The Five Keys is an American rhythm and blues vocal group that was instrume… Read Full Bio ↴The Five Keys is an American rhythm and blues vocal group that was instrumental in shaping this genre in the 1950s.
It was formed with the original name of Sentimental Four in Newport News, Virginia, U.S., in the late 1940s, and initially consisted of two sets of brothers - Rudy West (born 25 July 1932, Newport News, Virginia) and Bernie West (born 4 February 1930, Newport News), and Ripley Ingram (born 1930 - died 23 March 1995, Newport News) and Raphael Ingram. Ingram left in 1949 and Maryland Pierce (born 1933) and Dickie Smith became members in his place. At this juncture the name of the group was changed to The Five Keys.
They were signed to Aladdin Records in 1951, and in 1952 Rudy West left to join the United States Army, and he was replaced by Ulysses K. Hicks. In 1954 Dickie Smith left and was replaced with Ramon Loper.
At this point the Five Keys was signed to Capitol Records, and their popularity increased, although more instrumentation was used.
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002.
It was formed with the original name of Sentimental Four in Newport News, Virginia, U.S., in the late 1940s, and initially consisted of two sets of brothers - Rudy West (born 25 July 1932, Newport News, Virginia) and Bernie West (born 4 February 1930, Newport News), and Ripley Ingram (born 1930 - died 23 March 1995, Newport News) and Raphael Ingram. Ingram left in 1949 and Maryland Pierce (born 1933) and Dickie Smith became members in his place. At this juncture the name of the group was changed to The Five Keys.
They were signed to Aladdin Records in 1951, and in 1952 Rudy West left to join the United States Army, and he was replaced by Ulysses K. Hicks. In 1954 Dickie Smith left and was replaced with Ramon Loper.
At this point the Five Keys was signed to Capitol Records, and their popularity increased, although more instrumentation was used.
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002.
Every Heart Is Home At Christmas
The Five Keys Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Five Keys:
Close Your Eyes Close your eyes (close your eyes) Take a deep breath Open…
Ghost of a Chance I need your love so badly, I love you, oh,…
Glory Of Love You've got to give a little, take a little, and let…
Hold Me When you're near me I feel so romantic When you're far…
I I need your love so badly, I love you, oh,…
I Burned Your Letter My life it's like a song Noege sseunen pyonji Chaldeul eopbw…
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance I need your love so badly, I love you, oh,…
I'll Always Be in Love with You Sweetheart if you should stray a million miles away I'll alw…
Let There Be You Let there be light and there was a light Let there…
Ling-Ting-Tong I sa mok em boo di ay I sa mok em…
My Saddest Hour Pretty little angel eyes, pretty little angel eyes Pretty li…
One Great Love Sweetheart if you should stray a million miles away I'll alw…
Out of Sight Out of Mind Out of sight, out of mind So the story goes You forgot…
Red Sails In The Sunset {Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea…
The Glory of Love You've got to give a little, take a little, and let…
These Foolish Things Oh! Will you never let me be? Oh! Will you never…
Wisdom Of A Fool If you're lucky enough to have someone who loves you Then…
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thebigfist
This is one of the all-time great performances by a lead singer from a vocal harmony group from the Golden age.In fact,it ranks up there with the best performances across the entire Music strata!
Teresa Carella
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Teresa Carella
GREAT
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I'm pretty sure the year on this is 1957, not '51. The sound on this is definitely a late-50s sound, so it's unlikely that it would be that early. There is a wonderful Five Keys Christmas record called "It's Christmas Time", which IS from 1951. Perhaps this is being confused with that record.
verycoolsound
And we're pretty sure you're right. Correction now made, and thank you!
EarlOfMaladyCrescent
+epf1961 Massive thanks to you for the information! I'm doing some research on years of old Christmas songs, for a video I'm working on. Both this song and "It's Christmas Time" is on a Christmas compilation album I've just bought. There's actually another song on there called "It's Christmas Time" by The Five Discs, which is pretty confusing. That's possibly from 1961, or 1962. I'm not 100% sure if that's right.
bluenote824 jones
something tells me this was on classic artists label in the 80,s.i could be wrong.
Jim Passantino
Unreleased Capitol recording. It sounds like the other four keys stayed home.
mike rayner videos
nice :)
4JUKEBOXSATURDAYNITE
The Five Keys / Fats Domino The Right Stuff --S7-19768 - Every Heart Is Home At Christmas / Frosty The Snowman - RELEASED 1997 flip by Fats Domino. RECORDED IN 1951 FOR ALADDIN.