Talk:The Ravens

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Significant recordings[edit]

Two rather significant non-Top 40 recordings:

(1) "There's No You". Eseentially, a Jimmy Ricks solo which drew much attention in pop music circles for his expressive deep *deep* voice.

(2) The Joe Van Loan version of the Ravens had a much-remembered version of "Give Me A Simple Prayer" in 1956, that was praised on-air by (among others) Alan Freed, and played in many doo-wop outlets. However, it was not the success on the charts the band was hoping for. (Its failure was a key reason for the band's demise in 1958, with the feeling that if even that record could not bring them success, nothing would.)

"Count Every Star" had a very strong influence on the ballad-singing of other "bird groups", most notably the Flamingos, and then the ballad singing of what became "doo-wop". Most notably, Maithe Marshall's floating high voice was the subject of much imitation. The overall sound could drop into a doo-wop radio show 8-10 years later and still sound new.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.12.90.14 (talk) 14:39, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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