Monterays (Portland-Seattle) Group
as Ural Thomas & The Monterays – Push ‘em Up/ Deep Within My Heart, ’60 (Mississippi-Change 004)
- Original recording.
Monterays
– Deep Within My Heart (Slow Version)/Push Em Up, ‘64 (Sure Star 5000)
– Deep Within My Heart (Fast Version)/ Push-Em Up, ’64 (Ultima 704)
- Book listing as Dominion #1019 is an error. See Montereys-Virginia.
Monterays (Plattsburgh NY) Group
Monterays (Vocal Jimmy Jay) – Why Do You Cry, ’62 (Rondack 8657)
Monterays – Sun Set {I}, ’62 (Rondack 8657)
Note: The Plattsburgh NY group is posted here to separate them from the Syracuse Monterays.
- As/ whitedoopwopcollector, the gms are: George Rabideau, Bob Rabideau, John Champayne, Gary Lambert & Jimmy Jay Bushey.
Monterays (Syracuse NY) Group
Monterays – Bye Bye/ Sheryl-ane [sic]
- These sides are reported to be recorded in 1964 at Riposo Studios.
- If the songs were released, no label name is known.
- Sites citing this history tend to ‘slide over’ this content and mix it up with unexplained references and suggestions that the Madisons’ ‘Cheryl Anne’ was recorded after the Monterays.
Note: On the History Of Syracuse Music Eceip PSLP 1009 Side One, Cheryl Anne [sic] is credited to the Monterays as a live recording in 1966 running at 2:17.
- I have not heard this release and wonder if it could have been recorded when the Monterays opened for the Beach Boys at the Syracuse War Memorial concert in 1966.
Monterays – I’ll Be Around, ’65 (Twin-Hit 2865)
- Written by Larry Santos.
- The Madisons ‘Valerie’ is the B-side.
Monterays
– Very Last Day/ You Belong To My Heart, ’67 (Sahara 118)
– Conquistador/ If Wishes Were Horses, ’68 (Buff 323628)
Note: The Sahara & Buff releases are not doowop.
- The book did not list these releases.
Monterays (Dan Elliott & The) – Stay Awhile/ Ruby, ’83 (Air (American International Records) (No #)
- Not in book.
- Discogs credit the label # as 102.
Note: The group had a multitude of members I was not able to sort. Their history at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monterays, like most others on the net, does list the gms, past and present.