The Kodaks is tagged as: There are two groups called “The Kodaks” 1. One is a R&B vocal group from Newark, New Jersey, USA, the original members were lead Pearl McKinnon, first tenor James Patrick, second tenor William Franklin, baritone Larry Davis and bass William Miller. The Kodaks were representative of the pre-teen lead sound, featuring a girlish and innocent, pre-pubescent male voice. When the pre-teen leads first became popular, it was assumed that they were all male, but research conducted in the 70s into the history of many such groups discovered that some were led by females, notably Pearl McKinnon of the Kodaks and Faith Taylor of the Sweet Teens. The Kodaks came together in 1957 and signed with Bobby Robinson’s Fury label. The first release paired a terrific jump, ‘Little Boy And Girl’, with the touching ballad ‘Teenager’s Dream’, and received significant local airplay. The second release, in the spring of 1958, the exhilarating ‘Oh Gee, Oh Gosh’, was their most sizeable hit, winning air time on the entire east coast and some in the Midwest. The b-side, ‘Make Believe World’, was especially appealing, with creatively harmonized choruses. At this time, Davis and Franklin left to form the Sonics, who would later record ‘This Broken Heart’. They were rep... Read More About The Kodaks Biography...  Send The Kodaks ringtones to your cell
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