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The Moonglows
RELEASED: 1999
ARTIST: The Moonglows
The Moonglows
1. Most Of All
2. Please Send Me Someone To Love
3. Seesaw
4. Sincerely
5. We Go Together

The Moonglows

 

Among the most seminal R&B and doo wop groups of all time, the Moonglows’ lineup featured some of the genre’s greatest pure singers. The original lineup from Louisville included Bobby Lester, Harvey Fuqua, Alexander Graves, and Prentiss Barnes, with guitarist Billy Johnson. They were originally called the Crazy Sounds, but were renamed by disc jockey Alan Freed as the Moonglows. The group also cut some recordings as the Moonlighters. Their first major hit was the number one R&B gem “Sincerely” for Chess in 1954, which reached number 20 on the pop charts. They enjoyed five more Top Ten R&B hits on Chess from 1955 to 1958, among them “Most of All,” “We Go Together,” “See Saw,” and “Please Send Me Someone to Love,” as well as “Ten Commandments of Love.” Fuqua, the nephew of Charlie Fuqua of the Ink Spots, left in 1958. He recorded “Ten Commandments of Love” as Harvey & the Moonglows with Marvin Gaye, Reese Palmner, James Knowland, and Chester Simmons before founding his own label, Tri-Phi. Fuqua created and produced the Spinners in 1961 and wrote and produced for Motown until the early ’70s. The Moonglows disbanded in the ’60s, then reunited in 1972 with Fuqua, Lester, Graves, Doc Williams, and Chuck Lewis. They recorded for RCA and a reworked version of “Sincerely” eventually charted, but wasn’t a major hit.

— Ron Wynn

Soundtrack/Filmography

  1. Romance & Cigarettes (2005) (performer: “Ten Commandments of Love”)
  2. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) (performer: “Sincerely”)
    • A.K.A. Confessions d’un homme dangereux (Canada: French title)
  3. “The Sopranos”
  4. A Bronx Tale (1993) (performer: “Ten Commandments Of Love”)
  5. Book of Love (1990) (performer: “Sincerely”)
  6. Goodfellas (1990) (performer: “Sincerely”)
    • A.K.A. GoodFellas (USA: promotional title (video box title) (poster title))
  7. Christmas Vacation (1989) (performer: “Hey, Santa Claus”)
    • A.K.A. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
    • A.K.A. National Lampoon’s Winter Holiday (UK)