The Harlem Opals/Crystals on Luna/Apollo are unassociated with the Rockin’/Deluxe group. See post for Crystals (Rockin’/Deluxe).
Opals (Harlem) as The Crystals – Come To Me, Darling/ Squeeze Me, Baby, ’54 (Luna 100-101 & Luna 5001)
as The Opals (Formerly Known as The Crystals)
– Come To Me, Darling/ Squeeze Me, Baby, ’54 (Luna 5001)
– My Heart’s Desire/ Oh, But She Did, ’54 (Apollo 462)
Crystals (Beverly Hills) (Female) – I Love My Baby/ I Do Believe, ’57 (Aladdin 3355)
Sam Hawkins (BB Crystals (Harlem-NY)-uncredited) – King Of Fools/ The Whatchamacallit, ’59 (Gone 5042)
Crystals (Philadelphia PA) – Blind Date/ Mary Ellen, ’59 (Felsted 8566)
- Male vocals.
Crystals (Los Angeles CA) – Love You So/ In The Deep, ’59 (Specialty 657)
- Male Group.
Crystals (Unknown NYC Group) – Malaguena {I}/ Gypsy Ribbon, ’60 (Brent 7011)
- Lead male falsetto vocal with no evident group backing.
- The book listed as part of the Metro/Cub Crystals/Metros group, also from New York.
- See post for Crystals (New York)/Metros.
Crystals (Houston Tx?) (Jesse (Casas) & The) – Tell Me/ Anything Goes {I}, ’61 (Geno 12348)
- Male vocal on A-side.
- Need location confirmation.
Crystals (Inglewood CA) – Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)/ Always And Always, ’61 (Iona 1009)
- A-side scan found.
- Sounds like young male harmony group.
Crystals (Newport Beach CA) (Claudia & The) – This Is Your Life/ Little Love Of Mine, ’61 (Doré 601)
Crystals (Hollywood CA) – Dreams And Wishes {I}/ Mr Brush {I}, ’61 (Indigo 114)
- Book listed as part of Spector group.
- As/ comment on http://www.45cat.com/record/ind114 “…. the Crystals on Indigo became The Emeralds on Moonglow and that they have no connection to any other Crystals.”
As/ another source, the Indigo Instrumental gms are D Skiles, M Tyler, J Green and D Coppack.
Crystals (Regalia Label) – Pony In Dixie {I}/ Espresso {I}, ’61 (Regalia 17-4)
- The book listed as part of Spector group.
- Sources do not include the Regalia group in the Spector girl group discographies.
- There are no writing credits on A-side. B-side credits S Pettroconi.
- I have only heard the b-side which is guitar/surf style instrumental.
Crystals (MASS) (Howie & The) – Golly Gee/ Rockin’ Hall {I}, ’62 (Fleetwood 4521)
Crystals (Texas) (Charles Christy & The)
– Cherry Pie/ Will I Find Her, ’65 (Cherry 101 & HBR 455)
– In The Arms Of A Girl/ Young And Beautiful, ’66 (HBR 473)