Show menu

Four Gents - On Bended Knee (Doo Wop)

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

You disliked this video. Thanks for the feedback!

Added by
79 Views
Lo-Fi Chicago doo wop. Around 1954, in grade school, Eddie Sullivan meet the future members of The Four Gents - Waymon Bryant, Louis Pritchett, and John Staples. Sullivan went to high school with them and sang often. After being together all those years and practicing for so long, they finally recorded a disc. "On Bended Knee," the ballad side, was weighed down by a rudimentary musical accompaniment and amateurish production. Sullivan, however, could write a solid melody even if the lyrics were simplistic, so the vocal arrangement and tune were carrying the record. "Linda," also written by Sullivan, sported a Latin tempo. Around 1958, The Four Gents split in half. Louis Pritchett and Waymon Bryant joined Matthew Perkins and Calvin Baron to form The Twi-lites and Eddie Sullivan and John Staples joined with Willie Crowley, and brothers Jerry and Kenneth Brown to form The Belvederes. Eddie Sullivan on lead and The Belvederes recorded "Let's Get Married" b/w "Wow Wow Mary Mary" on Trend Records, a subsidiary of Kapp. The latter group lasted one year before breaking up. A few years later, in 1963, Eddie Sullivan recorded another record as a member of The Desideros.
Category
Johnny Cash
Commenting disabled.

Up Next