The Kents - With All My Heart And Soul 1958

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Published
The Kents (New York)

Personnel :
Dennis Duffy (First Tenor)
Joe Rinando (Lead & Bass)
Little Frankie LaRussa (Lead & High Tenor)
Tony LaMonica (Second Tenor & Lead)
Woody Reynolds (with Guitar & Baritone)

Biography :
By Joe‬ Rinando.
‪We started in Sept. 1957‬ "‪Nita Juanita‬"‪ & ‬"‪Sandy‬"‪ was our first record that we cut with All Brown's Band in Dec. 1957‬ . Recorded in December 1957 with Al Brown's Band. "‪Nita Juanita‬" was written by Johnny Maestro (Mastrangelo). Originally released as "My Juanita" in 1956 by The Crests on the Joyce Label (Al Brown's Label). This version, arranged by Joe RInando, was a more up-beat version of Johnny's song.

All the other‬ ‪ were cut on Good Friday 1958 at Belltone Studios in Manhattan with Sammy Lowe's Band‬. He and I worked on all the arrangements and he did each instruments music‬. Dennis Duffy & Tony Baxter left the group in late 1958, then Bobby DeRita took both of their places and he could harmonize better then both of them‬. As far as who we sang with, when & where, it was the Tri-State Area‬.

Payola killed us as the DJ Tommy Smalls, Known as Dr. Jive in NYC was a silent partner at Dome Records and he was one of the first indicted for taking payoffs from other record labels and groups to play their songs on his radio show‬.
Category
Oldies
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