Holidays (King)

 

Holidays (w Tom Eldridge) – List’nin’ To The Green Grass Grow, ’52 (King 15200)

Holidays – You’ll Never Get Away, ’52 (King 15200)

 

Holidays

– (Shine ‘Em! Shake ‘Em! Roll ‘Em!) Let The Dice Decide/ Just Out Of Reach, ’53 (King 1246)

– Ima-Lika-You (Pizza Pie)/ Rolling River, ’53 (King 1217)

– You’ll Never Get Away/ List’nin’ To The Green Grass Grow, ’56 (King 1520)

• Sources refer back to the 1952 release #15200.

 

The group is a 3 male/2 female Quintet.

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Holidays/ Hollidays (Oakland CA)

 

Holidays – Never Go To Mexico, ’58 (Music City 818)

• A-side flip ‘Music City Hop’ is an instrumental by Johnny George.

 

as Hollidays (& The Blazers Band) – Got My Letter (2:30)/ The New Trucking, ’61 (Lyons 107)

• Book titled the A-side as ‘Got Your Letter.’  Label scan is ‘Got My Letter.’
  • A community assumption linked Bobby Holiday (& Group) – My Letter (1:50)/ Come Home, ’61 (Port 70027) to the Oakland Holidays ‘Got My Letter’ on Lyons 107.
  • youtube sites play Lyons #107 and Port #70027 as the same song.
    • There is a title and timing difference between the two songs.
  • rhythm-and-soul45s.com/ourshop/prod_3457665-Bobby-Holiday-My-let… plays an entirely different audio sample of Port 70027 with a female backing group.
    • It is not the same as “Got My Letter’ by the Hollidays & Blazer Band but rather a song with ‘My Letter’ in the lyrics.
  • The book listed the two entries separately.

 

Holidays – Send Back My Love/ Deacon Brown vs The Devil, ’63 (Galaxy 714)

 

See a history of the group on Opalnations.com.  Use the link below (in comments.)

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Holidays (Manhattan Group)

  

as Tony & The Holidays – There Goes My Heart Again/ My Love Is Real, ’62 (ABC-Paramount 10295)

• The book listing on ABC #10029, ’59 is an error.  #10029 is by Vince Martin.

 

as Bud Christie & The Holidays – Time To Dream (Brahms Lullaby/ My Love Is Real, ’62 (Sabina (Promo) 506)

 

as Buddy Sheppard & The Holidays

– Time To Dream (Brahms Lullaby)/ My Love Is Real, ’62 (Sabina 506)

– That Background Sound/ Now It’s All Over, ’63 (Sabina 510)

• Sabina is Belmonts-owned label not an aka to the group.
  • Fred Milano and Angelo D’Aleo of the Belmonts provided background vocals on Sabina 510 but were uncredited on the label.

 

as The Standards

– Hello Love/ My Heart Belongs To Only You, ’63 (Magna 1314 & Chess 1869)

– It Isn’t Fair/ Everybody Knows, ’63 (Magna 1315 & Glenden 1315, ’64)

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Holidays (The Other Groups)

 

Holidays (Los Angeles) – Irene/ Aw-Aw Baby, ’54 (Specialty 533)

• Book listed as a separate Holidays Group with only this release.

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Holidays (NY Label-Melba Group) – The Robin/ Desperately, ’57 (Melba 112)

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Holidays (NY Label-Brunswick Group) – Sands Of Gold/ French Riviera, ’58 (Brunswick 55084)

• This is a female-led pop group.
• Scans are as Holidays/book listing as Hollidays.
  • The book, in error, mixed with the Hollidays group on Prep.

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Holidays (Jersey City NJ) – Crazy Discharge/ Refreshing, ’59 (Pam 111)

• Seller noted this was a white group on NJ label.

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Holidays (Atlanta Label-Lowery Music) – Who Knows/ My Heart Never Knows, ’59 (Wonder 115)

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Holidays (NY Label-Andie Group) – Who Knows? Who Cares?/ The Stars Will Remember, ’60 (Andie 5019)

• It is unverified but a seller listed this as a white group.

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Holidays (Nashville Group) – A Very Merry Christmas/ The Merry Christmas Song, ’60 (Monument 431)

• Sources say this is the Anita Kerr Singers.

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Holidays (Austin Tx) – Love That’s True/ To Me, ’60 (Wiljer 6002)

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Holidays (Georgia Label) – Down By The Shore/ Cathy Darling, ’60 (Mark IV 725-726)

• Book listed separately and dated as N/A.
• See comment.

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Holidays (Pittsburgh) 

– One Little Kiss/ My Girl, ’61 (Nix 537)

– Miss You/ Pretend, ’61 (Robbee 103)

– Then I’ll Be Tired Of You/ Lonely Summer, ’61 (Robbee 107)

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Holidays (South Carolina) (Dick Holler & The)

– King Kong/ The Girl Next Door, ’61 (Herald 566)

– Hey Little Fool/ Hooba-Grooba, ’62 (Comet 2146)

– Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love)/ Yea-Boo, ’62 (Comet 2152)

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Holidays (NY-Girl Group) – Come Back To Me/ No Other Love (Like Yours), ’61 (Brent 7018)

• Both sides were previously released as the Fi-Dells on Warner 1014 and subsequently as Suzy & The Copycats on Brent 7020.
  • The label owner, Bob Shad owned the Warner, Brent, Time & Shad labels.

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Holidays (Track Group) – Patty Ann/ Big Brown Eyes, ’63 (Track 101)

• This group of Holidays is a different group than the Holidays on Colt 45 who released Big Brown Eyes/Cold Shoulder in 1959.

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Holidays (Madison Tennessee/Nashville) – Love And Learn/ I Want You To Love Me, ’64 (Coral 62430)

• Writing credits: Bob Montgomery-Earl Sinks.

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Holidays (Springfield Illinois) – Pearl Diver/ Concussion, ’65 (Dixie 1074) {I}

 

Holidays (Springfield Illinois) – I Got News For You/ I Want To Do It, ’66 (Dixie 1145)

 

as Holidays Combo – Little Miss Hurt/ Land Of 1,000 Dances, ’66 (Dixie 1156)

High-School-aged group.

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Holidays (Long Beach)

– Chant Of The Isles, ’65 (Relic LP 102 A09)

– Adios, ’65 (Relic LP 102 B02)

– My Baby Loves Me, ’65 (Relic LP 102 B03)

– It Happened Today, ’65 (Relic LP 102 B05)

– Time After Time, ’65 (Relic LP 102 B07)

– This I Swear/ Summertime, ’66 (Relic 542)

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Holidays (Detroit) (Lead Edwin Starr) – I’ll Love You Forever, ’66 (Golden World 36)

Holidays (Detroit) – Makin’ Up Time {I}, ’66 (Golden World 36)

• Edwin Starr is not a group member of the Holidays (Detroit).
• soulfuldetroit.com/web15-Holidays/09-No-Greater-Love.htm explains his involvement with ‘I’ll Love You Forever’.

 

Holidays (Detroit) – No Greater Love/ Watch Out Girl, ’66 (Golden World 47)

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Hollidays Group

 

Hollidays (w The Gerald Wilson Orchestra) (NYC-Prep) – The Wonder Of Love/ I’m Not Ashamed, ’58 (Prep 136)

• Youtube post indicates this group recorded only one single.
• Male-led with male background.

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Royal Holidays (Detroit)

 

The Royal Holidays are a Detroit group and included here to avoid mixup with other Holidays groups.

 

Royal Holidays (Detroit)

– Margaret/ I’m Sorry (I Did You Wrong), ’58 (Penthouse 9357 & Carlton 472)

– Swingin’ At The Bandstand/ Down In Cuba, ’59 (Herald 536)

• A-scan at http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/royalholidayscym2r8dh70.jpg.
• The book and other sources list as ‘Rockin’ At The Bandstand.’ 

– Dancin’ At The Bandstand (Herald 536-repo/bootleg)

• See scan link for Dancin’ At The Bandstand at http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/royalholidaysjha0elwikc.jpg.

 

Of interest, Herald 536 is a duplicate # also released under the Mello Kings, ‘Chip Chip’ (1:58) and ‘Running To You’ (2:39).

• Under the Mello Kings titles there is a label misprint with the two Royal Holidays titles as the songs.
• Chip Chip is ‘Down In Cuba’ (1:48) and ‘Running To You’ is ‘Swingin’ At The Bandstand’ (2:04).

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