Babalu's Wedding Day - Music
Babalu's Wedding Day by Billy & The Essentials
Billy & The Essentials
Artist Biography For Billy & The Essentials
Lead Singer Billy Carlucci Began Harmonizing At Bartrum High School In Philly Joining Voices With Among Others Patti La Belle. As He Was Learning Phrasing And Timing From Some Of The Older Black Singers Of The School He Was Lucky To Run Into Jamie Staff Producer John Madara Who Also Wrote And Produced Danny And The Juniors. Carluccci Pulled Together A Group Consisting Of Pete Torres Falsetto Phil D'Antonio Baritone Johnny Caulfield Second Tenor And Mike Lenihan First Tenor Dubbing Them Little Billy & The Essentials. They Cut Some Demos And Traveled To New York City Making The Rounds Of The Record Companies The Same Way Hundreds Of Groups Before Them And After Them Would. Eventually Landa Records A Division Of Jamie / Guyden Although That Was Unknown To The Group At The Time …said Yes And Signed The Boys To A Contract. Carlucci Picks Up The Story From There "I Picked The Dance Is Over" For Our First Tune. It Was An Obscure Flip From A Shirelles Record Which I Always Enjoyed. We Got Re-Aquainted Madara At The Gold Record Shop Over On 60th Street Near Market And Since They Were Affiliated With Landa They Drove Us And Maureen Gray Up To New York City To Record". The Session At Bell Sound Failed To Produce Anything Commercial And The Group Was Put On The Back Burner. Enter One Danny Driscoll. Formerly Employed By RCA He Jumped Over To Jamie/Guyden As National Promotions Director And Contacted The Group. The First Day Billy Recalls He Comes To Us And Says I've Heard Good Things About You Guys. So Play Me Your Record. We Did And He Flipped. Two Days Later The Record Was Seeing New Life On Jerry Blaine's Shows On WCAM With The Big R&B Station WIBG Following Suit Soon After. "The Dance Is Over" Actually Hit The #10 Spot Locally And Plans Were Being Made By Driscoll To Shop The Group Around To The Major Mercury Label. At This Point Driscoll Dies. Shot Dead. No Details Known. The Group Offered Up Two More Single Releases Both Mediocre And Eventually Wound Up On Smash A Subsidiary Of Mercury. Their Re-Make Of The Eternal's "Bbabalu's Wedding Day" Effectively Ended The Career Of Billy & The Essentials. Carlucci Kept His Hand In The Business And To Date Has Sung Written And Produced Over 500 Songs Under A Gaggle Of Names.
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Biography - Billy & The Essentials
Lead Singer Billy Carlucci Began Harmonizing At Bartrum High School In Philly Joining Voices With Among Others Patti La Belle. As He Was Learning Phrasing And Timing From Some Of The Older Black Singers Of The School He Was Lucky To Run Into Jamie Staff Producer John Madara Who Also Wrote And Produced Danny And The Juniors. Carluccci Pulled Together A Group Consisting Of Pete Torres Falsetto Phil D'Antonio Baritone Johnny Caulfield Second Tenor And Mike Lenihan First Tenor Dubbing Them Little Billy & The Essentials. They Cut Some Demos And Traveled To New York City Making The Rounds Of The Record Companies The Same Way Hundreds Of Groups Before Them And After Them Would. Eventually Landa Records A Division Of Jamie / Guyden Although That Was Unknown To The Group At The Time …said Yes And Signed The Boys To A Contract. Carlucci Picks Up The Story From There "I Picked The Dance Is Over" For Our First Tune. It Was An Obscure Flip From A Shirelles Record Which I Always Enjoyed. We Got Re-Aquainted Madara At The Gold Record Shop Over On 60th Street Near Market And Since They Were Affiliated With Landa They Drove Us And Maureen Gray Up To New York City To Record". The Session At Bell Sound Failed To Produce Anything Commercial And The Group Was Put On The Back Burner. Enter One Danny Driscoll. Formerly Employed By RCA He Jumped Over To Jamie/Guyden As National Promotions Director And Contacted The Group. The First Day Billy Recalls He Comes To Us And Says I've Heard Good Things About You Guys. So Play Me Your Record. We Did And He Flipped. Two Days Later The Record Was Seeing New Life On Jerry Blaine's Shows On WCAM With The Big R&B Station WIBG Following Suit Soon After. "The Dance Is Over" Actually Hit The #10 Spot Locally And Plans Were Being Made By Driscoll To Shop The Group Around To The Major Mercury Label. At This Point Driscoll Dies. Shot Dead. No Details Known. The Group Offered Up Two More Single Releases Both Mediocre And Eventually Wound Up On Smash A Subsidiary Of Mercury. Their Re-Make Of The Eternal's "Bbabalu's Wedding Day" Effectively Ended The Career Of Billy & The Essentials. Carlucci Kept His Hand In The Business And To Date Has Sung Written And Produced Over 500 Songs Under A Gaggle Of Names.
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