The Deltones Early Morning Rock 1958

Howdy HepKat59 I d like to thank you personally for the recognition you ve given my vocal group the Deltones and our song Early Morning Rock. My name is Sammy Basile and I was one of the founding members of the Deltones in 1957. At 12, I would hang around the corner candy store with my close friend Tommy Burton. Tommy and I would harmonize to the sounds and vocals of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers and other groups whose records were on the candy store juke box. Tommy would sing bass and I would sing leads. We grew up on the west of Chicago, now called KTown, since all the streets in our neighborhood start with a K, i. e. Kilborne, Karlov, Keeler, etc. We attended Marshall high school, located on the corners of 5th Ave, and Adams Kedzie streets. It was the same high school Dee Clark attended; Dee was a few years ahead of us but would always appear at Marshall s It was there that Tom and I knew that we wanted on that stage to emulate the DooWop music of the early and mid 50 s.