The Genies
This short-term group from Long Beach, Long Island recording career lasted three years, and five singles; they broke up a year after they started recording in 1958, but Warwick Records issued canned material until 1961. The original members -- Roy Hammond, Bill Gains, Alexander Faison, and Fred Jones -- formed in 1956. They didn't record until Brooklynite Claude Johnson came aboard. Johnson, the only member not from the Long Beach area, named them the Genies; he had sung with a Brooklyn group that included Eugene Pitt, who never sang with the Genies. Bob Shad, the owner of Shad Records, saw them singing on a beach and invited them to audition for his label. The result was "Who's That Knockin'," recorded in June 1958; but Shad didn't release it until March 1959, nearly a year later. It did well R&B but wallowed on the lower rungs of the pop chart at number 71.
Then without warning, second tenor Bill Gains ran off to Canada with a woman and hasn't been seen nor heard from since. This occurred while the Genies were playing their first big engagement at New York's Apollo Theater; three days into the gig, and poof -- Gains vanished. The Genies answered their debut with "No More Knockin'" on Hollywood Records, then the Warwick label released three singles after the group became history: "There Goes That Train" b/w "Crazy Love," "Just Like the Bluebird" b/w "Twistin' Pneumonia," and the best "Crazy Feeling," in 1961. By the end of 1959, the Genies were a memory. Hammond cut a string of solo records as Roy C, his biggest was "Shotgun Wedding," a number 14 R&B hit. Claude hooked with Roland Trone and enjoyed a monster number seven pop hit with "What's Your Name" as Don & Juan. Johnson also became a songwriter of note, composing the Genies' debut, the Don & Juan hit, and 57 other titles registered with B.M.I.
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Discographie
15 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Presenting The Genies
R&B - Paru chez Universal Digital Enterprises le 27 mai 1959
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The First Time / Who's That Knocking? (Mono Version)
Pop - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1960
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Who's That Knocking
Jazz - Paru chez Black Sheep Music le 16 mai 2013
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The Genies - Platinum Edition
R&B - Paru chez Don't stop the music le 12 juil. 2021
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Who's That Knocking (Billboard Hot 100 - No 71)
Blues - Paru chez Music Manager le 5 nov. 2020
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No News is Bad News / Sunday Morning People
Soul - Paru chez Ronn Records le 12 janv. 1971
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Prove It / Know What to Do When You Get It
Funk - Paru chez Ronn Records le 30 déc. 1972
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The Genies - Gold Collection
R&B - Paru chez Retro Music Box le 12 mars 2021
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Who's That Knocking
Jazz - Paru chez Stars and Stripes le 16 mai 2013
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The Genies - Music History
Soul - Paru chez Vintage Jukebox le 25 mars 2021
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Who's That Knocking ?
Pop - Paru chez JB Production le 8 nov. 2021
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Who's That Knocking
Pop - Paru chez JB Production le 26 févr. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo