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Artist
The Excellents
12+ albums
doo wopAll60snew yorkoldies
about
Formed originally as the Premiers in 1960 in New York, USA, the Excellents consisted of John Kuse (lead), Joel Feldman (baritone), Denis Kestenbaum (falsetto), George Kuse (first tenor), Phil Sanchez (second tenor) and Chuck Epstein (bass). They signed to Mermaid Records, where their revision of Al Jolson’s ‘When The Red, Red Robin, Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin’ Along’ was coupled with another cover, the Jesters’ ‘Love No One But You’, as their debut single. Encouraged by local airplay, they followed this with a second disc, their version of the Cleftones’ ‘You Baby You’ on the a-side and ‘Coney Island Baby’ on the b-side. It was ‘Coney Island Baby’ (not the barbershop quartet standard) which attracted the attention, reaching number 51. With prominent local concerts and a rising reputation, the Excellents looked set for a promising career until record business skulduggery intervened. Booked for an appearance on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand television programme, their record company refused to pay their travelling fees. When they learned that the group simply could not afford to travel to Philadelphia, the label instead sent an entirely different group under the same name. Justifiably devastated at this turn of events, the Excellents never recorded again, although a single, ‘Helene’, from their original sessions at Sinclair Records, was released in 1964 credited to the Excellons. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may
top songs
albums
Presenting The Excellents
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I Hear You Coming
Coney Island Baby (Digital 45)
Coney Island Baby / You Baby You
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Spotlight Series - Blast & Cheer Records Vol. 1
The Doo Wop Box
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The Doo Wop Box, Volume I: 101 Vocal Group Gems From the Golden Age of Rock ’n’ Roll (disc 4)
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The Doo Wop Box: 101 Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll, Volume 4: The Doo Wop Revival (1959-1987)
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The Doo Wop Box [Disc 4]
Coney Island Baby
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Doo Wop Forever (Vol. 2)
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I Hear A Rhapsody / Why Did You Laugh