Five Hollywood Blue Jays
– Put A Nickel In The Jukebox/ Safronia Ida B. Brown, ’52 (Recorded In Hollywood 162)
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– Cloudy And Raining/ So Worried, ’51 (Recorded In Hollywood 185)
NOTE: This group is unrelated to Hollywood Blue Jays or Flairs.
Flairs (Hollywood)
formerly Debonairs as Hollywood Blue Jays – I Had A Love/ Tell Me You Love Me, ’53 (Recorded In Hollywood 396)
as The Hunters – Rabbit On The Log/ Down At Hayden’s, ’53 (Flair 1017)
as The Chimes – Love Me, Love Me, Love Me/ My Heart’s Crying For You, ’54 (Flair 1051)
Flairs (Hollywood)
– I Had A Love (re-recording)/ She Wants To Rock, ’53 (Flair 1012)
– You Should Care For Me/ Tell Me You Love Me, ’53 (Flair 1019)
– Gettin’ High/ Love Me Girl, ’54 (Flair 1028)
– Baby Wants/ You Were Untrue, ’54 (Flair 1041)
– This Is The Night For Love/ Let’s Make With Some Love, ’54 (Flair 1044)
– Hold Me, Thrill Me, Chill Me/ I’ll Never Let You Go, ’55 (Flair 1056)
– My Darling, My Sweet/ She Loves To Dance, ’55 (Flair 1067)
– Tell Me You’re Mine, ’63 (Crown LP 5356 (A1))
- This title was not released as a single.
– Lonesome Desert, ’63 (Crown LP 5356 (A5))
- Originally a ‘Young Jessie’ single.
– My Heart’s Crying For You, ’63 (Crown LP 5356 (B1))
– I Love You, ’63 (Crown LP 5356 (B2))
– I Want You To Be Mine, ’63 (Crown LP 5356 (B4))
– Cool, Baby, Cool, ’84 (Modern-Unreleased & Cadet-Unconfirmed)
Flairs (Hollywood-uncredited) backing Young Jessie – Lonesome Desert/ I Smell A Rat, ’54 (Modern 921)
Flairs (Hollywood-uncredited) backing Dolly Cooper – Ay La Bah, ’55 (Modern 965)
Flairs (Hollywood) (Shirley Gunter & The) – How Can I Tell You/ Ipsy Opsie Ooh, ’55 (Flair 1076)
‘5’ Hearts & Rams
Note: The trio known as ‘5’ Hearts and Rams are unrelated to the Flairs group.
Arthur Lee Maye, Johnny Coleman & Richard Berry as ’5′ Hearts – Please, Please, Baby/ The Fine One, ’54 (Flair 1026)
Arthur Lee Maye, Johnny Coleman & Richard Berry as The Rams – Sweet Thing/ Rock Bottom, ’55 (Flair 1066)
Arthur Lee Maye, Johnny Coleman & Richard Berry as The Rams – Rock Bottom, ’63 (Crown LP 5356)
Various Flairs (Hollywood) Group Members
Note: Group members of the following ‘Flairs’ are unconfirmed as being the same as Flairs (Hollywood). Sources speculate on possibilities.
Flairs (Cornel Gunter, Pete Fox & Obie Jessie-Flairs) as Jac-O-Lacs – Cindy Lou/ Sha-Ba-Da-Ba-Doo, ’55 (Tampa 103)
Shirley Gunter & The Flairs
– Headin’ Home/ I Want You, ’56 (Modern 989)
– Fortune In Love/ I Just Got Rid Of A Heartache, ’56 (Modern 1001)
Fatso Theus & The Flairs – Be Cool, My Heart, ’56 (Aladdin 3324)
as Fatso Theus – Rock ‘N Roll Drive-In, ’56 (Aladdin 3324)
Flairs (Lead Cornel Gunter) – Aladdin’s Lamp. Stepping’ Out, ’56 (ABC-Paramount 9740)
Flairs (Lead Cornel Gunter) – She Loves To Rock/ In Self Defense, ’56 (ABC-Paramount 78-9698)
- #45-9698 is credited as Cornel Gunter & The Flairs.
Flairs (Lead Kenneth Byley) – I’d Climb The Hills And Mountains, ’57 (Antler 4005)
Flairs (Lead Vince Weaver) – Swing Pretty Mama, ’57 (Antler 4005)
Flairs backing Etta James – Sunshine Of Love/’Baby, Baby’ Every Night (Est Recorded date 1958), ’59 (Kent 304)
Book error: The following Richard Berry Flair releases are unrelated to the Flairs (Hollywood) group.
Richard Berry (BB Crowns (LA)-uncredited)
– The Big Break/ What You Do To Me, ’55 (Flair 1055 & Crown LP 5371, ’63)
– Oh! Oh! Get Out Of The Car/ Please Tell Me, ’55 (Flair 1064)
Richard Berry (BB Cadets-uncredited) – God Gave Me You/ Don’t Cha’ Go, ’55 (Flair 1068)