Chants Groups

Chants (Hollywood-White Female Group) – Close Friends/ Lost And Found, ’58 (Capitol 3949)


 

Chants (New Orleans) (Casanova & The) – Geraldine/ I Know You, ’59 (Sapphire 2254-55)


 

Chants (Mississippi) (Little Jerry & The) – Ooh Wee Baby/ The Shape You Left Me In, ’60 (Ace 606)


 

Chants (San Pedro, CA) – Heaven And Paradise/ When I’m With You, ’60 (Nite Owl 40)

  • The book listed with the UK group but it had not been formed at this time.

 

Location and gms as/ https://www.discogs.com/The-Chants-Heaven-And-Paradise-When-Im-With-You/release/6920192:

Arthur Lee Sprewell, Elliott Sprewell, Tyrone Sprewell, Lewis Booker, Eugene Booker, and Mack Givens.


 

Chants (NYC)

– Respectable/ Kiss Me Goodbye, ’61 (Tru Eko 3567 & MGM 13008)

Respectable, ’61 (UWR 4243)

  • Flip, ‘Rock’In Santa’ is by Jimmy & The Slanders.
  • Dick Tracy/ Choo Choo, ’61 (Verve 10244)

 

spectropop.com/percells/ has information on the group’s changing personnel.


 

Chants (NY) (Jimmy Soul & The) – Respectable (Alt MGM Version), ’63 (20th Century Fox 413)

 

as Jimmy Soul – I Wish I Could Dance (No Group), ’63 (20th Century Fox 413)


 

Chants (UK Group)

– I Don’t Care/ Come Go With Me, ’63 (Pye 15557 & Cameo 277)

  • The book and a few sources also list under Cameo #268.  No scans were found for #268.

– A Thousand Stars/ I Could Write A Book, ’63 (Pye 15591 & Cameo 297, ‘64)

– She’s Mine/ Then I’ll Be Home, ’64 (Interphon 7703)


 

Chants (Chicago Funk Group) – Surfside/ Chicken N’ Gravy, ’68 (Checker 1209)