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The Regals - I'm So Lonely 1955

The Regals (Cleveland) aka The Orioles Personnel: Billy Adams (Lead) Albert “Diz"Russell (Bass/Baritone) Jerry Holeman (Baritone/Tenor) Aaron "Tex" Cornelius (Baritone/Tenor) Biography: Albert “Diz” Russell first ran into Sonny Til around 1951 in St. Louis, where both were spending quality time with a young lady named Adell Chapelle. Russell was doing some gigs with his group, The Modern Sounds, a vocal quintet from his native Cleveland that leaned more toward jazz than pop. They met again two years later in New York City, after The Modern Sounds became The Four Jays and blew Cleveland in a rickety Buick belonging to Aaron “Tex” Cornelius. After breaking down in Pennsylvania, borrowing money in Atlantic City, and living for days off stale donuts in the Lower West Side of New York, Russell and The Four Jays abandoned their car by the Hudson River, tossed the tags, and headed up to Birdland, the famous Broadway jazz club, to find work. What they found was scat-cat Eddie Jefferson, an old singing buddy from their days of rehearsing at the Cleveland YMCA, who took them immediately for an audition with no one other than Duke Ellington himself, in his office in the Brill Building. Ellington was so impressed that he set them up with a gig at Smokie’s, a midtown Mafia-owned Italian joint at 47th Street and Broadway. From there, The Four Jays moved up to amateur shows at the Apollo, where they scored a management contract with Bobby Shiffman, son of the nightclub’s owner. The Four Jays became The Regals after deciding there were too many groups with the names of birds, such as the Orioles. The name Regals was taken from a shoe store. The Regals began performing regularly. The Regals began recording for Aladin Records, where Atlantic’s Jesse Stone was moonlighting. Specialists in modern harmony, the group signed with Atlantic Records in February 1955. Albert Russell and Aaron Cornelius of the group wrote the song “Got the Water Boiling” and presented it to delighted audiences at the famous Apollo Theater, complete with choreography by Cholly Atkins. Members of the Cadillacs were in the audience and admit later that this performance inspired their smash hit “Speedo”. Sonny Wright was a member of The Regals but never recorded with them. He had been leading singer of The Diamonds on Atlantic (1952-53) and would later become the lead of The Metronomes on Cadence (1957). Left without the Orioles, Sonny Til picked up the Regals and pianist Paul Griffin. This group became the New Orioles. Til liked the Regals' modern harmony style, and the existing tunes were rearranged to match the Regals' style (in many cases, sounding rather different than they formerly had). During this time, they were often billed as "Sonny Til and his New Orioles". They left Jubilee and signed with Vee-Jay Records.