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(1985/See For Miles) 16 Titel, 1954-1962 The Deep River Boys are unique in that they are probably the only American act to record regularly in the UK during the 1950s. The, British recordings for the HMV label demonstrate their versatility far more than their American counterparts, and it was in …

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(1985/See For Miles) 16 Titel, 1954-1962 The Deep River Boys are unique in that they are probably the only American act to record regularly in the UK during the 1950s. The, British recordings for the HMV label demonstrate their versatility far more than their American counterparts, and it was in the UK that the Deeps first came to grips with rock’n’roll. This compilation LP, ‚Rock-A-Beatin‘ Boogie’• features 16 of the, HMV recordings and encompasses spirituals, blues, ballads and novelty songs as well as healthy doses of rock’n’roll. The mainstay and lead vocalist of the Deep River Boys is Harry Douglass, who was born in Bridgeville, Delaware in 1916. He went to the Hampton Institute and, in 1936, the baritone Douglass teamed up with three other members (tenors Vernon Gardner and George Lawson and bass Edward Ware) to form a vocal quartet. They won a hundred dollars in a radio contest and they then did some theatrical work for the famous producer, Josh Logan. The powerfully-built black actor Rex Ingram took them on a promotional tour for his film ‚The Green Pastures‘ and he named them the Deep River Bo,, calling them after a well-known spiritual ‚Deep River‘. The Deep River Boys had their ups and downs but eventually they has a regular radio programme on CBS. An old schoolfriend. Charlie Ford, worked as their arranger and pianist and soon they had an expansive repertoire. They first recorded in 1940 and amongst their early titles are ‚Cherokee‘, ‚1 Wish I Had Died In My Cradle‘ and ‚My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice‘. The last-named was also recorded as a .soundie‘ for a visual juke-box, so who said that videos were new? Harry Douglass and the Deeps‘ second arranger/ pianist Ray Duran were drafted in 1940. They expanded the, musical horizons by organising troop shows and at one stage they had a choir of 80 performing the spiritual ‚Ezekiel Saw The Light‘. The Deep River Boys continued in their absence and they were handled by Ed Kirkeby, who had managed Fats Waller. Douglass rejoined the group in 1946• but Ray Duran didn’t return until 1955, the pianist/arranger till that time being Cameron Williams. The Deep River Boys recorded some popular singles for RCA but, unlike the Ink Spots (If I Didn’t Care‘, ‚Whispering Grass‘) and the Mills Brothers Mazy River’• ‚Paper Doll), they didn’t have those all-embracing hits. When the Deep River Boys came to Europe in 1949, they immediately found success in Scandinavia and the UK. They made the first of many appearances at the London Palladium and, M 1952, they were included in a Royal Variety Performance. They became familiar to the British public through their regular concert dates and their own programmes on Radio Luxembourg. Ed Kirkeby asked record producer Walter Ridley to take the Deep River Boys into the studio and their first HMV single was the plaintive ASH. OF ROSES. Wally Ridley recalls, „We really did get off to a tremendous start with ‚Ashes Of Roses‘. It was selling furiously but the factory then went on strike and so no more records could be pressed. By the time that we had got the record back on the market, other things had come along and we had lost it. If it had been serviced correctly, ‚Ashes Of Roses‘ would have been a Top 10 record.“ The Deep River Boys had some good sales with the oddball ‚Lucky Black Cat‘ and then turned to rock’n’roll for ‚Shake, Rattle And Roll‘. The original version by Joe Turner had a suggestive lyric which was modified by both Bill Haley and the Deep River Boys. For example, „You wear those dresses, the sun somas shining through“ becomes „You wear those dresses, your hair done up so nice“. Nowadays, in our liberated society, it would be the opening lines („Get out in the kitchen and rattle those pots and pans“) that would need to be rewritten. ‚Shake, Rattle And Roll‘ had a big band arrangement but they followed Bill Haley more closely on their next single, ‚Rock Around The Clock‘, although their version also contains some delightfully madcap piano playing. Bill Haley’s version sold 25 million copies worldwide and was the first single to sell a million copies in the UK alone.‘ wondered if Wally Ridley had seriously thought that the Deeps could take Haley on? ‚No, no. no, but in those days when an opposition record company had an item that was rated a success, you did a cover. You got some sales if it was by an established act and also because they sometimes ran out of stock as we did. And you shoudn’t think of the Deep River Boys purely in this country’s terms. They were selling records in Scandinavia, France and Germany.‘ Despite having lost out twice to Bill Haley, the Deep River Boys went for a hat-trick with a cover version of Hal…
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