Little Dream Girl --The Cashmeres(Atlanta, Georgia.) Video

My Sentimental Heart, Don't Let It Happen Again, and Little Dream Girl have all been collectors favorites for years. Yes, the Cashmeres recorded for Mercury and Herald, but there are a few unexpected twists along the way.

The group that would become the Cashmeres formed way back in 1949. All the members, who knew each other from the neighborhood, attended the brand-new McNeal Turner High School, in Northwest Atlanta, Georgia. They originally got together in response to a school-sponsored talent show, practicing on Atlanta's street corners. Calling themselves the Crooners, the original members were: Dodd Hicks (lead tenor), William Butts (tenor), Ralph Riley (baritone), and Bobby Arnold (bass). (By the way, they won the talent show!)

With the Orioles for inspiration, the guys decided to keep going. They did a lot of practicing and started appearing at local Atlanta clubs. Then they found out there was already a Crooners group around (a white Pop group that was doing some recording). They had a general meeting to decide on a new name and both of the leading choices had to do with articles of clothing that some of them were wearing: argyle socks and cashmere sweaters. The sweaters won and the Crooners became the Cashmeres.

Now that the identity crisis was over, another problem surfaced: since they were young, some of the parents started giving them a hard time. By 1951, both Bobby Arnold and William Butts had dropped out. Dodd knew a bass named Romeo Shuler, Jr. from the neighborhood and brought him on board. Romeo, in turn, knew a tenor named Henry Boyd and soon the Cashmeres were back up to four members. Since both Romeo and Henry were older than Dodd and Ralph, there was no more complaining from the parents.

Along the way, the Cashmeres started listening to groups other than the Orioles. Their favorites, over the years, would be the Moonglows, the Clovers, the 5 Royales, the Midnighters, the Dominoes, and the Drifters. At their appearances, they'd have battles with the likes of James Brown and the Famous Flames, Joe Tex and the Upsetters, Eddie Harris and the Blue Dots, and Richard Hunter's Twilighters.

The big local R&B station was WAOK, home of Zenas Sears, as well as a couple of DJs who were recording artists: Zilla Mays and Piano Red. WAOK had a policy of allowing students to practice being DJs on Saturdays and this is how the Cashmeres met another jock named Mark Allan. He took an interest in them and ended up becoming their manager.

Through Mark Allan, they hooked up with Mercury Records. For their audition, they went to the local Greyhound Bus terminal and, in one of those record your voice booths, cut a dub of a potential chart topper called She's Got Hips. They mailed it off to Mercury and, in time, back came a contract.,,,I DO LOVE DOOWOP AND RARE DOOWOP .50'S.60'S & Golden Oldies SOUND.!!

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KabukiUmada: :D Dodd Hicks is my grandfather! Thank you for having this posted. I never got to hear this song. Thank you for kee[ing this music alive.

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Author: doowopIS4ever; Uploaded: Jul 4, 2009; Duration: 2:41; Views: 182

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