The Furys were an American
doo-wop
Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a genre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chica ...
group of the 1960s featuring tenors Tony Allen and Jimmy Green with baritone
Jerome Evans. They were best known for a cover of "
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart, produced by
James McEachin, and their performance of
Gene Pitney
Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, inclu ...
's “If I Didn't Have a Dime".
[Rick Simmons ''Carolina Beach Music from the '60s to the '80s: The New Wave'' 1609497503 2013 "The Furys were a vocal group that had had one charting record (a remake of often-covered “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart,” which would only climb to #92 on the R&B charts in 1963) and had also done a cover of Gene Pitney's “If I Didn't Have a Dime,” which was the flipside of his 1962 smash “Only Love Can Break a Heart.” “But when."]
Discography
*A: Another Fella / B: If There's A Next Time Mack IV Records 114 1962
*A: Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart / B: Never More Mack IV 112 Dec 1962
*A: Dolow / B: The Storm Cedar Records Philadelphia] 301 1963
*A: Cover Girl / B: Where My Money Goes Aura Records 395 1964
*A: The Man Who Has Everything / B: Baby You Can Bet Your Boots
Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a record label founded in the United States by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revival ...
55692 Apr 1964
*A: What Is Soul / B: I Lost My Baby Mack IV 118 Sep 1965
*A: Just A Little Mixed Up / B: I'm Satisfied With You Keymen Records K-104 1967
References
American musical groups
Doo-wop groups
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