TAKE A CARD..... ANY CARD !
HIGH STYLE FROM 1962
My First Band, I Was In It From Age 13- 15. We Played A Whole Lot Of Weddings All Over Long Island
The Phone Number Is That Of Our Agent "Joe Fats". Joe Drove Us To The Gigs In High Style
In His '55 Chrysler Convertible With Wire Wheels & Connie Kit !
ONE OF BELLPORT'S BEST
Bill Clausing Sax, The Cavaliere Brothers , Guitar & Bass, Tony Messina Drums
Not The Continentals That I Was In, But An Offshoot Of Norman Cavaliere's Continentals.
His Kid Brother Wayne Cavaliere & I Did Work Together Briefly In High School
The Phone Exchange RA-9 Is After Wayne Left Shirley, LI.
NAMED FOR THEIR HOME BASE , THE BEL-AIRE TAVERN ON MONTAUK HIGHWAY IN MASTIC
This Is Not The Sonny Styles Kingsmen Group
But They Are Reasonable. Sonny's Group Got Top $$$
BUT THIS ONE IS !
The Earliest Known Card Of THE KINGSMEN Circa 1961 When Sonny Was Still In The Air Force Stationed At Westhampton. It Appears. He Hadn't Thought Up His Stage Name SONNY STYLES Yet. He Probably Wasn't Earning The Big $$$ He Later Would Either As, It Looks Like It Was Done On A Typewriter .....
THE PHONE NUMBER IN SHIRLEY, IS THAT OF HIS PARENTS.
(Courtesy Of Kingsmen Guitarist Nat Marchiano)
Courtsey Dottie Rutledge Her First Band Circa 1958
Two Teens Morphed Into A Trio With Dottie Rutledge As Leader
Courtesy Of Official Goldie & Gingerbreads on FaceBook Page
FAR OUT ! & BASED ON THE EAST END OF THE NORTH FORK
And If Larry's Not There ___ Will I Still Get A Reasonable Rate?
LARRY SCHULZ's BAND
The Number On The Left Is Drummer Bobby Greene's
The Number On The Right Belonged To Accordianist Adolph Almasy
HEY BOBBY WHERE'S RANDY?
Not Sure Who Else Was In Them Other Than Bobby Greene
Hope The Printer Gave Him A Discount
Courtesy Nat Marchianio
PALLADIN PALLADIN WHERE DO YOU ROWA ?
FROM 1967
"Kenneth Charles" The Phantom Agent No Club Owner Ever Saw