The Dubs
Biography
The Dubs had a long career, from the late '50s through the '80s, but are best remembered for their enduring Top 40 doo wop classic "Could This Be Magic," one of the more memorable songs of 1957. During the early '50s, the group developed out of two short-lived vocal acts: the Five Wings and the Scale-Tones. The Harlem-based Five Wings (originally "the Five Stars") were Jackie Rue (lead), Frank Edwards (first tenor), Billy Carlisle (second tenor), Melvin Flood (baritone), and Tommy Grate (bass). The group recorded a few singles — including two posthumous tributes in early 1955 to Johnny Ace — for King Records. Three of the Five Wings (Edwards, Flood, and Rue — the latter going on to become the lead of Jackie and the Starlites of "Valerie" fame) quit the group, prompting Carlisle and Grate to join up with Kenny "Butch" Hamilton (formerly of the R&B group, the Sonics, who recorded for Groove) and soon added backing vocalist Billy Nelson. Soon after their initial November 1955 session, Carlisle's cousin Richard Blandon joined the group after leaving the Air Force. Now the four were five. In February 1956, they released the single "Walk Along.". The Dubs had a long career, from the late '50s through the '80s, but are best remembered for their enduring Top 40 doo wop classic "Could This Be Magic," one of the more memorable songs of 1957. During the early '50s, the group developed out of two short-lived vocal acts: the Five Wings and the Scale-Tones. The Harlem-based Five Wings (originally "the Five Stars") were Jackie Rue (lead), Frank Edwards (first tenor), Billy Carlisle (second tenor), Melvin Flood (baritone), and Tommy Grate (bass). The group recorded a few singles — including two posthumous tributes in early 1955 to Johnny Ace — for King Records. Three of the Five Wings (Edwards, Flood, and Rue — the latter going on to become the lead of Jackie and the Starlites of "Valerie" fame) quit the group, prompting Carlisle and Grate to join up with Kenny "Butch" Hamilton (formerly of the R&B group, the Sonics, who recorded for Groove) and soon added backing vocalist Billy Nelson. Soon after their initial November 1955 session, Carlisle's cousin Richard Blandon joined the group after leaving the Air Force. Now the four were five. In February 1956, they released the single "Walk Along."
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| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Could This Be Magic | Could This Be Magic | 2:20 | $0.99 | |
2. | Connie | Connie / Home Under My Hat .. | 2:18 | $0.69 | |
3. | Could This Be Magic | Top 100 Classics - The Very.. | 2:19 | $0.69 | |
4. | Could This Be Magic (Remastered) | Could This Be Magic (Remast.. | 2:16 | $0.99 | |
5. | Don't Ask Me to Be Lonely | Do Doo - Wop, Vol. 5 | 2:18 | $0.99 | |
6. | Could This Be Magic | Keep Calm and Carry On - 12.. | 2:17 | $0.99 | |
7. | Could This Be Magic | Best Doo Wop Collection Eve.. | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
8. | Could This Be Magic | Best Hits of All Time, Vol... | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
9. | This to Me Is Love | Greatest Big Hits of 1962, .. | 2:25 | $0.69 | |
10. | Could This Be Magic | Hot Hits of 1957, Vol. 2 | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
11. | Take five | Take five - Single | 3:49 | $1.29 | |
12. | Is There a Love for Me | Dubs Meet the Solitaires Do.. | 2:32 | $0.99 | |
13. | Don't Ask Me to Be Lonely | Dubs Meet the Solitaires Do.. | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
14. | Darling | Dubs Meet the Solitaires Do.. | 2:37 | $0.99 | |
15. | Could This Be Magic | Dubs Meet the Solitaires Do.. | 2:18 | $0.99 | |
16. | Chapel of Dreams | Dubs Meet the Solitaires Do.. | 2:31 | $0.99 | |
17. | Blue Velvet | Dubs Meet the Solitaires Do.. | 2:37 | $0.99 | |
18. | Beside My Love | Dubs Meet the Solitaires Do.. | 2:16 | $0.99 | |
19. | Be Sure My Love | Dubs Meet the Solitaires Do.. | 2:28 | $0.99 | |
20. | Song in My Heart | Mystics Meet the Dubs Doo W.. | 2:02 | $0.99 | |
21. | This to Me Is Love | Mystics Meet the Dubs Doo W.. | 2:28 | $0.99 | |
22. | Your Very First Love | Mystics Meet the Dubs Doo W.. | 2:32 | $0.99 | |
23. | You're Free to Go | Mystics Meet the Dubs Doo W.. | 2:41 | $0.99 | |
24. | Could This Be Magic? | Fabulous 50's Pop &.. | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
25. | Could This Be Magic | Original Pop Hits, Vol. 8 | 2:19 | $0.99 | |