Graduates - Ballad Of A Girl And Boy / Care - Shan-Todd 0055 - 1959

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DOOWOP - VOCAL GROUP HARMONY

Disc jockey Tom Shannon along with Phil Todaro had a studio in Buffalo, starting with the Shan-Todd (Shannon-Todaro) label, the MarLee (Marva and Lee, their girfriends) label, Phitom (Phi & Tom) (they were ever-so-creative with their names & so professional) and Corsican labels, produced music. Corsican labels only produced 6 records, starting with #0056. Shan-Todd pre-dated Corsican, but they kept the numbering when they changed to Corsican.

Graduates (1) aka The Playboys (4)
aka The Question Marks (2) (Buffalo N.Y)
Personnel :
John Cappello
Bruce Hammond
Fred Mancuso
Jack Scorsone

Discography:
The Playboys (4)
1957 - Don't do me wrong / Why do i love you, Why do I care (Mercury 71228)
The Graduates (1)
1959 - Ballad of A Girl And Boy / Care (Shan-Todd 0055)
1959 - What Good Is Graduation / Lonlely (Corsican 0058)
The Question Marks (2)
1959 - Ballad of A Girl And Boy / Concerto rock (Inst.) (First 102)
Johnny Holliday & The Graduates (1)
1963 - Goodbye My Love / Ballad Of A Boy And A Girl (Lawn 208)

Biography :
In March of 1959 their record label, Shan-Todd Records, that was owned by Phil Todaro and WKBW (Buffalo,NY) DJ Tom Shannon released "BALLAD OF A GIRL AND BOY".
The record a big local favorite made it on to the national Billboard Hot 100, at #74.
The song was written by lead vocalist, Johnny Cappello, who did an outstanding job on the vocal.
This was one of those records that should have charted much higher, it's that good, but a lot of strange things happened in the late 1950′s, there were so many single record releases, so many little record labels and only so many songs that could be put in a radio stations play rotation.
The Graduates followed up with "WHAT GOOD IS GRADUATION" in June of '59, but the record did not chart on the Hot 100.
It did manage to chart on the Billboard "Bubbling Under The Hot 100″ chart at #110. That would be The Graduates last charted record.
Johnny Cappello played saxaphone on the August 1958 instrumental hit "THE GREEN MOSQUITO" by The Tune Rockers on United Artists Records. It charted at #44 on Hot 100.
The Graduates had recorded in 1957 for the Mercury label as The Playboys. 1957 - Don't do me wrong / Why do i love you, Why do I care (Mercury 71228) Bruce Hammond & Jack Scorsone were 2 of the original members from The Playboys who began The Graduates in 1959.