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Steve Gibson & The Red Caps
12+ albums
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Steve Gibson sang, played various combo string instruments, and was a main force behind The Five Red Caps, a top R&B combo for decades. There were variations on this group's name, extrapolations on the number of red caps or the theme of the cap itself, such as "topper." As the group and its sound became more and more influential, there were also inevitable splinterings, breakups, spawn-ups and reunions -- meaning that what Gibson was involved in was, like all the lucky bands, both a way of life and a franchise. This Steve Gibson should not be confused with the somewhat younger axeman of the same name who plays on at least 1000 albums. The man under discussion here might want to doff a red cap in humble respect to such a tower of a discography. Nonetheless, the Steve Gibson who started out in a Lynchburg, VA, band called the Four Dots was hardly a slouch in the recording studio. His earliest side may well be the nasty "Come John Come" cut with the Basin Street Boys for the Racy label in 1935. Forty-five years later, Gibson sang baritone with a reunion of the Ink Spots. Gibson was also well-known as a guitarist, though. One of his main rivals of the time was Oscar Moore, later to enjoy great fame and spread much stylistic influence as a member of the Nat King Cole Trio. Gibson was also adept in the same style, an intelligent amalgamation of harmonic knowledge that was something of a requirement for the music of the era. Both guitarists had superb taste melodically, rhythmically
top songs
albums
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Doo Wop Madness
Boogie Woogie Ball - 1943 - 1955
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It's So Good! 1943-1951
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Barjazz 3
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The Jive Is Jumpin': RCA & Bluebird Vocal Groups, 1939-52
Hey! Look What I Found, Vol.11
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The Original Sound of Doo Wop 1952
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Great Classics
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Street Corner Symphonies: The Complete Story of Doo Wop, Vol. 2: 1950
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The Jive Is Jumpin' - RCA & Bluebird Vocal Groups 1939-52
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Cow Cow Boogie (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, March 30, 1952)
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Boogie Woogie on a Saturday Night