The Eternals - Do You Remember 1959
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- The Eternals (Bronx, New York)
Personnel:
Charlie Girona (Lead)
Fred Hodge (First Tenor)
Ernie Sierra (Second Tenor)
Arnie Torres (Baritone)
Alex Miranda (Bass)
The Eternals formed during the late '50s, in the Freeman Street neighborhood of the Bronx, where the quintet , Charlie Gerona, Fred Hodge, Ernie Sierra, Arnie Torres , and Alex Miranda started out singing in junior high school as the Gleamers, cutting their teeth on covers by the Flamingoes and the Spaniels; Gerona, meanwhile, was crafting songs in the humorous pop tradition of the Coasters, the Cadets, and the Olympics.
Soon the Gleamers were calling themselves the Orbits, and developing a sound all their own. A novelty Gerona penned for the holidays, "Christmas in the Jungle," which came complete with jungle sounds and bird calls (mostly done by Torres) received airplay from the Murray the K and WABC's disc jockey Bruce Morrow's shows and soon became their calling card.
Their new manager, Bill Martin, a friend of Morrow's, then turned them on to Melba Records chief Morty Craft, who put the group in Beltone Studios in late spring of 1959 to record the song, which by now had been changed to "Rockin' in the Jungle." The group also felt that a new name was in order and crowned themselves the Eternals, no doubt hoping for everlasting success. "Rockin' in the Jungle" was released in early summer on Craft's new Hollywood Records label, becoming an immediate hit in New York (number 11 locally).
On July 13th, the song hit Billboard's national Pop Charts, where it lodged at number 78. The Eternals' second novelty release -- "Babalu's Wedding Day" -- was just starting to break, when the Etemals' manager felt compelled to sue shady booking agents who were apparently attempting a less-than-ethical move on the group. As a result of the court case, "Babalu's" distribution was stopped and the Eternals were denied their shot at stardom. (The single became a jingle on WABC disc jockey Bob Lewis' radio show and helped kept the group's image alive for years to come).
In January 1961, the Eternals' last single was issued through Morty Craft's Warwick Records. The A-side was written by new member George Villanueva, who also sang lead, and should have been a hit but more legal entanglements kept the record from charting. The group disbanded in 1962, but by 1972 they re-emerged for a show at the Academy of Music.
GREAT AND SO BEAUTIFUL DOO WOP MELODY. THANKS MY BROTHER.. .
Ernie sierra was ahead of his time. Check out The Eternals - My Girl. Written when he was 15.
Got too meet the group at a doo wop show here in Florida. They still sound fantastic. Love this song. Awesome. 👍👏👏👏👏❤💃🕺👠👠👄10+
Always like this group. Nice tune.
First Puerto Rican doo wop group!🎶🎵🎆🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷👌
Yeah
Absolutely beautiful performance by this underrated group. Wow, this may be their best song of all!
MRDOOWOP ANOTHER GREAT TRULY FABULOUS CLASSIC GROUP,LEAD AND SONG, TYVM!
THEY WERE GREAT AT UGHA ( R.I.P. RONNIE I YOU ARE TRULY MISSED OLDE BUDDY/FRIEND)!
EVERY YEAR ON MY MOTHER'S ANNIVERSARY OF HER PASSING I STILL REQUEST < MY GIRL> BY THE ETERNALS. WHEN I TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS THEY GOT MISTY, A TRULY DYNAMIC GROUP!
Fabulous sound, lots of Bronx feeling.
Great song
AWESOME!! 👍❤10+++++
Very, very nice gem! Way to go, Mr. Doo Wop! 👍
I remember hearing and watching them in the PS 54 schoolyard. This sure brings memories of freeman st
PS 54? Booker T?
@@josemoro164 it wasn’t called Booker T. It was an elementary school that as I remember had no name. It was just Zoe’s 54 between Chisholm st and Freeman st on Interval zv
I mean av
@@johndoe9611 ok, in New York City, there is a JHS name Booker T Washington 54, was curious, thanks.
Oh, so pretty
Lead has a beautiful voice!
Alright mr. Guwop I love this one to thank you so much for sharing and also the background so many stories have a sad ending but people like you you bring them back to life one more time
Es brutal este tema, con una elegancia de voz , y coros , una de las mejores baladas que hay en el doowop, impresionante. 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽
The smallest guy is my grandfather
First time ive heard this amazing Doo Wap group..wow!! Love them and what a fantastic thing your grandad is is in this group..you must be very proud!!
Are these Cats Puerto Ricans?
@@josemoro164 back then if you knew Spanish, you were puerto Rico
@@josemoro164yes they were a Puerto Rican doowop group
@@johndoe9611 Ah no, if you knew spanish, you were Hispanics, in our group in the hood were Colombian, Dominican and Cuban beside Puerto Rican
The only song I remember from the Eternals is Babalu's Wedding Day, but this also a nice ballad from them.
Linda Dee don’t forget rocking in the jungle. Just as popular.👍🏻😎
So nice doo woppin´!!! 💝💦
Boricua DooWop Group ! Wepa ...
Beautiful 🎙🎶🎙🎙🎙🎙❤😎