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The Marquees

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In 1960, the New Moonglows released their follow-up single, "Mama Loochie", which was Gay's first lead vocal recording. As a result of a lack of commercial success and Fuqua's interest to establish his own record label, the group disbanded soon after. Gay relocated to Detroit with Fuqua where he
251:, while in Chicago. With Fuqua, the New Moonglows recorded six sides for Chess, releasing "Twelve Months of the Year" paired with "Don't Be Afraid to Love", a tune which featured the old Moonglows group. Additionally the group, minus Fuqua and Barksdale, backed 31: 200:; he would change the spelling to "Gaye" when he became a soloist), and James Nolan (baritone). Simmons had partnered with Gay to join the Marquees, a name proposed by Gay himself, after he had recently returned from the 184:. Although the Rainbows were not very commercially successful on a national level, songs such as "Mary Lee", "Shirley," and "Minnie" have since become collectors' favorites. Founder of the Rainbows, Chester Simmons ( 227:
to record five songs. Among them were "Wyatt Earp" and "Hey Little School Girl", backed by Diddley's band, as well as "Billy's Heartaches" and "Baby, You're My Only Love", which had the Marquees record with singer
232:. Re-recorded versions of "Wyatt Earp" and "Hey Little School Girl" and Stewart's sides were released in November 1957; however, Okeh completely ignored the records and they quickly fell out of public notice. 882: 419: 1331: 1221: 850: 1054: 965: 552: 715: 1336: 703: 691: 1019: 739: 946: 914: 834: 1216: 1089: 906: 1211: 488: 991: 1026: 247:, Fuqua formed the New Moonglows with the Marquees. The group toured across the US, recruiting bass singer Chuck Barksdale, previously of 632: 774: 544: 826: 568: 584: 1241: 1040: 984: 512: 177: 1236: 1047: 858: 664: 616: 1033: 874: 1272: 898: 866: 1226: 1082: 790: 243:
were on the verge of disbanding. In January 1959, once the original Moonglows concluded a series of performances at the
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Despite the commercial flop, Simmons, who was previously a driver for Diddley, was able to chauffeur
211:, who began working with the Marquees in his home recording studio. Diddley assigned the Marquees to 1285: 648: 600: 256: 1110: 1096: 1012: 938: 656: 269: 260: 998: 608: 1117: 782: 751: 181: 140:, United States, in 1957. Evolving from the former group the Rainbows, the Marquees included 278: 212: 137: 49: 390: 329: 1155: 282: 169: 1143: 1124: 1068: 536: 263:" as well as Diddley on "I'm Sorry". By mid-1959, the group was scheduled to appear on 244: 173: 281:, before achieving tremendous success as a solo artist. Simmons became an independent 1320: 1256: 744: 732: 720: 640: 624: 240: 229: 224: 220: 149: 84: 445: 1279: 1251: 1173: 1161: 236: 216: 185: 153: 116: 80: 364: 303: 273:; however, Fuqua was contractually obligated to perform with his former line-up. 1149: 1135: 497: 420:"Reese Palmer, lead singer of Washington doo-wop group the Marquees, dies at 73" 252: 141: 108: 756: 708: 696: 264: 208: 193: 145: 1261: 1167: 248: 219:
after unsuccessfully attempting to get the group signed to his own label,
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group known as the Rainbows, who had an influential presence on the
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The group performed in the D.C. area and soon were introduced to
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Index

The Marquees in 1957
Washington, D.C.
Doo-wop
Okeh
Chess
Marvin Gaye
Harvey Fuqua
doo-wop
Washington, D.C.
Marvin Gaye
Bo Diddley
Billy Stewart
Harvey Fuqua
doo wop
Washington D.C.
singles
Bobby Robinson
Red Robin Records
bass
tenor
Marvin Gay
baritone
United States Air Force
Bo Diddley
Columbia
Okeh Records
Chess
New York City
Billy Stewart
Harvey Fuqua

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