The Halos is tagged as: oldies, doo wop, power pop, rock and roll, under 2000 listeners The Halos were an American doo wop group from The Bronx. After The Mellows broke up, Arthur Crier formed The Halos. The original group consisted of J. R. Bailey (1st tenor), Harold Johnson (2nd tenor), Al Cleveland (baritone), and Arthur Crier (bass). Al Cleveland was from Pittsburgh and was in New York trying to make it as a singer. As fate would have it, he had been having absolutely no luck and was standing on Broadway waiting to catch a bus to go back home. Arthur and Carl Spencer had been doing some demo work and needed a third voice. As they left the Brill Building, they saw Cleveland and asked him if he could sing! This Halos group recorded “Nag” (#25 Billboard Hot 100 in 1961) (with J.R. Bailey doing the “nagging sounds”). The flip (b-side of “Nag”), “Copy Cat”, was actually a previously-recorded duet between Arthur and Carl, which had been done for Morty Craft. J.R. Bailey decided that he didn’t want to travel and was replaced by Phil Johnson, former lead of The Duvals on Kelit and Club. (Bailey later joined The Cadillacs) While the Halos were riding on the charts with “Nag”, Morty Craft decided to release two sides that the group had cut at the same session. L-O-V-E and Heartbreaking World. However, s... Read More About The Halos Biography...  Send The Halos ringtones to your cell
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