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The Halos
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The Halos were an American doo wop group from The Bronx. After The Mellows broke up, Arthur Crier formed The Halos. The original group consisted of J. R. Bailey (1st tenor), Harold Johnson (2nd tenor), Al Cleveland (baritone), and Arthur Crier (bass). Al Cleveland was from Pittsburgh and was in New York trying to make it as a singer. As fate would have it, he had been having absolutely no luck and was standing on Broadway waiting to catch a bus to go back home. Arthur and Carl Spencer had been doing some demo work and needed a third voice. As they left the Brill Building, they saw Cleveland and asked him if he could sing! This Halos group recorded "Nag" (#25 Billboard Hot 100 in 1961) (with J.R. Bailey doing the “nagging sounds”). The flip (b-side of "Nag"), "Copy Cat", was actually a previously-recorded duet between Arthur and Carl, which had been done for Morty Craft. J.R. Bailey decided that he didn't want to travel and was replaced by Phil Johnson, former lead of The Duvals on Kelit and Club. (Bailey later joined The Cadillacs) While the Halos were riding on the charts with "Nag", Morty Craft decided to release two sides that the group had cut at the same session. L-O-V-E and Heartbreaking World. However, since the group already had a record going for them, Craft decided to call them the Craftys. Several more singles followed, none of which reached the same level of chart success. However, the group continued to be busy on the studio scene, cutting several singles wi
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100 Doo Wop Classics
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Golden Treasure Series of Rock 'n' Roll Superstars
The Halos
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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]
The Doo Wop Box
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The World's Worst Records, Vol. 2
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The Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll vol.2
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Halos EP
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The Rhino Brothers Present - The Worlds Worst Records Vol. 2
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The Doo Wop Box: 101 Vocal Group Gems From the Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll
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The Doo Wop Box - Vol. I - Disc 4