Groupe Doo Wop US originaire de Chicago (Illinois). Les Flamingos ont été formé en 1952 par Jake et Zeke Carey avec Johnny Carter, Paul Wilson et Sollie Mc Elroy. Ils font un premier enregistrement en 1953 chez Chance Records puis ils passent chez Parrot et Chess Records. En 1956, Mc Elroy fut remplacé par Nate Nelson. Après différents changements au sein du groupe et le passage dans plusieurs labels (Decca (57), End (58), Chess (64), Checker, Philips, Ronze, Julman et Polydor Records, les "Flamingos" se sont séparés au début des années soixante-dix.

Universally hailed as one of the finest and most influential Vocals groups in pop music history, the Flamingos defined doo wop at its most elegant and sophisticated, their matchless harmonies profoundly impacting the Motown Sound of the 1960s and the Philly soul of the following decade. The roots of the Flamingos lie in Baltimore, where cousins Jake and Zeke Carey grew up in the same neighborhood occupied by the Orioles' Sonny Til. In 1950, the cousins relocated to Chicago, where they joined the choir of the Jewish Church of God and Saints of Christ Congregation on the city's south side. Through the choir the Careys met Paul Wilson and Johnny Carter, and together they began performing as a quartet, performing in the same neighborhoods as another future soul legend, Sam Cooke. With the addition of lead Earl Lewis, the fledgling group's lineup was complete, with Carter and Zeke Carey installed as tenors, Wilson as baritone, and Jake Carey as bass. At first they called themselves the Swallows, but about six months later learned of a rival group with the same name back in Baltimore. Carter suggested el Flamingos, which was quickly modified to the Five Flamingos and finally just the Flamingos.
While performing at a picnic in the autumn of 1952, the Flamingos befriended one Fletcher Witherspoon, Jr., who landed them a recurring gig at his friend's club Martin's Corner. There they were discovered by King Booking Agency head Ralph Leon, who signed on as their manager. At Leon's urging, the Flamingos replaced the increasingly unreliable Lewis with lead Sollie McElroy. While Lewis later signed on with the Five Echoes, the new-look Flamingos in late 1952 cut their first demo session for Chicago's famed United Records. The label passed, claiming the group's flawless harmonies were in fact too clean and precise. In early 1953, the Flamingos instead signed to the Chance imprint, issuing their debut single, "Someday, Someway," in March. The record generated solid airplay throughout much of the Midwest, and that summer Chance released the quintet's sophomore effort, a ballad-styled update of Sammy Kaye's 1947 hit "That's My Desire." The Carter original "Golden Teardrops" was selected for the Flamingos' third single and first unqualified masterpiece. A breathtakingly gorgeous ballad spotlighting their silken harmonies behind McElroy's poignant lead turn, the record was a commercial failure but became a cult classic, and according to many fans remains their creative apex.
As their touring commitments expanded to count opening appearances for jazz legends including Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton as well as legendary venues like Harlem's Apollo Theatre, the Flamingos not only developed a series of razor-sharp choreographed dance routines later emulated by the Temptations and other Vocals groups, but as the years went by they also honed their skills as instrumentalists, in the process becoming one of the first self-contained R&B outfits. Still, Chance consistently proved unable to properly promote the quintet's records, and in the wake of their sixth single, "Blues in a Letter," the Flamingos exited the label in late 1954, landing at Chicago DJ Al Benson's Parrot label to release the ballad "Dream of a Lifetime" early the following year. McElroy left the lineup soon after, resurfacing in the Moroccos. The remaining foursome tapped former Velvetones lead Nate Nelson as his replacement, and he and Carter shared lead Vocals duties on the Flamingos' Parrot swan song, "Ko Ko Mo." Following Ralph Leon's death, the group negotiated a deal with the Chess label's Checker subsidiary, releasing "When" in the spring of 1955. The gossamer ballad "Please Come Back Home" closed out the year, but failed to deliver the breakthrough chart hit they so desperately sought.
the Flamingos' fortunes changed dramatically with the January 1956 release of the ballad "I'll Be Home." Written by radio personality Fats Washington and featuring a tender Nelson Vocals, the single reached number five on the Billboard R&B chart, although crooner Pat Boone's vanilla remake effectively crippled its chances at crossing over to pop radio. the Flamingos returned that spring with the superb "A Kiss from Your Lips," this time ascending as far as number 12 R&B. They also made their film debut that year in Alan Freed's Rock, Rock, Rock, and appeared on the first racially integrated rock & roll package tour alongside Bill Haley & the Comets and the Platters. But after releasing "Would I Be Crying" in late 1956, Zeke Carey and Johnny Carter will-called up for military duty, forcing the remaining trio of Jake Carey, Paul Wilson, and Nate Nelson to recruit former Five Echoes member Tommy Hunt and erstwhile Whispers lead Terry Johnson, who grew up with the Careys in Baltimore. This lineup recorded 1957's "The Ladder of Love" for Decca, but contractual obligations to Checker rendered the record stillborn, and the Flamingos were in limbo until Carey completed his service tenure in late summer of 1958. Carter chose not to return, however, instead signing on with the Dells and remaining with them for close to half a century.
After wriggling out of their deal with Checker, the Flamingos relocated to New York City and signed to George Goldner's End label in late 1958, with the doo wop classic "Lovers Never Say Goodbye" reaching number 25 on the R&B charts and number 52 on the pop countdown the next spring. But despite the record's success, Goldner insisted the group shy away from its original repertoire in favor of traditional material. Although follow-ups including "But Not for Me" attracted little attention, the Flamingos' reading of the 1934 Eddy Duchin love song "I Only Have Eyes for You" would prove their biggest hit and a landmark of the doo wop era, with its celestial harmonies and Nelson's crushed-velvet lead propelling the song to number three on R&B charts and number 11 on the pop charts. The group soon after appeared in another Freed film vehicle, Go Johnny Go!, before inaugurating their most prolific period of recording with "Love Walked In," which limped to number 88 pop in the summer of 1959. "I Was Such a Fool" reached number 71 pop, and the year wound down with the release of Flamingo Serenade, an exquisite collection of pop standards from the pens of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and others.
In 1960 the Flamingos released no fewer than six singles on End, highlighted by the R&B Top 40 hit "Mio Amore" and "Your Other Love," which reached the middle rungs of the pop Hot 100. At the beginning of 1961, Hunt left the lineup to mount a solo career. After signing to Scepter, he cut a handful of minor chart hits, most notably "Human." The remaining quintet returned to the charts at mid-year with "Time Was," but Hunt's defection triggered significant tension within the Flamingos' ranks. The Carey cousins began accusing Terry Johnson (for some time the group's de facto producer and arranger) of harboring his own solo aspirations, and coupled with the diminishing commercial returns of singles like 1962's "For All We Know" and "Flame of Love," Johnson indeed did exit the ranks at year's end, soon followed by Nate Nelson. Together they formed a new group to tour as the Modern Flamingos, while the remaining trio forged on with a rotating cast of secondary players, exiting End and resurfacing briefly on Roulette with the one-off release "Ol' Man River." When the Modern Flamingos signed to Atco, the label insisted they change their name to the Starglows, but with Johnson and Nelson sharing Vocals duties, their 1964 single "Let's Be Lovers" sounded exactly like the Flamingos anyway. George Goldner cried foul, forcing Atco to halt promotion of the single and terminate the Starglows' contract.
In 1964 Paul Wilson split from the original Flamingos, leaving only Jake and Zeke Carey from the founding lineup. In the meantime Johnson and Nelson continued touring as the Modern Flamingos, even after the former accepted a writing and producing position with Motown. Nelson later caught on with the Platters -- he died in 1984 -- while the remaining Flamingos signed to Phillips in 1965, scoring a left-field hit with "The Boogaloo Party" in 1966. Subsequent efforts like "Itty Bitty Baby" and "Koo Koo" went nowhere in a music industry dominated by psychedelia and deep soul, however, and in 1970 the group charted for the final time with the up-tempo "Buffalo Soldier." the Flamingos nevertheless continued recording for their own Ronze label, finally halting their studio efforts with the 1976 single "Love Keeps the Doctor Away." They remained a fixture of the casino circuit, however, and for close to a quarter century both the Carey cousins and Terry Johnson led competing Flamingos lineups to considerable box-office success. Wilson died in 1998. When Jake Carey died in 1996, his son J.C. took his place, and when Zeke Carey passed away five years later, prodigal son Tommy Hunt returned to the fold. When the Flamingos were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, Hunt, Terry Johnson, and Johnny Carter all performed at the ceremony.

https://www.singers.com/group/Flamingos/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flamingos

Talents : Sollie McElroy : Lead Tenor - Johnny Carter : Lead Tenor - Zeke Carey : Tenor - Paul Willson : Baritone - Jake Carey : Bass

Style musical : Doo Wop

https://youtu.be/SUEunq3jihE

JUMP CHILDREN (1954)

I'LL BE HOME (1955)

A KISS FROM YOUR LIPS (1956)

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU (1959)

NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU (1960)

Years in activity :

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78 t. & Singles

1953 SP & 78 t. CHANCE CH-1131 (US) . September Song / Vooit Vooit
03/1953 SP & 78 t. CHANCE CH-1133 (US) . I Can't Have You / Someday, Someway
06/1953 SP & 78 t. CHANCE CH-1140 (US) . That's My Desire / Hurry Home Baby
09/1953 SP & 78 t. CHANCE CH-1145 (US) . Golden Teardrop / Carried Away
1953 SP & 78 t. CHANCE CH-1149 (US) . Plan For Love / You Ain't Ready
1954 SP & 78 t. CHANCE CH-1154 (US) . Listen To My Plea / Cross Over The Bridge
1954 SP & 78 t. CHANCE CH-1162 (US) . Blues in a letter / Jump children
08/1954 SP & 78 t. PARROT 808 (US) . Dream Of A Lifetime / On My Merry Way
1955 SP & 78 t. PARROT 811 (US) . I Really Don't Want To Know / Get With It
1955 SP & 78 t. PARROT 812 (US) . I'm Yours / Ko Ko Mo
04/1955 SP & 78 t. CHECKER 815 (US) . That's My Baby (Chick-A-Boom) / When
07/1955 SP & 78 t. CHECKER 821 (US) . Please Come Back Home / I Want To Love You
01/1956 SP & 78 t. CHECKER 830 (US) . Need Your Love / I'll Be Home
05/1956 SP & 78 t. CHECKER 837 (US) . A Kiss From Your Lips / Get With It
10/1956 SP & 78 t. CHECKER 846 (US) . Shilly Dilly / The Vow
12/1956 SP & 78 t. CHECKER 853 (US) . Would I Be Crying / Just For A Kick
06/1957 SP DECCA 30335 (US) . Let's Make Up / The Ladder Of Love
10/1957 SP DECCA 30454 (US) . Helpless / My Faith In You
1958 SP DECCA 30687 (US) . Where Mary Goes / Rock And Roll March
10/1958 SP END E-1035 (US) . Lovers Never Say Goodbye / That Love Is You
1959 SP CHECKER 915 (US) . Dream Of A Lifetime / Whispering Stars
1959 SP CHECKER 930 (US) . I'll Be Home / Need Your Love
02/1959 SP END E-1040 (US) . But Not For Me / I Shed A Tear At Your
1959 SP END E-1044 (US) . Love walked in / At the prom
05/1959 SP END E-1046 (US) . I Only Have Eyes For You / Goodnight Sweetheart
05/1959 SP END END 1046 (US) . I Only Have Eyes For You / At The Prom
1959 SP DECCA 30880 (US) . Kiss a me / Ever since I met you
07/1959 SP DECCA 30948 (US) . Jerry Lee / Hey Now
08/1959 SP END E-1055 (US) . Love Walked In / Yours
12/1959 SP END E-1062 (US) . Heavenly Angel / I Was Such A Fool
1960 SP END E-1065 (US) . Mio amour / You, me and the sea
02/1960 SP END END 1068 (US) . Nobody Loves Me Like You / You Me And The Sea
02/1960 SP END E-1068 (US) . Nobody Loves Me Like You / Besame Mucho
1960 SP END E-1070 (US) . Besame mucho / You, me and the sea
05/1960 SP END E-1073 (US) . At Night / Mio Amore
10/1960 SP END E-1079 (US) . Beside You / When I Fall In Love
11/1960 SP END E-1081 (US) . Your Other Love / Lovers Gotta Cry
02/1961 SP END END 1085 (US) . Kokomo/ That's Why I Love You
04/1961 SP END E-1092 (US) . Dream Girl / Time Was
04/1961 SP VEE-JAY VJ 384 (US) . Golden Teardrops / Carried Away
1961 SP END E-1099 (US) . My Memories of you / I Want to love you
1962 SP END E-1111 (US) . It must be love / I'm no fool anymore
08/1962 SP END E-1116 (US) . Near You/ For All We Know
04/1963 SP END E-1121 (US) . I Know Better / Flame Of Love
1963 SP END E-1124 (US) . True love / Come on to my party
1963 SP ROULETTE R-4524 (US) . Ol Man River Part 1 / Ol Man River Part 2
1964 SP CHECKER 1084 (US) . Love Come Back To Me / Your Little Guy
1964 SP CHECKER 1091 (US) . Goodnight Sweetheart / Does it really matter
1964 SP Time Square 102 (US) . A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening / Walking My Baby Back Home
07/1965 SP PHILIPS 40308 (US) . Temptation / Call her on the phone
01/1966 SP PHILIPS 40347 (US) . The boogaloo party / The names of you
06/1966 SP PHILIPS 40378 (US) . Brooklyn boogaloo / Since my baby put me down
11/1966 SP PHILIPS 40413 (US)  . She shook my world / Litty bitty baby
1966 SP PHILIPS 304 098 BF (NL)  The Boogaloo Party / The Nearness Of You
05/1967 SP PHILIPS 40452 (US) . Koo koo / If keeps the doctor away
11/1967 SP PHILIPS 40496 (US) . Oh Mary don't you worry / Do it, do it
05/1969 SP PHILIPS BF 1786 (UK) The Boogaloo Party / The Nearness Of You
07/1969 SP JULMAR 506 (US) . Dealin’ (Groovin’ With The Feelin’ / Dealin’ All The Way)
1970 SP POLYDOR 14019 (US) . Buffalo Soldier Part 1 / Buffalo Soldier Part 2
1970 SP POLYDOR 14044 (US) . Lover come back to me / Straghten it up
1971 SP RONZE RZ-111 (US) . Gotta Have All Your Lovin' / Welcome Home
1973 SP GOLDIES 45 D-2525 (US) . I Only Have Eyes For You / At The Prom
1974 SP WORLDS 103 (US) . Think About Me / Think About Me (instr.)
1975 SP RONZE RZ-115 (US) . Heavy Hips / Someone To Watch Over Me
1976 SP RONZE RZ-116 (US) . Love Keeps The Doctor Away (long version) / Love Keeps The Doctor Away (short version)
1984 SP CHESS 91009 (US) . I'll Be Home / A Kiss From Your Lips
19?? SP COLLECTABLES C-1466 (US) . Secret Love (MOONGLOWS) / Golden Teardrops (Flamingos)


















Unissued Tracks

1953 CHANCE unissued September Song
1954 PARROT unissued I found a new baby
1954 PARROT unissued If i could love you
1956 CHECKER unissued Cry
1957 DECCA unissued That's love is you
1958 END unissued Whithout a song
1959 END unissued We Were made for each other
1959 END unissued River of tears
1960 END unissued Happy birthday Elise
1960 END unissued A Kiss from your lips
1960 END unissued I'll Be Home
1960 END unissued Jump Children
1961 END unissued Lover come back
1963 END unissued Shout it out

Albums

03/1959 LP 12" CHECKER LP-1433 (US) THE FLAMINGOS - Dream Of A Lifetime / Ko Ko Mo / Whispering Stars / On My Merry Way / The Vow / Would I Be Crying / A Kiss From Your Lips / Shilly Dilly / Stolen Love / Chickie Um Bah / Nobody's Love / Chicka Boom That's My Baby
1959 LP 12" END LPS-304  (US) FLAMINGO SERENADE - Love Walked In / Music Maestro Please / Begin The Beguine / The Breeze And I / Time Was / Goodnight Sweetheart / I Only Have Eyes For You / I'm In The Mood For Love / As Time Goes By / Where Or When / Yours / But Not For Me
1960 LP 12" END LPS-307  (US) FLAMINGO FAVORITES - Besame Mucho / Dream Girl / Crazy Crazy Crazy / That's Why I Love You / Heavenly Angel / Mio Amore (My Love) / Maria Elena / Sweet And Lovely / Tell Me How Long / My Foolish Heart / You Belong To My Heart / Bridge Of Tears
1960 LP 12" END LPS-308  (US) REQUESTFULLY YOURS - In The Still Of The Night [Cole Porter song] / Beside You / Never In This World / When I Fall In Love / You Me And The Sea / Everybody's Got A Home (But Me) / Nobody Love Me Like You / Tenderly / I Was Such A Fool (To Fall In Love With You) / Every Time I Think Of You / At Night / You'll Never Walk Alone
1962 LP 12" END LPS-316  (US) THE SOUND OF THE FLAMINGOS - Too Soon To Know / Flame Of Love / The Sinner / I'm Coming Home / (When You're Young And) Only Seventeen / Ol' Man River / You're Mine / My Lovely One / I Know Better / Moonlight In Vermont / Without His Love / Danny Boy
1962 LP 12" VEE-JAY LP-1052  (US) THE MOONGLOWS MEET THE FLAMINGOS ON THE DUSTY ROAD OF HITS - Vooit-Vooit / September Song / Someday Someway / Golden Teardrops / Carried Away / That's My Desire / Cross Over The Bridge / If I Can't Have You / + The MOONGLOWS
1964 LP 12" CONSTELLATION CS -3 (US) COLLECTORS SHOWCASE, VOLUME III - THE FLAMINGOS - Golden Teardrops / September Song / Cross Over The Bridge / Listen To My Plea, Part 1 / Listen To My Plea, Part 2 / Vooit Vooit / Blues In A Letter / Someday, Someday / If I Can't Have You / Plan For Love / You Ain't Ready / That's My Desire / Carried Away / Hurry Home Baby
1966 LP 12" PHILIPS PHS 600-206 (US) Their Hits Then And Now - The Boogaloo Party / I Only Have Eyes For You / Since My Baby Put Me Down / A Kiss From Your Lips / Brooklyn Boogaloo / The Nearness Of You / The Yellow Rose Of Texas / Your Other Love / Lovers Never Say Goodbye / Nobody Loves Me Like You Do / I'll Be Home / I'm Not Tired Yet  
197? LP 12" RONZE RSLP 1001 (US) Color Them Beautiful - She's Gone / Gotta Have All Your Lovin' / Does It Really Matter / Dealin' (Groovin' With The Feelin') / Welcome Home / I Need You So / Goodnight Sweetheart / Suddenly We're Strangers / You, You, You / Too Young / Dealin' All The Way
1972 LP 12" RONZE RLP-1002 (US) TODAY - Let It Be Me / At Night / Why Can't Susie Go To / School With Lucy / Golden Tear Drops / As Time Goes By / Virgo, Virgin Lady / Time Was
1976 LP 12" CHESS ACRR-702 (US) FLAMINGOS - I Really Don't Want To Know / Dream Of A Lifetime / Ko Ko Mo / Whispering Stars / On My Merry Way / The Vow / Would I Be Crying / A Kiss From Your Lips / Shilly Dilly / tolen Love / Chickie Um Bah / Nobody's Love / Chica Boom (That's My Baby) / Dream Of A Lifetime (alternate take) / If I Could Love You / I Found A New Baby
1981 LP 12" ROULETTE YZ-121-RO (JAP) The Fabulous Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You / Mio Amore (My Love) Till The End Of Time / Love Walked In / Music Maestro Please / Time Was / But Not For Me / Your Other Love / At The Prom / I Know Better / Tell Me How Long / I Was Such A Fool To Fall In Love With You / Nobody Loves Me Like You
1982 LP 12" Solid Smoke ‎SS 8018  (US) Golden Teardrops - Golden Teardrops / You Ain't Ready / If I Can't Have You / Blues In A Letter / Someday, Someway / September Song / Vooit-Vooit (Jump Children) / Carried Away / Plan For Love / Listen To My Plea / That's My Desire / Hurry Home Baby / Cross Over The Bridge
1982 LP 12" Curcio GSR-69 (I) La Grande Storia Del Rock – 69 - The Flamingos / Ray Charles - Ray Charles : Sitting On Top Of The World / Kiss Me Baby / Oh Baby / I'm Gonna Drown Myself / Blues Is My Middle Name / I Had My Fun / Flamingos : Vooit Vooit / Carried Away / If I Can't Have You / That's My Desire / Golden Teardrops
1983 LP 12" Charly R&B ‎CRB 1060 (UK) JUMP CHILDREN - The Orioles - The Moonglows - The Flamingos - Jump Children (Vooit Vooit) (Flamingos) / Real Gone Mama (Moonglows) / Live It Up (Orioles) / Cross Over The Bridge (Flamingos) / Baby Please (Moonglows) / Fools Will Be Fools (Orioles) / Golden Teardrops (Flamingos) / Ooh Rockin' Daddy (Moonglows) / I Just Got Lucky (Orioles) / My Gal (Moonglows) / Someday, Someway (Flamingos) / Happy 'Till The Letter (Orioles) / 219 Train (Moonglows) / Carried Away (Flamingos) / Never Leave Baby (Orioles) / Whistle My Love (Moonglows)
1984 LP 12" ROULETTE SR 59033 (US) Requestfully Yours - In The Still Of The Night / Beside You / Never In This World / When I Fall In Love / You, Me And The Sea / Everybody's Got A Home (But Me) / Nobody Loves Me Like You / Tenderly / I Was Such A Fool (To Fall In Love With You) / Every Time I Think Of You / At Night / You'll Never Walk Alone
1984 LP 12" CHESS / MCA  CH-91560 (US) THE FLAMINGOS - Dream Of A Lifetime / Ko Ko Mo / Whispering Stars / On My Merry Way / The Vow / Would I Be Crying / A Kiss From Your Lips / Shilly Dilly / Stolen Love / Chickie Um Bah / Nobody's Love / Chicka Boom That's My Baby
1988 LP 12" Zafiro ‎30112236 (S) The Chess Sessions - I'll Be Home / I Really Don't Want To Know / Dream Of A Lifetime / Ko Ko Mo / Whispering Stars / On My Merry Way / The Vow / Would I Be Crying / A Kiss From Your Lips / Shilly Dilly / Stolen Love / Chickie Um Bah / Nobody's Love / Chika Boom (Thats My Baby) / If I Could Love You / I Found A New Baby
05/1990 CD RHINO 70967 (US) THE BEST OF THE FLAMINGOS - That's My Desire / Golden Teardrops / Jump Children / Dream Of A Lifetime / Ko Ko Mo / I'll Be Home / A Kiss From Your Lips / The Vow / The Ladder Of Love / Lovers Never Say Goodbye / I Only Have Eyes For You / Mio Amore / Nobody Loves Me Like You / Your Other Love
02/1992 2 CD COLLECTABLES 8803 (US) THE FLAMINGOS FOR COLLECTORS ONLY :
CD 1 : I Only have Eyes For You / I'll Be Home (unreleased version) / Ko Ko Mo / Mio Amore / My Foolish Heart / Nobody Loves Me Like You / Love Walked In / Lovers Never Say Goodbye / That's Why I Love You / Your Other Love / I Was Such A Fool / My Memories Of you / A Kiss From Your Lips (unreleased version) / Jump Children / Time Was / You & Me & The Sea / Maria Elena / I Want To Love You / Beside You / I'm In The Mood For Love / Bridge Of Tears / I Shed A Tear At Your Wedding
CD 2 : Music Maestro Please / It's Too Soon To Know / Besame Mucho / At Night / Everybody's Got A Home But Me / Lovers Never Say Goodbye (unreleased demo) / For All We Know / Lovers Gotta Cry / Crazy Crazy Crazy / That Love Is You / Dream Girl / Tell Me How Long / You'll Never Walk Alone / When I Fall In Love / But Not For Me / Sweet & Lovely / Heavenly Angel / At The Prom / Ol' Man River / Goodnight Sweetheart
03/1992 CD REMEMBER 75036 (US) I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU - Lovers Never Say Goodbye / I Only Have Eyes For You / Love Walked In / I Was Such A Fool (To Fall In Love With You) / Nobody Loves Me Like You / Mio Amore (I'm Yours Till The End) / Your Other Love / Time Was / When I Fall In Love / At The Prom / Heavenly Angel / Ol' Man River - Part 1 / Ol' Man River - Part 2 / But Not For Me / The Flame Of Love / I Know Better / That Love Is You / Goodnight Sweetheart
1992 CD COLLECTABLES COL-CD-5428 (US) Flamingo Favorites - Besame Mucho / Dream Girl / Crazy, Crazy, Crazy / That's Why I Love You / Heavenly Angel / Mio Amore / Maria Elena / Sweet & Lovely / Tell Me How Long / My Foolish Heart / You Belong To My Heart / Bridge Of Tears
11/1992 CD COLLECTABLES COL-CD-5429 (US) THE FABULOUS FLAMINGOS - It's Too Soon To Know / Flame Of Love / The Sinner / I'm Coming Home / (When Your Young And) Only Seventeen / Ol' Man River / You're Mine / My Lovely One / I Know Better / Moonlight In Vermont / Without His Love / Danny Boy
1993 CD CHARLY CD INS 5072  (UK) I'll Be Home - Someday Someday / Golden Teardrops / Cross Over The Bridge / Carried Away / You Ain't Ready / Hurry Home Baby / Blues In The Letter / On My Merry Way / Dream Of A Lifetime (alt. take) / If I Could Love You / I Really Don't Want To Know / I Found A New Baby / Ko Ko Mo / That's My Baby (Chicka Boom) / Whispering Stars / Chickie-Um-Bah / I'll Be Home / A Kiss From Your Lips / Get With It / Dream Of A Lifetime / Nobody's Love / Would I Be Crying / Shilly Dilly / Stolen Love
10/1994 CD SEQUEL 609 (UK) I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU - THE BEST OF THE "END" YEARS - Lovers Never Say Goodbye / That Love Is You / Jump Children / I Shed A Tear At Your Wedding / Time Was / Goodnight Sweetheart / Love Walked In / I Only Have Eyes For You / At The Prom / I Was Such A Fool / Nobody Loves Me Like You / Besame Mucho / At Night / Mio Amore / Kokomo / That's Why I Love You / I'll Be Home / Your Other Love / Kiss From Your Lips / My Memories Of You
05/1997 CD MCA CHD-9378 (US) THE COMPLETE CHESS MASTERS PLUS - Chick-A-Boom (That's My Baby) / When (alternate) / Need Your Love / When / I Want To Love You / Please Come Back Home / Just For A Kick / Whispering Stars / I'll Be Home (alternate) / Chickie Um Bah / I'll Be Home / Cry / A Kiss From Your Lips / Get With It / The Vow / Stolen Love / Dream Of A Lifetime / Nobody's Love / Shilly Dilly / Would I Be Crying (If I Were Lying To You)
1997 CD UNIVERSAL MCD 09378 (EUR) THE COMPLETE CHESS MASTERS - Chick-A-Boom (That's My Baby) / When (alternate) / Need Your Love / When / I Want To Love You / Please Come Back Home / Just For A Kick / Whispering Stars / I'll Be Home (alternate) / Chickie Um Bah / I'll Be Home / Cry / A Kiss From Your Lips / Get With It / The Vow / Stolen Love / Dream Of A Lifetime / Nobody's Love / Shilly Dilly / Would I Be Crying (If I Were Lying To You)
06/1998 CD Westside WESM 532 (UK) Flamingo Serenades / Flamingo Favorites  - Love Walked In / Music, Maestro, Please! / Begin The Beguine / The Breeze And I / Time Was / Goodnight Sweetheart / I Only Have Eyes For You / I'm In The Mood For Love / As Time Goes By / Were Or When / Yours / But Not For Me / Beasame Mucho / Dream Girl / Crazy, Crazy, Crazy / That's Why I Love You / Heavenly Angel / Mio Amore / Maria Elena / Sweet And Lovely / Tell Me How Long / My Foolish Heart / You Belong To My Heart / Bridge Of Tears
06/1998 CD Westside WESM 537 (UK) Requestfully Yours / The Sound of the Flamingos - In The Still Of The Night / Beside You / Never In This World / When I Fall In Love / You, Me And The Sea / Everybody's Got A Home (But Me) / Nobody Loves Me Like You / Tenderly / I Was Such A Fool (To Fall In Love With You) / Everytime I Think Of You / At Night / You'll Never Walk Alone / Too Soon To Know / Flame Of Love / The Sinner (El Pecador) / I'm Coming Home / (When You're Young And) Only Seventeen / Ol' Man River / You're Mine / My Lovely One / I Know Better / Moonlight In Vermont / Without His Love / Danny Boy
07/2005 CD COLLECTABLES 9916 (US) I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU - I Only Have Eyes For You / Love Walked In / Nobody Loves Me Like You / I'll Be Home [version] / Lover's Gotta Cry / Besame Mucho / At Night / But Not For Me / That's Why I Love You / Mio Amore
06/2006 CD EMPIRE MUSIC GROUP 838 (US)

COLLECTORS GOLD SERIES - THE CRESTS VS. THE FLAMINGOS - My Juanita (CRESTS) / Sweetest One (CRESTS) / My Juanita (CRESTS) / Sweetest One (CRESTS) / Wish She Was Mine (CRESTS) / No One To Love (CRESTS) / Guilty (CRESTS) / Did I Remember (CRESTS) / Number One With Me (CRESTS) / Three Tears In A Bucket (CRESTS) / The Actor (CRESTS) / Tears Will Fall (CRESTS) / Dream Of A Lifetime (FLAMINGOS) / Ko Ko Mo (FLAMINGOS) / On My Merry Way (FLAMINGOS) / I Really Don't Want To Know (FLAMINGOS) / I'm Yours (FLAMINGOS) / I Found A New Baby (FLAMINGOS) / Get with It (FLAMINGOS) / If I Could Love You (FLAMINGOS)

01/2007 CD P-VINE 4331 (JAP) The Flamingos Meet the Moonglows on the Dusty Road of Hits - Vooit-Vooit (FLAMINGOS) / Oh Rockin' Daddy (MOONGLOWS) / September Song (FLAMINGOS) / Secret Love (MOONGLOWS) / Someday Someway (FLAMINGOS) / Real Gone Mama (MOONGLOWS) / Golden Teardrops (FLAMINGOS) / I Was Wrong (MOONGLOWS) / Carried Away (FLAMINGOS) / Whistle My Love (MOONGLOWS)  / That's My Desire (FLAMINGOS) / 219 Train (MOONGLOWS) / Cross Over The Bridge (FLAMINGOS) / My Gal (MOONGLOWS) / If I Can't Have You (FLAMINGOS) / Baby Please (MOONGLOWS) / Plan For Love (FLAMINGOS) / Fine Fine Girl (MOONGLOWS) / You Ain't Ready (FLAMINGOS) / My Love (MOONGLOWS)
09/2008 4 CD COLLECTABLES COLCD 1140 (US) Only the Best of the Flamingos :
CD 1 : It's Too Soon To Know / Flame Of Love / The Sinner / I'm Coming Home / (When You're Young And) Only Seventeen / Ol' Man River / You're Mine / My Lovely One / I Know Better / Moonlight In Vermont / Without His Love / Danny Boy
CD 2 : Besame Mucho / Dream Girl / Crazy, Crazy, Crazy / That's Why I Love You / Heavenly Angel / Mio Amore / Maria Elena / Sweet & Lovely / Tell Me How Long / My Foolish Heart / You Belong To My Heart / Bridge Of Tears
CD 3 : The Flamingos / I'm In The Mood For Love / As Time Goes By / Where Or When / Yours / But Not For Me / Love Walked In / Music Maestro Please / Begin tTe Beguine / The Breeze And I / Time Was / Goodnight Sweetheart
CD 4 : In The Still Of The Night / Beside You / Never In This World / When I Fall In Love / You, Me And The Sea / Everybody's Got A Home (But Me) / Nobody Loves Me Like You / Tenderly / I Was Such A Fool (To Fall In Love With You) / Every Time I Think Of You / At Night / You'll Never Walk Alone
04/2009 CD COLLECTABLES COLCD 1344 (US) I Only Have Eyes for You - I Only Have Eyes For You / I'll Be Home / Ko Ko Mo / Mio Amore / My Foolish Heart / Nobody Loves Me Like You / Love Walked In / Lovers Never Say Goodbye / That's Why I Love You / Your Other Love / I Was Such A Fool / My Memories Of You / Jump Children / Time Was / I Shed A Tear At Your Wedding / Besame Mucho / For All We Know / When I Fall In Love / But Not For Me / Goodnight Sweetheart
07/2009 CD COLLECTABLES COLCD1376 (US)

The Flamingos Meet the Dubs - I Only Have Eyes for You (FLAMINGOS) / Love Walked In (FLAMINGOS) / Nobody Loves Me Like You (FLAMINGOS) / Besame Mucho (FLAMINGOS) / Mio Amore (FLAMINGOS) / Could This Be Magic (DUBS) / Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely (DUBS) / Be Sure My Love (DUBS) / Is There A Love For Me (DUBS) / Beside My Love (DUBS)

01/2010 2 CD JASMINE JASCD 554 (UK) Dream of a Lifetime - 1953-1959 :
CD 1 : Some Day Someway / If I Can't Have You / Hurry Home Baby / That's My Desire / Golden Teardrops / Carried A Way / Plan For Love / You Ain't Ready / Cross Over The Bridge / Listen To My Plea / Blues In A Letter / Jump Children / September Song / Dream Of A Lifetime / On My Merry Way / Get With It / I Really Don't Want To Know / I'm Yours / Ko Ko Mo / If I Could Love You / I Found A New Baby / That's My Baby (Chick A Boom) / When / I Want To Love You / Please Come Back Home
CD 2 : Need Your Love / I'll Be Home / A Kiss From Your Lips / Get with It / Shilly Dilly / The Vow / Just For A Kick / Would I Be Crying (If I Were Lying To You) / Dream Of A Lifetime / Whispering Stars / I'll Be Home / Chickie Um Bah / Cry / Stolen Love / Nobody's Love / When / The Ladder Of Love / Lovers Never Say Goodbye / That Love Is You / But Not For Me / I Shed A Tear At Your Wedding / Love Walked In / At The Prom / Goodnight Sweetheart / I Only Have Eyes For You
2013 2 CD JASMINE JASCD 253 (UK) Time Was - The Sessions 1957-1962 :
CD 1 : Let's Make Up / Helpless / My Faith In You / Where Mary Go / The Rock And Roll March / Ever Since I Met Lucy / Kiss A Me / Jerri-Lee / Hey Now / Music Maestro Please / I'm In The Mood For Love / Begin The Beguine / As Time Goes By / The Breeze And I / Where Or When / Yours / I Was Such A Fool (To Fall In Love With You) / Heavenly Angel / Mio Amore (My Love) / You, Me And The Sea / Besame Mucho / Nobody Loves Me Like You / Maria Elena / Sweet And Lovely / Crazy Crazy Crazy / That's Why I Love You / Tell Me How Long
CD 2 : My Foolish Heart / You Belong To My Heart / Bridge Of Tears / At Night / When I Fall In Love / Beside You / In The Still Of The Night / Tenderly / Never In This World / Every Time I Think Of You / Everybody's Got A Home (But Me) / You'll Never Walk Alone / Your Other Love / Lovers Gotta Cry / Kokomo / Dream Girl / Time Was / My Memories Of You / I Want To Love You / It Must Be Love / I'm No Fool Anymore / For All We Know / Near You / I Know Better / Flame Of Love / (Talk About) True Love / Come On To My Party
2016 4 CD REAL GONE RGMCD198 (UK) Six Classic Albums :
CD 1 : Flamingos (LP) (1959) : Dream Of A Lifetime / Ko Ko Mo / Whispering Stars / On My Merry Way / The Vow / Would I Be Crying / A Kiss From Your Lips / Shilly Dilly / Stolen Love / Chickie Um Bah / Nobody's Love / That's My Baby (Chika Boom) / Flamingo Serenade (LP) (1959) : Love Walked In / Music Maestro Please / Begin The Beguine / The Breeze And I / Time Was / Goodnight Sweetheart
CD 2 : I Only Have Eyes For You / I'm In The Mood For Love / As Time Goes By / Where Or When / Yours / But Not For Me / Requestfully Yours (LP) (1960) : In The Still Of The Night / Beside You / Never In This World / When I Fall In Love / You, Me And The Sea / Everybody's Got A Home (But Me) / Nobody Loves Me Like You / Tenderly / I Was Such A Fool (To Fall In Love With You) / Every Time I Think Of You / At Night / You'll Never Walk Alone
CD 3 : Flamingo Favorites (LP) (1960) : Besame Mucho / Dream Girl / Crazy, Crazy, Crazy / That's Why I Love You / Heavenly Angel / Mio Amore (My Love) / Maria Elena / Sweet And Lovely / Tell Me How Long / My Foolish Heart / You Belong To My Heart / Bridge Of Tears / The Sound Of The Flamingos (LP) (1962) : Too Soon To Know / Flame Of Love / The Sinner (El Pecador) / I'm Coming Home / (When You're Young And) Only Seventeen / Ol' Man River
CD 4 : You're Mine / My Lovely One / I Know Better / Moonlight In Vermont / Without His Love / Danny Boy / The Flamingos & The Moonglows - On The Dusty Road Of Hits (LP) (1962) : Vooit Vooit / Oh Rockin' Daddy / September Song / Secret Love / Someday, Someway / Real Gone Mama / Golden Teardrops / I Was Wrong / Carried Away / Whistle My Love / That's My Desire / 219 Train / Cross Over The Bridge / My Gal / If I Can't Have You / Baby Please
09/2017 3 CD Acrobat ACTRCD9068 (UK) Collection 1953-61 :
CD 1 : Someday, Someway / If I Can't Have You / That's My Desire / Hurry Home Baby / Golden Teardrops / Carried Away / Plan For Love / You Ain't Ready / Cross Over The Bridge / Listen To My Plea / Dream Of A Lifetime / On My Merry Way / Blues In A Letter / Jump Children / I Really Don't Want To Know / Get With It / I'm Yours / Ko Ko Mo / When / (Chick-A-Boom) That's My Baby / Please Come Back Home / I Want To Love You / I'll Be Home / Need You Love / A Kiss From Your Lips
CD 2 : The Vow / Shilly Dilly / Would I Be Crying / Just For A Kick / The Ladder Of Love / Let's Make Up / Helpless / My Faith In You / Where Mary Go / The Rock And Roll March / Lovers Never Say Goodbye / That Love Is You / Dream Of A Lifetime / Whispering Stars / But Not For Me / I Shed A Tear At Your Wedding / Love Walked In / At The Prom / I Only Have Eyes For You / Goodnight Sweetheart / Ever Since I Met Lucy / Kiss-A-Me / Yours / Jerri-Lee / Hey Now! / I Was Such A Fool / Heavenly Angel / Mio Amore
CD 3 : You, Me And The Sea / Nobody Loves Me / Besame Mucho / At Night / When I Fall In Love / Beside You / Your Other Love / Lovers Gotta Cry / That's Why I Love You / Time Was / Dream Girl / Stolen Love / Chickie Umbah / Nobody's Love / Music Maestro Please / I'm In The Mood For Love / Begin The Beguine / As Time Goes By / The Breeze And I / Where Or When / Maria Elena / Sweet And Lovely / Crazy, Crazy, Crazy / Tell Me How Long / My Foolish Heart / You Belong To My Heart / Bridge Of Tears
09/2017 CD HOODOO 263582 (EUR)

The Sound Of The Flamingos Plus Flamingo Serenade - The Sound Of The Flamingos : Too Soon To Know / Flame Of Love / The Sinner (El Pecador) / I'm Coming Home / Only Seventeen / Ol' Man River / You're Mine / My Lovely One / I Know Better / Moonlight In Vermont / Without This Love / Danny Boy / Flamingo Serenade : Love Walked In / Music Maestro, Please / Begin The Beguine / The Breeze And I / Time Was / Goodnight Sweetheart / I Only Have Eyes For You / I'm In The Mood For Love / As Time Goes By / Where Or When / Yours / But Not For Me / Bonus Tracks : Chickie Um Bah / Crazy, Crazy, Crazy / That's My Baby (Chick-A-Boom)

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