Jackie & the Starlites were an American
doo wop group active between 1960 and 1963.
Their leader,
Jackie LaRue, sang with
The Five Wings (who recorded for
King Records in 1955) and
The Dubs
The Dubs are an American doo wop vocal group formed in 1956, best known for their songs "Could This Be Magic", "Don't Ask Me to Be Lonely" and "Chapel of Dreams".
Original career, 1956-1958
The original members of the Dubs were:
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prior to joining the Starlites in 1960. They are best known for the single "Valerie" (or "Valarie"), cut for
Fury Records
Fury Records was set up by Bobby Robinson in 1957. In 1959 it had a Billboard No.1 hit with ''Kansas City'', sung by Wilbert Harrison. In the early 1970s, it helped launch Grandmaster Flash.
See also
* List of record labels
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in 1960. The song reached the lower echelons of the U.S. charts that year, and featured LaRue literally breaking down into a fit of crying jags over a lost love. Their lone other charting hit was for
Mascot Records
Mascot Records is a record label and rock music subsidiary of Mascot Label Group.
Artists
*10 Years
*Agent Steel
* Black Country Communion
*Black Label Society
*Black Stone Cherry
* Bootsy Collins
*Crobot
*Conquer Divide
* Dragged Under
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in 1962, a tune called "I Found Out Too Late" which reached #17 on the R&B charts.
Charts
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Allmusic By 1963 the group was defunct.
"Valarie" was later covered by
Frank Zappa on the album ''
Burnt Weeny Sandwich'', another version of which was included on the 2010 rerelease of ''
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets'' as ''Greasy Love Songs''.
Members
*Jackie LaRue
*Alton Thomas
*John Felix
*Billy Montgomery
*Darryl York
References
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Doo-wop groups