Video of the Week #49

It's been a while since I've featured a vocal group. Here is one of the great groups of the '50s, the Flamingos, lip-syncing their 1956 recording of "Would I Be Crying?" from the Alan Freed movie, Rock, Rock, Rock. The song was not a big hit but it is very representative of their ballad style.

This is from the Flamingos' middle period when they recorded for Chess. The lead singer is Nate Nelson. (Prior to 1955, Sollie McElroy sang lead, and from 1958 on, it was usually Terry Johnson.) The other participants in the recording were Jake Carey, Zeke Carey, Johnny Carter and Paul Wilson. Someone is missing; I'm not sure who or why.

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