Groupe Doo Wop US formé à Los Angeles (Californie) en 1961, Little Caesar & The Romans comprenait David Caesar Johnson, Leroy Sanders, Johnny O'Simmons et Early Harris. Ils se sont séparés en 1962.

Near the end of the doo wop era, this Los Angeles group made the Top Ten with the nostalgic "Those Oldies But Goodies (Reminds Me of You)," a piano-based ballad that sounded a bit like a bridge between the Five Satins and Little Anthony & the Imperials. Doo wop's days were numbered when this was a hit in 1961, and indeed the song's title would quickly become a catch-all phrase for rock records of all kinds that had left the charts several years ago. Little Caesar & the Romans went on to record a few singles, and an LP, for Del-Fi in 1961 and 1962, some in a quaint vocal group manner heavily derivative of "Those Oldies But Goodies," others in a rougher, uptempo R&B mold akin to fellow L.A. artists the Olympics. They made the middle of the Top 100 with the dance tune "Hully Gully Again," and topped out at #101 with "Memories of Those Oldies But Goodies," a single that was even more nostalgic than its prototype. The act, which performed in togas for a while, broke up in 1962, partly as a result of a silly dispute between lead vocalist Carl Barnett and David Johnson (who did the spoken bridge of "Those Oldies But Goodies") as to who was the real Little Caesar.

Talents : David Caesar Johnson : Lead - Leroy Sanders : Bass - Johnny O'Simmons : Tenor - Early Harris : Tenor

Style musical : Doo Wop, Rhythm 'n' Blues

THOSE  OLDIES BUT GOODIES TWELVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR

Années en activité :

DISCOGRAPHIE

Singles

1961	SP DEL-FI 4158 (US)	Those Oldies But Goodies / She Don't Wanna (Dance No More)
1961	SP DEL-FI 4164 (US)	Hully Gully Again / Frankie And Johnny
1961	SP DEL-FI 4166 (US)	Memories Of Those Oldies But Goodies / Fever
1961	SP DEL-FI 4170 (US)	The Ten Commandments Of Love / C.C. Ryder
1961	SP DEL-FI 4177 (US)	Popeye Once More / Yoyo Yo Yoyo
1964 ?	SP HI-NOTE AT 602 (US)	CAESER & THE ROMANS - Your True Love / Let The Four Winds Blow
1977	SP ESSAR 7803 (US)	We Belong Together / Disco Hully Gully

Albums

1961	LP 12" DEL-FI DFLP-218 (US)		THOSE OLDIES BUT GOODIES - Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) / I Need You So / Ten Commandments Of Love / Little Star / Adorable / Memories Of Those Oldies But Goodies / Hully Gully Again / Work With Me Annie-Annie Had A Baby / Searchin' / Fever / C C Rider
03/1998	CD DEL-FI 71262 (US)		TOGA ! TOGA ! TOGA ! - Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) / She Don't Wanna Dance / I Need You So / Ten Commandments Of Love / C.C. Rider / Little Star / Adorable / Memories Of Those Oldies But Goodies / Fever / Popeye One More Time / YoYo Yo YoYo / Hully Gully Again / Frankie And Johnny / Work With Me Annie - Annie Had A Baby / Searchin' / Quarter To Three / Twelve Months Of The Year / Memories / Betty Jean / Three Weeks Ago Today
05/2006	CD COLLECTABLES 9986 (US)		THOSE OLDIES BUT GOODIES - Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) / Memories Of Those Oldies But Goodies / Ten Commandments Of Love / Fever / Betty Jean / Hully Gully Again / I Need You So / Three Weeks Ago Today / Popeye One More Time / Adorable

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