Bel Aires & Bel-Aires Groups
Bel Aires (Chicago) – My Yearbook/ Rockin’ An’ Strollin’, ’58 (Decca 30631)
- Scans credit as Bel Aires.
- Book listed as Bel-Aires.
- As/ Wikipedia, some members form the Sheppards in 1959.
Bel-Aires (Crown Grp) – Tick Tock/ Cherry Pie, ’54 (Crown 126)
- Cover version of Marvin & Johnny hit on Modern.
- As/ Marv Goldberg, this group is a black and white duet.
Bill Perry (Acc Harold Price & Orchestra (w The Bel-Aires) (Birmingham Alabama Label) – You’ll Never Be Mine Again/ Hoppin’ Boppin’ And Rockin’, ’55 (GG 521)
Vel-Aires as Bel-Aires (Los Angeles)
– This Paradise/ Let’s Party Awhile, ’55 (Flip 303-First Pressing)
– White Port & Lemon Juice/ This Is Goodbye, ’55 (Flip 304)
Bel-Aires (Newark NJ Label) as Billy Ford (Vocal Billy Ford & Bel-Aires) – I’d Never Forgive Myself/ I’m Looking For A Lover, ’55 (Ruby 103)
- No b-side scan.
Bel-Aires (NJ) – Hope And Pray/ Space Walk, ’59 (Arc 4451)
Bel-Aires (Chicago) (Eddy Bell & The)
– Anytime/ The Masked Man (Hi-Yo Silver), ’60 (Mercury 71677)
– Knock, Knock, Knock (Knocking On My Door)/ Wear My Class Ring On A Ribbon, ’61 (Mercury 71763)
Bel-Aires (Chicago) (Eddy Bell & The) – I’m Still In Love With You, ’61 (Lucky Four 1012)
as Eddy Bell (Narrated by Mike Holliday & Mel Hall) – The Great Great Pumpkin, ’61 (Lucky Four 1012)
Bel-Aires (La Puente CA) (Little D & The) – Are You My Girl/ Scratch {I}, ’62 (Raft 604)
- No scans found.
Belairs & Related Groups
Belairs (Coral Group) – Sweet Sixteen/ Louisiana Rug Roll, ’56 (Coral 61605)
Belairs (Coral Group) (Lee Bartell & The) – By You, By You/ Sonya’s Place (Coral 61735)
- Book listed as (Lee Bantell) and dated N/A. All date 1956.
- Scans found.
Belairs (PA) (Barry Petricoin & The) – Pretty Little Angel/ Come Back To Sorrento {I}, ’62 (Al-Stan 103A-104B)
- An article published in https://www.readingeagle.com/life/article/reading-saxophonist-barry-petricoin-was-on-top-of-the-world-in-early-days-of-rock dates the Al-Stan release as 1962.
- Swan #4111, credited as ‘Barry Petri’, later picked up ‘Pretty Little Angle’ with ‘You’re The One’ as the flip.
A later bootleg scan (with visible spelling errors):
Barry Petricoin & The Pretenders (Bethlehem) – Pretty Little Angel, ’N/A (Al-Stan X1004 (103A))
- Music by The Belairs (1961).
Pretenders (Bethlehem) – The Day You Are Mine, ’N/A (Al-Stan 1004 (105A))
- Lead Vocal: ‘Skip’ Pietrobone [sic] (1961).
Four Bel’Aires as Belairs – Tell Me Why/ Where Are You, ’63 (Times Square 23 & Relic 536, ’65)
- Scans found.
Belairs (Unknown X-Tra Group)
– Rosa (Relic LP 5029 B2)
– Bells (Relic LP 5029 B6)
- Group is unconnected to Four Bel’Aires (Georgetown DC)).
Bel-Airs (Unknown X-Tra Group) – Oh Baby, ’63 (Times Square 8)
- Group is unconnected to Four Bel’Aires (Georgetown DC).
- They are also unrelated to the Decoys on the flip, ‘It’s Going To Be Alright’.
Belairs (San Antonio TX) (Mike & The) (ft Nyolia Moore) – She’s Mine/ Buscando (Searchin’), ’63 (Cobra 6666)
- No B-side scan.