Elbow Bones and the Racketeers was an American

big band A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s ...

-era styled male/female vocal group, created by August Darnell, and best known for their hit single "A Night in New York", written by

Ron Rogers Ronald Bruce Rogers (born November 5, 1952), better known as Ron Rogers or Ronnie Rogers, is a songwriter, composer, recording artist and record producer from New York City. His career spanned from the late 1970s until the 1990s. Life and career ...

and Deborah Clarkin, and released on the

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. It was sung by Stephanie Fuller. It entered the

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on 14 January 1984. It remained in there for nine weeks, reaching #33. Elbow Bones was the alter ego of writer/photographer John Rynski, who had become friendly with Darnell after working as his stage and lighting man on the

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tours. Rynski believed Darnell had given him his nickname as he had "elbowed" his way into Darnell's entourage: he said, "I did anything for them just to be there and hang out". In 2012, Rogers and lead singer Stephanie Fuller reunited to do a promo for a remastered version of their 1983 album ''New York at Dawn'', which included six additional remixed tracks.New York at Dawn - Elbow Bones and the Racketeers
from Cherry Red Records

Discography

;Studio albums * ''New York at Dawn'' (EMI America, 1983) ;Singles * "A Night in New York" b/w "Happy Times" (November 1983) US R&B #82, US Dance #24, UK #33 * "Happy Birthday, Baby" b/w "I Got You" (April 1984) (UK only) UK #94 * "I Call It Like I See It" b/w "You Got Me High" (1984) (NL only)

References

External links

Ron Rogers SONGS .COM
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