LITTLE GUY and THE GIANTS(A.K.A/THE HALOS)

LITTLE GUY and THE GIANTS(A.K.A/THE HALOS)

先日WHITE GROUPSで紹介したこの曲、な、なんと黒人グループHALOSだったのです！

HALOSといえばここんとこgenieさんとよく話題にしてたあのグループですが、

まさかLITTLE GUY and THE GIANTSだったとは！

コンポーザーもHALOSのメムバー達の名前だしこれは疑う余地のない事実でしょう。

それと、HALOSのリーダー兼ベース担当だったARTHUR CRIER、この人はHALOS以外にも

数多くのグループで活躍していたそうです。（以下ディスコグラフィー参照）

COMPLETE ARTHUR CRIER DISCOGRAPHY

BETTA (5 Chimes)
2011        Rosemarie/Never Love Another - 53

ROYAL ROOST (Chimes)
577        A Fool Was I/Dearest Darling - 10/53

OLD TOWN (the Hummers - all unreleased; recorded 1/3/56)
        Do You Know What I Mean
        Gee, What A Girl
        So Strange

CELESTE (the Mellows)
3002        Lucky Guy/My Darling - 56
3004        I'm Yours/Sweet Lorraine - 56

   UNRELEASED CELESTE (all recorded 1956)
        You're Gone
        Ain't She Got Nerve
        When The Lights Go On Again
        I'm Gonna Pick Your Teeth With An Ice Pick
        I Call To You

CANDLELIGHT (the Mellows)
1011        You've Gone/Moon Of Silver - 12/56

CANDLELIGHT (Carl Spencer, backed by the Mellows)
1012        Farewell, Farewell, Farewell/No More Loneliness - 56 

EDSEL (Pre-Historics)
779        Alley Oop/Oh Blues - 60 

AMY (the Star Steppers)
801        The First Sign Of Love/You're Gone [Arthur isn't on this side] - 5/60

LAWN (Little Guy and the Giants)
103        So Young/It's You - 9/60

CAPITOL (the Twisters)
4451        Turn The Page/Dancing Little Clown - 10/60

ROULETTE (the Cognacs)
4340        Charlena/Heaven Only Knows - 12/60

7 ARTS (the Craftys)
708        L-O-V-E/Heartbreaking World - 61 (also released on Lois 5000)

7 ARTS (the Halos)
709        Nag/Copy Cat - 6/61
720        Come On/What'd I Say - 61 

WARWICK 2046 - The Halos - 61
        Nag
        Your Precious Love
        Bird Dog
        I Went To A Party
        Copy Cat
        If I Had Known
        What'd I Say
        Mean Old World
        Down The Road
        Crazy Bells
        Oh What A Night
        Come On

ELMOR (Cammy Carol & Halos)
302        Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind/Until The Day I Die - mid-61

ELMOR (the Craftys)
310        I Went To A Party/Zoom Zoom Zoom - 3/62

TRANS-ATLAS (the Halos)
690        Mean Old World/Village Of Love - 3/62 

ROULETTE (Barbara English & Fashions)
4428        La-Ta-Tee-Ta-Ta/We Need Them [Arthur isn't on this side] - 5/62 

DUNES (the Darlettes - a group with Arthur's sister, Shirley)
2016        The Wobble/Just You [Arthur isn't on this side] - 7/62

BELTONE (the Jive Five)
2030        Lily Marlene/Johnny Never Knew [Arthur isn't on this side] - 63

PORT (the Gees)
3011        Love Is A Beautiful Thing/It's All Over - 11/65 

SPLIT IMAGE (Split Image)
555        Fool Of The Year/[Fool Of The Year - instrumental] - 78 

VINTAGE ROCKER 101 - Voices: The Morrisania Revue) - 1994
        Yesterday's Memories
        Dearest One
        If I Didn't Care
        Come Back My Love
        I'm Yours
        You're Mine
        Fine Brown Frame
        C'est La Vie
        White Cliffs Of Dover
        How Sentimental Can I Be?
        (Please Be) My Girlfriend
        I Will Wait
        Where Are You?
        Dearest Darling
        Nag

TRI-TRACK TT-00001 - The Mellows: Live In Concert - 2003 (all tracks recorded 1992)
        Lovable Lily
        I Still Care
        When The Lights Go On Again
        Sweet Lorraine
        I Wanna Be Loved
        Moon Of Silver
        Be Mine
         I Was A Fool To Let You Go
        Pretty Baby, What's Your Name
        I'm Yours
        How Sentimental Can I Be
        Old Man River
        Nothin' To Do
        Smoke From Your Cigarette
        Sh-Boom
        If I Didn't Care
        Silent Night
　　

LILLIAN LEACHのMELLOWSや昔好きだったAMYのSTAR STEPPERSもこの人が関連してたのか〜！

しかし凄い！

また、この人EARLY 60'Sのポップス界でも多くのレコーディングに参加していて、

有名なところでは

GENE PITNEY(Every Breath I Take),CURTIS LEE(Pretty Little Angel Eyes)BARRY MANN

(Who Put The Bomp)BEN E. KING(Don't Play That Song)などがある。

また、曲名は不明だが、CONNIE FRANCIS, TOMMY HUNT, BOBBY VINTON, the COASTERS,

BRIAN HYLAND, JOHNNY NASH, DION, LITTLE EVA等など・・・

多くのメジャーアーティストのBKGで活躍していたようですよ。

さて、今回長年WHITE GROUPとばかり思っていたあのLITTLE GUY and THE GIANTSが

BALACK GROUPだったという事が判明した訳ですが、実際これはW.Gが大好きな僕にとっては

結構ショックな事実でした。

しかし、この「SO YOUNG」が素晴らしい曲だと云うことは変わりありません。

ただ、WHITE GROUPSにアップした記事はここにお引越しですね（笑）

こんな事に興味を持ってくれる人、いったい日本に何人くらいいるのかな？

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