Time Of Your Life - Music
Time Of Your Life by The Yo Yo's
The Yo Yo's
Artist Biography For The Yo Yo's
The Yo Yo's Were All From Brooklyn NY Becoming One Of The Biggest Groups In The City By 1967. They Cut One Great 45 On The Coral Label An Original Song Crack In My Wall And A Fine Adaption Of Poe's The Raven On The B-Side. I Love The Thunderous Opening Chords And Drum Roll On The Raven Ominous And Fantastic! They Began When Bassist Alan Aaron Formed A Group Called The Starfires. The Original Singer Frankie Vee Nick Brought In Larry Elliott On Lead Guitar And Tommy Zumba On Rhythm In 1965. Tommy Zumba's Friend Jeff Miller Became The Drummer And Then Pepe Cardona Took Over From Frankie On Vocals. The Band Changed Their Name To The Yo Yo's When Lou Sudano And Barry Flickstein Became Their Managers Forming Louba Productions. They Met The Band Through Lou's Son Bruce Who Was A Friend Of Jeff Miller. Lou And Barry Encouraged The Band To Replace Pepe With A Better Singer Named Ray Sabatis Who Took On The Stage Name "Christopher Shane". Pepe Remained Friends With The Band And Went On To Form Alive N' Kickin'. The Band Won A Number Of Local Battle-Of-The-Bands Played At Clubs Like Steve Paul's The Scene Joel Heller's Eighth Wonder And The Cheetah Appeared On The John Zacherley TV Show Disc-O-Teen And Even Toured With The Lester Lanin Orchestra As The 'rock' Portion Of The Act. Larry Elliott And Alan Composed The Music For Both The Raven And Crack In My Wall And Ray Sabatis Shane Wrote The Words To Crack In My Wall. Barry Flickstein's Name Appears On The Credits To Crack In My Wall But Alan Maintains Barry Had Nothing To Do With The Songwriting. Crack In My Wall And The Raven Both Received "B " Ratings In Billboard But Coral Didn't Put Any Promotional Effort Behind The Band. The Band Broke Up In 1969 Due To A Combination Of Having Their Equipment Stolen And A General Feeling That They Wouldn't Find Success. Sadly Ray Sabatis Christopher Shane Committed Suicide Shortly After The Group Broke Up. Photos Of The Band Were Taken But None Have Surfaced That I Know Of. These Yo Yo's Have Nothing To Do With The Memphis Yo Yo's Who Recorded Two 45s For Goldwax. The Main Source For This Story Is A Detailed Interview Of Alan Aaron By Mike Dugo. Garagehangover
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Biography - The Yo Yo's
The Yo Yo's Were All From Brooklyn NY Becoming One Of The Biggest Groups In The City By 1967. They Cut One Great 45 On The Coral Label An Original Song Crack In My Wall And A Fine Adaption Of Poe's The Raven On The B-Side. I Love The Thunderous Opening Chords And Drum Roll On The Raven Ominous And Fantastic! They Began When Bassist Alan Aaron Formed A Group Called The Starfires. The Original Singer Frankie Vee Nick Brought In Larry Elliott On Lead Guitar And Tommy Zumba On Rhythm In 1965. Tommy Zumba's Friend Jeff Miller Became The Drummer And Then Pepe Cardona Took Over From Frankie On Vocals. The Band Changed Their Name To The Yo Yo's When Lou Sudano And Barry Flickstein Became Their Managers Forming Louba Productions. They Met The Band Through Lou's Son Bruce Who Was A Friend Of Jeff Miller. Lou And Barry Encouraged The Band To Replace Pepe With A Better Singer Named Ray Sabatis Who Took On The Stage Name "Christopher Shane". Pepe Remained Friends With The Band And Went On To Form Alive N' Kickin'. The Band Won A Number Of Local Battle-Of-The-Bands Played At Clubs Like Steve Paul's The Scene Joel Heller's Eighth Wonder And The Cheetah Appeared On The John Zacherley TV Show Disc-O-Teen And Even Toured With The Lester Lanin Orchestra As The 'rock' Portion Of The Act. Larry Elliott And Alan Composed The Music For Both The Raven And Crack In My Wall And Ray Sabatis Shane Wrote The Words To Crack In My Wall. Barry Flickstein's Name Appears On The Credits To Crack In My Wall But Alan Maintains Barry Had Nothing To Do With The Songwriting. Crack In My Wall And The Raven Both Received "B " Ratings In Billboard But Coral Didn't Put Any Promotional Effort Behind The Band. The Band Broke Up In 1969 Due To A Combination Of Having Their Equipment Stolen And A General Feeling That They Wouldn't Find Success. Sadly Ray Sabatis Christopher Shane Committed Suicide Shortly After The Group Broke Up. Photos Of The Band Were Taken But None Have Surfaced That I Know Of. These Yo Yo's Have Nothing To Do With The Memphis Yo Yo's Who Recorded Two 45s For Goldwax. The Main Source For This Story Is A Detailed Interview Of Alan Aaron By Mike Dugo. Garagehangover
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