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| We Three Kings STLChurch.com NTF ChurchTue, 06 Jan 2009 17:22:41 -0800 by TheTuneHeadThis video was used for our Christmas Eve program at our Alton campus. Our program consisted of live drama, video, and live music, with a candlelight carol at the end of the service. If you would like a DVD of the service, email us at info@STLChurch.com.F or other information about New Testament Fellowship Church, including our service times, locations, directions, and free audio and video podcasts, check out our website at www.STLChurch.com. Related: christmas eve carols wise men alton fairview heights il illinois st. louis mo missouri holiday hannukah kwanzaa music trans siberian orchestra kendall payne | |
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| Deltairs--1958-Who Would Have Thought ItTue, 06 Jan 2009 16:47:42 -0800 by 5121949© 2003 by Marv Goldberg The Deltairs were one of the few female groups around in 1957, sharing the spotlight with the Bobbettes, the Chantels, and the Shirelles. Their classic Lullaby Of The Bells still remains a vocal group favorite after all these years.The original Deltairs were from the South Jamaica Projects, and formed in 1955 in Central Commercial High (just in time for a senior year talent show, in which they came in second). The original group (which started off by calling itself the Centraltone Debs), consisted of Mae Brown (first soprano and lead), Carol Stansbury (second soprano), Henrietta Roper (first alto), and a girl named Joyce (second alto).They might have made a career out of it, but graduation intervened. Mae got married and Carol lost track of Henrietta and Joyce. But, as Carol says, I always liked singing. It's something I always wanted to do. So, within a couple of months, she had recruited her sister, Thelma Stansbury (first soprano) and neighborhood friend Shirley Taylor (first alto); the Deltairs were re-born. The three of them would hang around the benches in the projects, listening to (and joining in with) the Rivileers, the 5 Sharps, the Love Larks, the Beltones, and the Cleftones. There was a fourth Deltair, Barbara Lee (second alto), a friend from Central Commercial, who lived in Brooklyn. While she was a permanent member of the group, she wasn't a part of the bench scene.Carol had a job at the Workman's Compensation Board in 1955 (prior to the Politically Correct Workers' Compensation), and it was there that she struck up a friendship with pianist and bandleader Al Browne. He introduced us to Malcolm Dodds at a Boys' Club in Brooklyn. Malcolm told us about a talent show at the Boys' Club, where we won second place: a trophy and certificates. Since Malcolm liked their harmony, he worked with them on their arrangements. In 1955, there weren't a lot of female groups around, so the Deltairs' influences tended to be the guys on the benches. They preferred songs with a lot of harmony, and had their own arrangements of standards such as Danny Boy, That Lucky Old Sun, and You'll Never Walk Alone.They mostly played small talent and variety shows, usually at schools. There was the occasional club or dance gig, but work wasn't all that frequent. Then one day in 1957, Shirley Taylor brought in a friend, lead soprano Barbara Thompson, and the four became five.In early 1957, through Al Browne, the Deltairs hooked up with Stan Feldman and Ed Portnoy, who became their managers. By the middle of the year, Feldman and Portnoy had decided to form a label to showcase their new talent. With offices at 1697 Broadway, Ivy Records was launched. At their first session, the Deltairs recorded four tunes: Lullaby Of The Bells and Standing At The Altar were two songs that Carol had written. The other two were It's Only You, Dear (by bandleader Al Browne and Oliver Hall) and I Might Like It (by veteran songwriter George Weiss). The orchestra was conducted by Al Browne himself. Barbara Thompson led Lullaby Of The Bells, with a strong assist from alto Barbara Lee (doing the bass part). It's Only You, Dear was fronted by Barbara Thompson and Carol Stansbury. This August 1957 pairing was not only the first record by the Deltairs, but also the first release on Ivy. As usual, everything official was done after the fact: Feldman and Portnoy waited until September 9 to announce the creation of Ivy Records. The blurb stated that Feldman had been with Kingsboro Music (which dealt with jukeboxes) and Portnoy ran The Record Shack (a jazz outlet). Portnoy would later team up with Paul Winley (owner of Winley Records) to form the Porwin label, for which the Clovers recorded in the 60s.The disc was reviewed the week of September 23, 1957, both sides getting excellent ratings. Other reviews that week were for the Del Vikings' Come Along With Me, the Rays' Silhouettes, Thurston Harris' Little Bitty Pretty One, Donnie Elbert's Have I Sinned, the Vicounts' Smoochie Poochie, and the Isley Brothers' Rockin' MacDonald. The record started to take off in the New York area (it was one of my favorites at the time) and the Deltairs were booked on a show that DJ Hal Jackson (WLIB) was putting on at the Hunts Point Palace (in the Bronx) on November 1. They shared the stage with the Bobbettes, the Rays, the Chantels, the Dubs, the Rob-Roys, the Bop Chords, the Shells, the Kodaks, and the Big Al Sears Orchestra.A couple of weeks later (on the 18th) Ivy announced the signing of some more acts: the Vanguards, the Cozytones, and Jimmy Lewis and the Volumes. Related: "doo wop" "oldies & rock n rool" "!! ..." | |
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