. Late that same year, a final single by them came out, not as the Safaris, but as the Suddens. "Childish Ways" b/w "Garden of Love," which also served as the B-Side of "Legion of the Lost," dropped on Sudden Records and reached obscurity faster than a computer purchase. A remake of "Image of a Girl" provided Mark Wynter with a number 11 hit in the U.K. in 1962. After maybe two years of recording, the Safaris/Suddens became chapter members of the where are they now club society. "Girl With the Story..." is a popular item among oldie collectors.
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Diskografie
3 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Image of a Girl
Jazz - Erschienen bei Black Sheep Music am 14.05.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Image of a Girl
Jazz - Erschienen bei Stars and Stripes am 14.05.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Image of a Girl (Billboard Hot 100 - No 6)
Rock - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 07.02.2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo