Baltimore Musical Nostalgia and Trivia 
By
Larry Jackson
May, 2005
Recently, I was honored with a visit from Joe Vaccarino. Joe, a very
personable guy, is the brain-child of BALTIMORE SOUNDS. For those of
you who don't already know, BALTIMORE SOUNDS is a 'must have', 360
page history book of musical entertainment having members from -or
spawned in and around- Baltimore, Maryland during the 1950's-1980's!
BALTIMORE SOUNDS covers such national/inter-national Baltimore
notables as, Cab Calloway the ORIOLES or Billie Holliday (1950's),
the Royaletts (1960's), The Temptations and Miracles (1970's) to
'ladder-climbers' that stopped before reaching the top- like The
Chryslers (aka. THE CHRYSLER MOVEMENT PLUS, THE 5 CHRYSLERS, or THE
CHRYSLORS).
Yes, I was flattered to see, after nearly 40 years, someone
remembered my life in music! Joe sat and began asking questions that
I never thought of previously. Joe asked things like, "How/why
did the Chryslers have so many variations of their name?";
"What label did you record on?", "What are your
singers and bands doing now?" and more.
I could not get a definitive date or commitment but I believe Joe is
compiling a '1-of-a-kind' database of Baltimore 'connected' Sounds
for future ventures.
I wanted to present Joe with a recording of the Chryslers. I knew of
his upcoming visit a week in advance. Yet, the night of our meeting,
I could not locate a single tape or recording of the Chryslers or my
later musical adventure with the LONDON FOG singers. I was able to locate a tape of a neighbor's son, who
recorded a solo (with band) song during the 1970's. That young man
was Wade Brown, and the song was I LOVE EVERY LITTLE THING ABOUT
YOU.
If you want to be 'IN' on the musical nostalgia that either
originated from Baltimore or shares involvement or members from
Baltimore, you have got to get a copy of BALTIMORE SOUNDS by JOE
VACCARINO. If you are reading this, then the easiest way to buy it
is to go to http://www.baltimoresounds.com.
At WWW.BALTIMORESOUNDS.COM,
you can get preview information on the book. You may also, offer
information for Joe's database and even buy those nostalgic records
you thought never to see again. Joe offers contact information at
his website should you find the need to do so.
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