Shep & The Limelites & The Heartbeats Story Chancellor of Soul's Soul Facts Show
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Chancellor of Soul, Mike Boone's 'Show Facts' highlightes the history of legendary artists and their music.
This edition features two legendary group, the Heartbeats and Shep & The Limelites. Both were formed though the mastermind of lead singer, James 'Shep' Sheppard from
Queens, NY.
The Heartbeats were Shep's buddies from high school who formed the group in 1955.
They signed with a local label, Apt Records, a subsidary of ABC-Paramount, where they recorded a few sides for the company but was not promoted properly, so they left.
The Heartbeats were brought to Hull Records,located in the legendary Brill Building in New York, by William Miller, who was employed at the label.
Miller introduced them to Hull Records owner, Bea Caslin,
who was impressed by their vocals, signed them on the spot. The Heartbeats charted with 'A Thousand Miles Away'
although the disc jockeys promoted the A side 'Oh Baby Don't', the listeners thought differently and its B side,
'A Thousand Miles Away' became the hit side.
Shep was a very moody and egotistical person. He began
to question his royalty payments to Bea Caslin,. Later, Caslin sold the Heartbeats' contract and master recordings to George Goldner's Gee/ Rama labels, for
national distribution.
Released on Rama Records ' AThousand Miles Away'
hit No. 5 on Billboard's R&B charts in the winter of 1957.
The Heartbeats disbanded in 1959 when the group grew tired of Shep's unpredictable moods.
In 1960, Sheppard formed 'Shep & The Limelites' with two
members of the Videos, Clarence Bassett and Charles
Baskerville, who recorded the 1958 classic hit 'Trickle
Trickle' on Casino Records.
Shep along with Bassett and Baskerville composed an
answer song to 'A Thousand Miles Away' 'Daddy's Home'.
Daddy was a street term coined by the ladies describing
their boyfriends, lovers and husbands as a sweet talker.
Resigned by Sheppard's former label Hull Records,
'Daddy's Home' zoomed straight to the No. 4 position on
Billboard's R&B Singles and No. 2 Pop in spring of 1961.
The Limelites charted one more top ten single on the R&B
charts with beautiful, mystical 'Our Anniversary' in 1962.
The Limelites stayed for the next few years until Shep's
egotistical moods began to surface once again. They
disbanded in 1965.
On January 24, 1970 Shep Sheppard was a victim of a
robbery and was murdered on the Long Island Expressway. He was 35 years old.
Limelites member, James Baskerville died of emphysema
at the age of 68 on January 25, 2005.
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A thousand miles away and Daddy's home to stay nobody beat truly two of the greatest doo-wop songs of all time
Coney Island Baby by the Excellents always reminded me of both Daddy's Home and Thousand Miles Away
In my opinion, The Heartbeats are the greatest R&B group of the 1950's! Shep wrote all the tunes which led to his questioning on royalty payments! Shep wrote for the Limelites as well and if you want to hear great music, listen to all the songs of the Heartbeats and the Limelights and you will realize what a great singer and songwriter Shep really was!
@glenshepherd04
5 жыл бұрын
I agree 100%. Growing up in New York we would skip school every now and then and catch the shows at the Apollo. I was fortunate to see both the Heartbeats and Shep and the Limelites. The vocal harmonies of both groups were innovative and precise.
@lindadee2053
5 жыл бұрын
Shep's gorgeous tenor singing voice was unmatched. And as you said, he wrote all the Heartbeats songs as well as with the Limelites. Not to shortchange the Heartbeats, their harmonies were as gorgeous as Shep's lead. I love every Heartbeats song they ever recorded even though my favorite is Darling, I Want To Get Married. If they hadn't broken up after only a few years, we woulda had even more great Heartbeats songs to love and enjoy.
great group my favorite songs are party for two and remerber baby and its all over now and a1ooo miles away and daddys home
The heartbeats,the dubs,the chantels,the paragons,the flamingos,little Anthony and the imperials,the meadowlarks,the chimes,the penguins ,woooooow no other generation like the 50s period!!!!!!!!
@joshuavazquez5534
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah and then right after that all the soul music in 60s like The Intruders,The Delfonics,Billy Stewart,Eddie Holman and much more. They had it good back then, but i wouldnt know because im young
The Heartbeats are upthere with The Nutmegs, The Moonglows, The Five Keys and The Spaniels in my book. The late lead James Sheppard had a cultivating voice not overwelmed by the group's harmony.What a pleasure to see the surviving original group 40 years later.
@aserleewyche6904
3 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL MEMORIES LOVE LOVE LOVE MUSIC ROYALTY!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️
@rosemariesanchez9041
3 жыл бұрын
WOW WOW GOD BLESS ALL I NEED TO ENJOY THE REST OF MY LIFE I LOVE THESE DOO WOOPS !!!!!!
@joshuavazquez5534
2 жыл бұрын
Lead singer Earl lewis and the Channels are up there with them too. Earl Lewis is one of the greats
Wonderful I love hearing about our black history of our black entertainers
very sad about james sheappard had a magnificent voice
I really know the stuff you put out here requires a lot of research.Thanks for keeping this stuff alive. I enjoy it and makes me appreciate the information that was not available to us as kids. Paisano
Great job Mr B!
Shep with his golden voice how good is he
Thank you for another tribute to two other 50’s doo wop groups featuring James “ Shep” Shepherd.🏆🏆🏆🏆. Keep them coming we thank you for the knowledge and appreciate your dedication. Keep us updated and as always I love your channel.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
GREETING FROM SPAIN . ABSOLUTELY "MAGNIFICENT " IT BRINGS, MUCH HAPPY MOMORIES BACK, TO ME . BUT YET SAD MEMORIES FOR ME TOO. 😢😧 FRANKIE LYMON WAS MY MAINE SQUEEZE, AT THE TIME.BACK IN 1955 HE LOVE THIS SIDE OF A THOUSAND MILES AWAY . FRANKIE WAS ALWAYS " FLIPPING SIDES 😀 SO WE CAN DO THE GRIND 😍 FRANKIE AND I USE TO " GRIND" 😍 TO YOUR " MASTERPIECE " OH! YES 😍 AND BOY! DID HE HOLD ME CLOSE .😍 HOW I LONG AND WISH I WAS BACK IN BROOKLYN. HOW I MISS THOSE DAYS WITH FRANKIE AND UNCLE GEORGE AND AUNT GRACIE. 😢😧😦. NOW THEY ARE MY LOVEING MEMORIES. THEY LEFT ME . 😢 MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎁 I SEND TO ALL MY FONDEST WISHES AND PRAYS. AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR I SALUTE YOU ALL🍸🍸 GEE! 219 I' LL BE 78 DEC. 17 1942 . AND I JUST HAD TO PUT THE FABULOUS" "HEARTBEATS " IN MY TRIBUTE IF I DIDN'T UNCLE GEORGE WOULD OF "BLACK BALL" ME!! 😀😁😃😄 AFTER ALL YOUR ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC HISTORY! ! SO I THANK YOU, AND UNCLE GEORGE I NO HE WOULD OF THANK YOU TOO. MY ROCK N. ROLL STORIES ARE ENDLESS . AND MUCH MORE YET TO WRITE ABOUT RICHARD BARRETT; AND JUDGING ITS BOOK BY ITS COVER . WELL I'LL STOP NOW. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN . 😆 GEORGE GOLDNER NIECE TONI 💚💛💜❤👍👍👍✌✌x
THIS IS ONE OF MY BEST SONG, WHEN I WAS A OLD SCHOOL TEENAGER.WALTER SLOAN JR.
Wonderful history lesson. My kinda history.
Manny Grullon- The 4 groups you mentioned are also on my top 5 list except for the Nutmegs! The Nutmegs only had 2 major hits while The Flamingos were highly influential and popular with many hits to inspire later groups like The Temptations and the O'Jays!
I LOVE your documentaries!
@Classic63
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Ms Nini. Thank you so very much! I'm glad you enjoyed them !
This generation today do not know anything about five part harmony, PERIOD.
My era
Beautifully done Mike!
Had you called me I could have given the names of some beautiful music the Heartbeats recorded in the fifties.
I remember that story because the djs would mention the two stories back then..thanks for this story they where both such great songs
Include the Dells in the list of great R&B groups. Wore out many of their albums listening into the night.
These videos are great documents for those interested in the story of the people who pioneered the music.
Thanks for the info. I met James Sheppard before his passing. He was multi talented and one of the very best. Was it George Goldner who gambled the royalties away for many of the groups at that time?
so talented !!! so missed
My all time fav Doo Wop group is The Spaniels followed by The Heartbeats
@Madminute1968
3 жыл бұрын
Affirmative!
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Thnx for all the Heartbeats info. 👌
thanks
@wtesoro Thank you Warren !
Thank you so much Dogloverlady !
Either way a very violent ending of a sweet voice. NOT FAIR.
I love your channel Chance.
My question is how come there isn't any video footage of him anywhere or the internet??
Nice, but wish you would of gave names for the Heartbeats like you did for the Limelites?? I know Wally Roker the bass passed a few years ago. Three other members may still be with us. They all had normal jobs and Roker went to the west coast to work in the record industry.
@theresatitus-lawson3431
5 жыл бұрын
The names of the original Heartbeats are: James Sheppard-Lead, Wally Roker-Bass, Albert Crump-1st tenor, Verno Sievers-baritone and Robbie Tatum-2nd tenor My Cousin Al Crump passed away a couple of years before Wally Roker. Vernon Sievers is alive and well. I don't know about Robbie Tatum.
@lindadee2053
5 жыл бұрын
@@theresatitus-lawson3431 To my ear, your cousin Al Crump was a special kind of first tenor too. Beautiful voice that helped make possible their beautiful harmonies.
Nice story about these two groups, the Heartbeats and Shep and the Limelites. "A Thousand Miles Away" was a masterpiece song, but I have it on 78, and "Daddy's Home" was another big one. And speaking of "Daddy's Home", Cliff Richard also did another cover version of this Shep and the Limelites classic from 1982, and he deserves it. Here is the full song. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZ5kyceEYtHAYpc.html
@maryzambrana7141
2 жыл бұрын
I, too, have 78s thanks to my oldest brother. Now after nearly 65yrs, I'm still singing along to the doo-wop greats. The commentary is priceless. I love learning about my music. Thx a ton for sharing. 🎶
I remember Jermaine Jackson sung this in the 70s
A Thousand Miles Away was included in the 1973 MCA 2-LP set of the soundtrack album for "American Graffiti".
@labmanme
6 жыл бұрын
Sad
@labmanme
6 жыл бұрын
Rip
James Sheppard killed himself when he pulled over on the belt pky. The New Papers reported exactly that. He was very distraught over the fact that he lost a law suit concerning "Daddys Home" sounding to much like "A Thousand Miles Away". Maybe it was the ending of " Daddys Home" that sounded too much like " A Thousand Miles Away " who's rights belonged to someone else. When I met Shep, it appeared that he was having a substance abuse problem which unfortunately affects too many of these very special gifted people. A good example is Zola Taylor of the Platters introducing Frankle Lymon to drugs that unfortunately had taken his life, in his grandmother's bathroom. He was so gifted it still blows my mind even today. I pray for all of them.
Chance B, you make brief mention here that the Heartbeats recorded some music on APT before going to Hull. I do not believe APT even existed at that time, nor have I ever heard about this anywhere else. What is the source of your information about APT?
@brucescott4261
6 жыл бұрын
cbl 4700 ...That's right!!! The APT label came into being around 1958. It was a subsidiary of ABC-PARAMOUNT, a division of Am-Par, Inc. The Elegants had a huge hit entitled "Little Star" on that label. The Heartbeats recorded first on the HULL label.
How does someone fall asleep on the microphone?
His death sounds familiar. Like Sam Cooks.
Shep should had been , just a solo act . Seem like he was a David Ruffin or Bobby Brown kinda jerk.
The name was Charles Baskerville, not Charles Bakersfield. The Heartbeats recorded "Tormented" for Network records out of Philadelphia, before recording for Hull. Shep & The Limelites recorded for Apt, not The Heartbeats. The members of The Heartbeats were Shane Sheppard (lead), Wally Roker (bass), Vernon Sievers (baritone), Robbie Tatum (second tenor) and Albert Crump (first tenor). This history was very sloppily done. It's not hard to get the facts right if you take a little time to do the research.
@therealsheps
5 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. Robbie and Vernon are the only two original surviving members of the Heartbeats. Vernon still performs with other members keeping the Heartbeats' legacy alive. Long live the Heartbeats! They were and will forever remain icons of vocal group harmony. R.I.P. James, Albert and Wally! I know "They're Singing In The Sky".
@clarencedouglas1333
5 жыл бұрын
Walter Crump, Albert's younger brother, leads the current version of the Heartbeats.