Band Members: Bill Fredericks, Rudy Lewis, Bobby Hendricks, Clyde McPhatter, Ben E. King, Bill Pinkney, Tom Evans, Charlie Hughes, Doc Green, Gerhart Thrasher, Clyde Brown, William Anderson, Jimmy Millender, Eugene Pearson, Butch Leak, James Johnson, Clyde Brown, James Clark, Butch Mann, Andrew Thrasher, Johnny Williams, David Baughn, Johnny Terry, Dave Baldwin, Willie Ferbee, Elsbeary Hobbs, Gant Kitchings, Johnny Moore, Charlie Thomas
Influenced by: The Orioles, The Ink Spots, Billy Ward, The "5" Royales, The Platters
Genre: R & B
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