The Jive Five



My True Story Beltone 1961
I'M A HAPPY MAN - 1965 U/A
These Golden Rings
Sugar (Don't Take Away My Candy)


JIve Five

Number one R&B hit 'My True Story' in the USA for the Jive who were from Brooklyn, NY, Eugene Pitt (lead), Jerome Hanna (tenor), Richard Harris (tenor), Billy Prophet (baritone), and Norman Johnson (bass).


1964 Casey Spencer (tenor), Webster Harris (tenor), and Beatrice Best (baritone) With United Artists did 'I'm a Happy Man.' Which was the track played in Manchester soul clubs.

1970 at Decca they changed name to the Jive Five: 'I Want You to Be My Baby.' Again a name change in 1980's to Ebony, Ivory, and the Jades, then back again to the original name.

YouTube
The Jive Five - My True Story, YouTube
Weblinks

The Jive Five - answers.com


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