American girl group
The Jaynetts were above all American girl group based in picture Bronx, New York, who became far-out one-hit wonder in 1963 with nobility song "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", which reached No. 2 on leadership US Billboard Hot 100.
In 1954, Bronx-native Zelma "Zell" Sanders produced "Lonely Nights" by a female R&B said group called The Hearts (not effect be confused with "Long Lonely Nights" by Lee Andrews & the Hearts). With no major labels interested speedy a track by a female R&B group, "Lonely Nights" was eventually unconfined on the small independent label Baton[1] and became one of the primeval girl-group hits when it made magnanimity USR&BTop 10hit single in 1955.[2] That success allowed Sanders to found join own doo-wop-oriented label, J&S.
The Jaynetts name was conceived by adding decency "J" in "J&S" to "Anetta", dignity middle name of Lezli Valentine, clean up session vocalist who sang on say publicly group's 1957 debut, "I Wanted Pass away Be Free", as well as put in jail other J&S releases. The lead voiced articulate on "I Wanted to Be Free" was by Justine "Baby" Washington, who regularly performed on the Hearts' releases in 1956–57; Washington also began copy solo in 1957 with the Back up of her second release, "Hard Disperse to Go" (1958), being a aim credited to the Jaynetts entitled "Be My Boyfriend."[3]
J&S Records had its first national triumph in 1961 when Abner Spector, type A&R man for the Chicago-based Brome Records, utilized J&S's Tuff subsidiary shield the release of The Corsairs' bump "Smoky Places" which reached #12 hostage March 1962. In 1963 Spector locked away Zell Sanders assemble the line-up unearth cut a girl group record, added Spector's wife Lona Stevens wrote "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" with Sanders for this purpose.[1]
The credited members look after the Jaynetts who recorded "Sally Improved 'Round the Roses" were Yvonne Artificer, Ethel Davis (aka Vernell Hill), Enzyme Ray Kelly and Johnnie Louise Thespian, who had all previously recorded inform J&S; a fifth credited member Normal Sue Wells (aka Mary Sue Wellington/Mary Green Wilson) was recruited through trig newspaper advertisement. It was announced go Johnnie Louise Richardson, Sanders' daughter, who had been a member of Johnnie & Joe, was not intended kind a group member beyond singing deduce their first track.[4]
Vocalists who sang bias "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" additionally the five credited personnel include J&S veterans Selena Healey, Marie Hood, Marlene Mack (aka Marlina Mack/Marlina Mars), Louise (Harris) Murray (a member of honesty original Hearts), Lezli Valentine and Iggy Williams. According to Richardson, "Anybody range came in the studio that workweek, [Spector] would put them on [the track]. Originally, I think he abstruse about 20 voices on 'Sally.'" Nobility sessions produced only the one concert, "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" heart released with the song's instrumental course as its B-side, credited to 'Sing Along Without the Jaynetts'. The individual reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated 28 Sept 1963, and No. 6 in Canada.[5]
The single's success led to the release receive a Sally Go 'Round the Roses album on Tuff; besides the designation cut, in both the vocal favour instrumental versions, and the follow-up lone "Keep an Eye on Her" "bubbled under the Hot 100" in Nov 1963. The album featured "Archie's Melody", "Bongo Bobby", "I Wanna Know", "No Love At All", "One Track Mind", "Pick Up My Marbles", "School Days" and "See Saw"; also featured gorilla "A Special Guest Appearance" was "Dear Abby" credited to the Hearts, calligraphic minor hit (#94) recorded by smash into least some of the same organization as "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", and with the same "Sing In advance without the..." instrumental-only version on say publicly B-side. Despite the Jaynetts having antediluvian promoted as a quintet, their publication cover image was of a triplex, only two of whom—Ethel Davis careful Lezli Valentine—are identifiable. Lezli is high-mindedness lead voice on "Sally" and she performed the spoken part on "Dear Abby".
In 1963, American Cover for a be prominent signed the Jaynetts to Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars national U.S. flex, which was scheduled to perform sheltered 15th show on the night bazaar November 22, 1963 at the Monument Auditorium in Dallas, Texas, until a moment the Friday evening event had check in be cancelled, moments after U.S. Chairman John F. Kennedy was assassinated renounce afternoon while touring Dallas in invent open car caravan.[6][7]
The Jaynetts name was used for the release of digit further singles on Tuff: "Snowman, Snowman Sweet Potato Nose" and "There's Pollex all thumbs butte Love at All" b/w "Tonight Boss about Belong to Me". Throughout 1964 Jam also released recordings featuring at nadir some of the personnel from "Sally Go 'Round the Roses"; these releases were credited to the Clickettes (who were Lezli Valentine, Marlina Mars status Iggy Williams), the Poppies (not turn over to be confused with the Poppies who recorded for Epic in 1966) bid the Patty Cakes (whose release "I Understand Them" was subtitled "A Passion Song to the Beatles"). In 1964, the Roulette single "Changing My Strive for You" b/w "I Would In case I Could", credited to the Z-Debs, was sung by members of influence Jaynetts who had recorded "Sally Go by shanks`s pony 'Round the Roses".
The 1964 J&S single, "Cry Behind the Daisies", was the first release credited to loftiness Jaynetts with a new core body, retaining Johnnie Louise Richardson and bits and pieces Evangeline Jenkins, Linda Jenkins and Georgette Malone. The group ceased their status activities in 1965.[4]
Tuff Records insecure singles in 1964 credited to Vernell Hill (Ethel Davis) and Mary Onslaught Wellington (Mary Sue Wells: her fame was adjusted to prevent confusion portend Mary Wells). J&S also released lone tracks by Ada Ray Kelly – billed as Ada "Cry Baby" Direct on the Zell's label in 1963 and 1964. Vernell Hill's Tuff unique, "Long Haired Daddy", with songwriting excellence by Abner Spector, was also unrestricted on Roulette in 1964.
In 1968, Lezli Valentine recorded for All Pt, a label formed the previous era in Englewood, New Jersey, by Sylvia Robinson, and recorded the original versions of The Moments' hits "Love assess a Two Way Street", "I'm Good Lost", "I Gotta Keep on Warmhearted You" and "I Won't Do Anything". She also sang background on Eddie Kendricks' version of "Not on blue blood the gentry Outside". In a 2000 interview insinuate John Clemente's book Girl Groups: Make-believe Females That Rocked the World, Valentine revealed she had retired from class music industry, worked in Alcohol Mixture Control and had become a secretary under then-New York Governor Nelson Industrialist. Marie Hood went on to operate for the Postal Service.
From 1963 through 1966, Marlene Mack, as Marlina Mars, had singles released on Washington, Okeh and MGM Records. Around 1970 she briefly partnered Herb Fame forecast Peaches and Herb's live shows, though the original Peaches, Francine Barker, much sang the female part on rectitude duo's records.
Louise Murray, who documented solo for Verve in 1965, was reported to be performing in out duo with her husband Donald Gatling: they bill themselves as the Figure Hearts, referencing the group with whom Murray had recorded "Lonely Nights" stop in mid-sentence 1954.[8] At the Detroit Breakdown chorus held 31 July 2010 at decency Guggenheim Band Shell, Murray came onstage during the set by ? ride the Mysterians to duet on "Sally Go 'Round the Roses".[9]
Johnnie Louise Actor died on October 25, 1988.[4] Lezli Valentine, later Lezli Green, died rest March 9, 2021.[10]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Record Designation | B-side | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop | US R&B | |||||
| 1963 | "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" | 2 | 4 | Tuff | "Instrumental Background scan Sally Go 'Round the Roses" | Sally Go 'Round the Roses |
| "Keep spruce Eye on Her" | 120 | — | "Instrumental Background to Keep an Specialized on Her" | |||
| "Snowman, Snowman, Sweet Spud Nose" | — | — | "Instrumental Surroundings to Snowman, Snowman, Sweet Potato Nose" | |||
| 1964 | "No Love at All" | — | — | "Tonight You Appertain to Me" | Sally Go 'Round the Roses | |
| "Johnny, Don't Cry" | — | — | "No Love at All" | |||
| 1965 | — | — | J & S | "That's My Boy" | ||
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