LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS (ANTHONY GOURDINE), LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS (CLARENCE COLLINS), LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS (ERNEST WRIGHT) - HFSID 296272
Price: $400.00
LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS: ANTHONY GOURDINE, CLARENCE COLLINS
and ERNEST WRIGHT
Three founding members of the soul group sign a photograph showing
them being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Photograph signed: "Best/Wishes/Ernest", "Forever
yours/Lil/Anthony" and "Clarence Collins" in silver felt tip, Color
10x8. Little Anthony and the Imperials was ANTHONY GOURDINE. He
formed the Chesters in 1957 with CLARENCE COLLINS (baritone), ERNEST
WRIGHT (tenor), Tracy Lord (tenor) and Nat Rogers (bass). Harold Jenkinsjoined in 1972 as a replacement to Sammy Strain, who had been with the group
since 1962. After a 1958 one-off with End, the Chesters became the Imperials,
with Alan Freed, a DJ at New York's WINS radio, dubbing the youthful-looking
Gourdine "Little Anthony". The Imperials hit pay dirt with their first
single, 1958's "Tears On My Pillow", which peaked inside the Top Five on both
the pop and R&B charts, and they went on release a number of classic hits,
including "Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop" (1960), "Goin' Out of My Head"
(1964), "Hurts So Bad" (1965) and "Out of Sight, Out of Mind"
(1969). Part of Little Anthony and the Imperials' early success rested on
Gourdine, whose fresh face recalled those of teen idols like Frankie Avalon, but
their longevity (a Collins-led lineup continued recording into the late 1970s)
comes from their adapting their sound from doo wop to the sweet soul in vogue
during the 1960s. The band reformed in 1992 and continues to tour with Gourdine,
Wright, Collins and Jenkins. Little Anthony and the Imperials were inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, and were featured in the Hall's
25th anniversary concert extravaganza that year. Fine
condition.
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