The Clovers
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The group formed in 1946 at Armstrong High School in Washington, D.C., with members Harold Lucas, Billy Shelton, and Thomas Woods. John "Buddy" Bailey was added soon after, and they began calling themselves the "Four Clovers", with Bailey on lead. In perfecting their sound, the group pushed Shelton and Woods out in 1948, and brought in Matthew McQuarter and Harold Winley.
Their break came in 1950, when they were introduced to Lou Krefetz, who became their manager. They signed to New York's Rainbow Records and released two singles, "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" and "When You Come Back To Me". Soon after, Krefetz brought them to Atlantic Records' Ahmet Ertegun, and they were signed to Atlantic in 1951. At this point, Bill Harris was added as their guitarist. Their first appearance came in February of that year at the Apollo Theater.
Their very first Atlantic session produced their first big hit, "Don't You Know I Love You", which hit #1 on the national charts in June of 1951. "One Mint Julep" (written by Rudy Toombs) and "Fool Fool Fool" also went #1 in September. Bailey was drafted in 1952, and John Phillip was brought in to replace him. He stayed for just a few months, before leaving and being replaced by Charlie White, who had been in the Dominoes and the Checkers.
With personal problems, White was fired near the end of 1953. His replacement was Billy Mitchell. The group continued recording with Atlantic, without as much success as they'd previously seen. Buddy Bailey was discharged from the Army in May of 1954, and rejoined the group, making them a quintet. They continued in recording, and in 1955, found moderate success with "Devil or Angel".
Mitchell left in 1957 to do solo work, but rejoined shortly thereafter, opting to do both solo work and work with the Clovers. Their Atlantic contract expired, and Krefetz moved them to his own label, Poplar Records. Poplar was purchased by United Artists Records shortly thereafter. The group's work with United Artists put them in contact with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. After a few recordings there, they had their biggest hit, "Love Potion #9", which came in July of 1959, and featured Mitchell on lead.
Their UA contract expired in 1961, and they moved to Winley Records. With little success there, the group split. Lucas and Mitchell brought in new members James "Toy" Walton and Robert Russell, and recorded shortly for Atlantic. John Bailey recorded with his own Clovers group in 1962 for Winley (owned by Harold's brother Paul).
Mitchell left in 1962, and was replaced by Roosevelt "Tippie" Hubbard. They recorded as "Tippie and the Clovermen" and "Tippie and the Clovers" for Tiger Records, a subsidiary of Rust Records. John Bailey's group, by this time consisting of Nathaniel Bouknight, Peggy Winley Mills (sister of Paul and Harold), and Ann Winley, Paul's wife, recorded for another Paul Winley label, Porwin records. Near the end of 1963, the two groups came back together, into a Clovers trio featuring Harold Lucas, John Bailey, and the returning Harold Winley.
Following The Searchers' remake of "Love Potion #9" in 1965, some of the old Winley and Porwin tracks were leased to Pickwick International Records, who released them as the album The Original Love Potion #9 By The Clovers. Winley left for the second time in 1965. Bailey and Lucas recorded briefly for Atlantic with the returning Robert Russell and Jimmy Taylor. The sides were sold to Port Records and released with little success. Lucas and Bailey split that year.
Lucas and Russell brought back Tippie Hubbard and Toy Walton and, with fifth member Al Fox, recorded as "Tippie and the Wisemen" for Washington D.C.'s Shrine Records. With Fox out, the changed back to The Clovers. John Bailey also formed a Clovers group, who re-recorded "Devil or Angel" and "Love Potion #9" for Lana Records in 1965. To add to this confusion, Harold Winley started a third Clovers group in 1968, with members Bobby Adams, Johnny Taylor, and Ray Loper, and recorded for Josie Records.
Robert Russell died in 1969 and Lucas replaced him with John Bowie. They released a disco tune, "Bump Jive!", on D.C. based Alladin Records in 1975. Shortly after the recording, Toy Walton died, and was replaced by Johnnie Mason. Tippie Hubbard died in 1980 and was replaced by Steve Charles.
A reunion was planned in 1988 in Austin, Texas. Lucas brought his Clovers, as well as reuniting with John Bailey, Matthew McQuarter, and Harold Winley. Lucas' group also performed at a benefit concert later that year for Bill Harris, the groups long-time guitarist. Also in 1988, Lucas' group recorded for Ripete records, in Elliott, South Carolina.
Chuck Battle[1] replaced Charles around 1990. Harold Lucas became ill and stopped touring around 1993. His place was taken by Richard Merritt. Battle left in 1992 and was replaced by Preston Monroe, who was later replaced by David Warren. This lineup performed on the PBS special, Doo Wop 51. John Bowie died in 2002, and the group split.[2]
Following the 1988 reunion, Bailey and Winley joined Jimmy Nabbie's Ink Spots. Winley is still in that group. Prior to his death, Bailey also performed solo, sometimes backed up by The Calvanes, who feature former Bailey-Clovers member Bobby Adams. No remnants of the former Bailey groups or Winley's group exist.
The Clovers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002.
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The Clovers is a celtic punk band from Japan[3].
1:
The group formed in 19… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple groups by this name.
1:
The group formed in 1946 at Armstrong High School in Washington, D.C., with members Harold Lucas, Billy Shelton, and Thomas Woods. John "Buddy" Bailey was added soon after, and they began calling themselves the "Four Clovers", with Bailey on lead. In perfecting their sound, the group pushed Shelton and Woods out in 1948, and brought in Matthew McQuarter and Harold Winley.
Their break came in 1950, when they were introduced to Lou Krefetz, who became their manager. They signed to New York's Rainbow Records and released two singles, "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" and "When You Come Back To Me". Soon after, Krefetz brought them to Atlantic Records' Ahmet Ertegun, and they were signed to Atlantic in 1951. At this point, Bill Harris was added as their guitarist. Their first appearance came in February of that year at the Apollo Theater.
Their very first Atlantic session produced their first big hit, "Don't You Know I Love You", which hit #1 on the national charts in June of 1951. "One Mint Julep" (written by Rudy Toombs) and "Fool Fool Fool" also went #1 in September. Bailey was drafted in 1952, and John Phillip was brought in to replace him. He stayed for just a few months, before leaving and being replaced by Charlie White, who had been in the Dominoes and the Checkers.
With personal problems, White was fired near the end of 1953. His replacement was Billy Mitchell. The group continued recording with Atlantic, without as much success as they'd previously seen. Buddy Bailey was discharged from the Army in May of 1954, and rejoined the group, making them a quintet. They continued in recording, and in 1955, found moderate success with "Devil or Angel".
Mitchell left in 1957 to do solo work, but rejoined shortly thereafter, opting to do both solo work and work with the Clovers. Their Atlantic contract expired, and Krefetz moved them to his own label, Poplar Records. Poplar was purchased by United Artists Records shortly thereafter. The group's work with United Artists put them in contact with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. After a few recordings there, they had their biggest hit, "Love Potion #9", which came in July of 1959, and featured Mitchell on lead.
Their UA contract expired in 1961, and they moved to Winley Records. With little success there, the group split. Lucas and Mitchell brought in new members James "Toy" Walton and Robert Russell, and recorded shortly for Atlantic. John Bailey recorded with his own Clovers group in 1962 for Winley (owned by Harold's brother Paul).
Mitchell left in 1962, and was replaced by Roosevelt "Tippie" Hubbard. They recorded as "Tippie and the Clovermen" and "Tippie and the Clovers" for Tiger Records, a subsidiary of Rust Records. John Bailey's group, by this time consisting of Nathaniel Bouknight, Peggy Winley Mills (sister of Paul and Harold), and Ann Winley, Paul's wife, recorded for another Paul Winley label, Porwin records. Near the end of 1963, the two groups came back together, into a Clovers trio featuring Harold Lucas, John Bailey, and the returning Harold Winley.
Following The Searchers' remake of "Love Potion #9" in 1965, some of the old Winley and Porwin tracks were leased to Pickwick International Records, who released them as the album The Original Love Potion #9 By The Clovers. Winley left for the second time in 1965. Bailey and Lucas recorded briefly for Atlantic with the returning Robert Russell and Jimmy Taylor. The sides were sold to Port Records and released with little success. Lucas and Bailey split that year.
Lucas and Russell brought back Tippie Hubbard and Toy Walton and, with fifth member Al Fox, recorded as "Tippie and the Wisemen" for Washington D.C.'s Shrine Records. With Fox out, the changed back to The Clovers. John Bailey also formed a Clovers group, who re-recorded "Devil or Angel" and "Love Potion #9" for Lana Records in 1965. To add to this confusion, Harold Winley started a third Clovers group in 1968, with members Bobby Adams, Johnny Taylor, and Ray Loper, and recorded for Josie Records.
Robert Russell died in 1969 and Lucas replaced him with John Bowie. They released a disco tune, "Bump Jive!", on D.C. based Alladin Records in 1975. Shortly after the recording, Toy Walton died, and was replaced by Johnnie Mason. Tippie Hubbard died in 1980 and was replaced by Steve Charles.
A reunion was planned in 1988 in Austin, Texas. Lucas brought his Clovers, as well as reuniting with John Bailey, Matthew McQuarter, and Harold Winley. Lucas' group also performed at a benefit concert later that year for Bill Harris, the groups long-time guitarist. Also in 1988, Lucas' group recorded for Ripete records, in Elliott, South Carolina.
Chuck Battle[1] replaced Charles around 1990. Harold Lucas became ill and stopped touring around 1993. His place was taken by Richard Merritt. Battle left in 1992 and was replaced by Preston Monroe, who was later replaced by David Warren. This lineup performed on the PBS special, Doo Wop 51. John Bowie died in 2002, and the group split.[2]
Following the 1988 reunion, Bailey and Winley joined Jimmy Nabbie's Ink Spots. Winley is still in that group. Prior to his death, Bailey also performed solo, sometimes backed up by The Calvanes, who feature former Bailey-Clovers member Bobby Adams. No remnants of the former Bailey groups or Winley's group exist.
The Clovers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002.
2:
The Clovers is a celtic punk band from Japan[3].
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The Clovers Lyrics
All About You Warm milk and honey And all things lovely Those things you s…
All Night Boogie You show us everything you've got You keep on dancing and th…
Be My Baby Wonder where my baby's gone Wonder where my baby's gone She …
Blue Velvet She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet was the night…
Bring Me Love Tell me the secret you've been keeping Show me the love…
Crawlin' Well I stopped to have a little drink With a lady…
Devil or Angel Devil or angel, I can't make up my mind Which…
Don If you don't know now, you'll never know Lost in my…
Don't Play Don't play it no more Don't play it no more Don't…
Don't You Know I Love Now, I don't hardly know her But I think I could…
Down By The Alley Janie, Janie, Janie, Janie, Jane Jane Janie, Janie, Janie, J…
Drive It Home Don't play it no more Don't play it no more Don&#x…
Fool Fool Fool Fool, fool, fool that I was to fall for you. Fool,…
Good Lovin I was feelin' so bad I asked my family doctor just…
Good Loving I was feelin' so bad I asked my family doctor just…
Here Comes Romance Tick tock the clock it ticks Countdown in your head Lock loc…
Hey Baby Doll Hey doll baby, Can we have a little talk together?…
Hey Miss Fannie There comes fannie walkin' down the street She walks so prou…
I [Chorus] I know you are the one Even though we have never…
I Confess I confess, pretty baby 'Cause I'm just a fool for you I…
I I I Love You I'm sorry it's a waste of time All the worries on…
I Need You [Verse] Up on the starlit hill Where dreams can gently spill…
I Played the Fool Now I don't hardly know her But I think I could…
I'll Be Home If I could just be loved by you Like I've never…
I'm Confessin' That I Love You Now, I don't hardly know her But I think I could…
If I Could Be Loved by You If I could just be loved by you Like I've never…
In the Middle of the Night Let's just go on an adventure for the night Let's go…
In the Morning Time Shoo-be ooh do, wah wah wah Shoo-be ooh do, wah wah…
Little Mama Little mama I took your lovin' But I wasn't true to…
Love Head full of time, heart full of lonely, night time…
Love Bug I said you're the cutest thing that I've ever seen I…
Love Is Strange Like the wind I'm gonna blow all day I'm gonna blow,…
Love Love Love Head full of time, heart full of lonely, night time…
Love Love. Love ウーワオ! 宇宙の 果ての果てでも キミの事 想う 幾多の流れ星に 願いをまき散らす 遠くて (近くて) 逢いたくて…
Love Potion I took my troubles down to Madame Rue You know that…
Love Potion #9 I took my troubles down to Madame Rue You know that…
Love Potion N I took my troubles down to Madame Rue You know that…
Love Potion Number Nine I took my troubles down to Madame Rue You know that…
Love Potion n\xC2\xBA 9 I took my troubles down to Madame Rue You know that…
Love, Love, Love Love! Love! Love! Love, love, love! There ain't nothin' in …
Lovey Well, you're the cutest thing that I did ever see I…
Middle of the Night Now I don't hardly know her But I think I could…
My Heart Said Searching in the mirror, looking for myself Looking for myse…
Needles And Pins I saw her today, I saw her face, it was…
Nip Sip Too doo loo doo, too doo loo doo Too doo loo…
One Mint Julep One early mornin', as I was walkin' I met a woman,…
One Mint Julep (2007 Remastered LP Version) One early morning, as I was walking I met a woman,…
One More Time Keepin' alive what my stomach tryna lose Hold me like a…
Pennies from Heaven Ev'ry time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven Don'tcha k…
Rock and Roll Tango I've got a mission in this land But suddenly I'm…
Skylark Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me…
So Young Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah We are…
SOS [Verse] Walking down the hidden lanes Silent questions in my…
Squeeze Box Mama's got a squeezebox She wears on her chest And when Dadd…
Stay Awhile Into my room he creeps Without making a sound Into my drea…
The Clovers 今までの悩み 苦悩は 明日の夢の種 冬を越えれば 芽がでるのか? そこでツボミが開くのか? ストーリー 辛いことばかり …
The Clovers Love Potion No I took my troubles down to Madame Rue You know that…
The Love I Lost Now, I don't hardly know her But I think I could…
Ting a Ling Well now I'm just a poor young boy And these girl's…
Wonder Where My Baby's Gone Wonder where my baby's gone Wonder where my baby's gone She …
Yes It's You 한 끝 차이로 모든걸 바꾸던 그 말 한숨만 절로 나와 어깨…
Yes Sir That's My Baby Yes sir, that's my baby No sir, I don't mean…
You're Cash Ain't Nothin' but Trash [Spoken:] Your cash ain't nothing but trash. Here we go. Yea…