the Four Buddies
{{Short description|American doo-wop music group}}
The Four Buddies were an American doo-wop group, based in Baltimore, Maryland. They recorded in the early to mid-1950s, and focused on melodious and laid-back ballads. Their biggest hit was "I Will Wait", and they recorded for Savoy Records.
Early pressings of "I Will Wait" b/w "Just to See You Smile Again" (Savoy 769) show artists' credit as "The Four Buds".{{cite web|url=http://www.uncamarvy.com/4Buddies/4buddies.html|title=Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks - 4 BUDDIES|publisher=}}{{cite magazine|title=Rhythm & Blues Record Reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=Jan 13, 1951|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XR8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36|accessdate=28 May 2016}}
Members included Leon "Larry" Harrison, who went on to form a group in May 1953 called simply The Buddies; William "Tommy" Carter, Vernon "Bert" Palmer and John "Gregory" Carroll. Palmer and Carter were replaced in 1953, by Alvin Bowen and Maurice Hicks.{{cite book|last1=Leszczak|first1=Bob|title=Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000|date=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442240070|page=135|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3u7iBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA135}}
Roger Wainwright, Luther Dixon, and Danny Ferguson recorded with Harrison for Glory Records in 1955.{{cite book|last1=Leszczak|first1=Bob|title=Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000|date=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442240070|page=136|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3u7iBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA135}}
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book|title=Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race|first=Brian|last=Ward|year=1998|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0520212983|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/justmysoulrespo000ward}}
- {{cite book|last1=Leszczak|first1=Bob|title=Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000|date=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442240070}}
- {{cite web|accessdate=April 26, 2008|publisher=Roots and Rhythm|title=The Four Buddies|url=http://www.rootsandrhythm.com/roots/RANDB-DOOWOP/randb_f1.htm}}
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Category:Savoy Records artists
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