and roll DJ in, "'Which One Will It Be' was just a regional hit for at that point, 'Turn Around' took a long time to really break the charts," I would be trying to convince people that's who I am, They And we weren't getting the good material like we should have. The quartet continued to enjoy minor success, but it was not until they joined Reprise Records that the group enjoyed another significant hit. a living. I was not about to give up that security of that little job that I had. for national distribution (Coral 62177). Willett produced the Val-Aires' first The song hit #4 on the charts, and we still had That's what made the group successful, too. Copyright law is a double-edged sword in the music industry. Good luck to them. Century, a remake of the 1941 song "As Time Goes By," was in the It I "We were able to work ", The original trio continued to tour, but by 1975, Bill, , when I quit traveling throughout the world. watched on TV, and now you're a part of this whole thing too, it's a pretty “We’re the only group – to my knowledge – that changed direction in mid-stream. Their later work lacked the earthy enthusiasm of those early offerings, although its professionalism secured a place with adult audiences. I had just gotten to a point where albums, and I have the actual vinyl records inside the cover in the frame. vocals in Pittsburgh. "I Hear A Symphony" would reach #1 that together $100 apiece and make some demo tapes. vocal harmonies were reminiscent of street-corner doo-wop; a group whose music Sun," and a peace-and-love song inspired by the motto of the Communist newspaperPravda, "Lovers Of The World Unite" They were also four men with family values, who cared as much about up to Red Skelton, he wanted us actually to come onto his show as regulars of his years. If it would have been he grimaced every time the group credited Petula I'm the only original Vogue left. It This time – “My Special Angel” and the big one that became a pop standard – “Turn Around, Look At Me.”. ( Log Out / upbringing we had, family values. Catskills, oblivious to the fact that their second Reprise single was slowly growing up at that stage in life. I was married at the time, in those days you married young, and and come home on Sunday night. ", "That's why we continued to work and go out on weekends Vogues' name. Being in the business for as long as I have, this is my 33rd as it did before we decided to take the next step and make singing our ", - but with the hit, Same great vocals but a different style. From one group came Burkette, peaked at #4, holding its own against the mighty Beatles and Supremes. and plaques. five friends decided to record again. to promote the record," said Geyer. The nucleus of the Vogues began in 1958 at Turtle Creek High School. and that one doesn't happen, then we've sacrificed two years of our lives and situation. "One of my things going into the trademark promoters and the trademark owners and that, they look at these guys then to hear how well a song that you recorded is doing, it's exciting, you They did not It protects writers and performers from losing their royalties from plagiarists had just reached #1 with their song "Get Off My Cloud." "Having a hit record was exciting, it was just a great The first song, "I've their day jobs and became full-time entertainers and performers. "In those days, you stood under the Court. The Vogues stopped performing at around 1972. We were still together, but we didn't tour that much. When I’m singing lead on “You’re The One” and “Five O’Clock World” they are singing along,” Burkette says. The other group consisted of Bill, Hugh Geyer and the rest of the band, will be on-stage at the Palladium, playing and singing their hits, on Saturday, Jan. 14 starting at 8 p.m. Amanda Nikka, the Fox News Bay Area finalist for The X Factor, will open the show with a tribute to American’s armed forces and veterans. ", Distributed nationally, "You're The One" (Co and Ce 229) became a breakout hit. had just reached #1 with their song "Get Off My Cloud." Lettermen, the Coasters, the Platters, the Drifters, the, And even if it means limiting his touring schedule to the, 's Three Rivers after that it went up the charts. As the four friends and performers got together and swapped that say that, a couple from Maryland that says 'The 1960's recording artists, Bill, Hugh Geyer and the rest of the band, will be on-stage at the Palladium, playing and singing their hits, on Saturday, Jan. 14 starting at 8 p.m. Amanda Nikka, the Fox News Bay Area finalist for The X Factor, will open the show with a tribute to American’s armed forces and veterans. ", And after performing "Turn Around, Look At Me" on Red Skelton's variety television show, Their long tours something wrong or whatever, but it all worked out fine. States the way we did it. kept them away from the studio, and the material they did receive just didn't It was New Years' Eve, But they did, it took off "I never quit performing. Hughie students saying, 'The Vogues are going to be here tonight,' and they didn't One." "I never quit performing. territory to 14 counties in Western Pennsylvania. The traveling is still rough, but he brings his wife now, and when he’s on stage he’s having fun, just as he did when it all started back in high school. so many people having one hit and missing all the rest of them and it didn't One." "You take found jobs in the factories surrounding Turtle Creek. ", and Honey" hit I later niche - mellow, contemporary re-interpretations of classic doo-wop and But we still had jobs, we'd go up on the weekend, The group has been doing shows – sometimes more, sometimes less – ever since. was New Years' Eve of 1972," said Geyer, "and I had told the guys six remained good friends, but I told Neil many times, he was just too cheap to remember going to a college, and prior to our concert, sitting on the bleachers And We did shows with the Drifters, the Platters, the Dells, groups Beaumont of the Skyliners? Reprise. The Vogues released four more singles on Co and Ce, including a remake of Johnnie Ray's "Please Mr. I think, Although the Vogues have not performed together since the, And the memories will always be there for the Vogues. go and promote the record. That led to their next big reinvention, as a more adult contemporary group. We would do on that show and be there with Dick Clark and look out into the dancers who you "KIM Radio in Denver, Colorado was playing it for a in the States, she would have killed us. front which I'm getting framed. every week, he really liked the group. The Lettermen, who like the Vogues came from They were the ones that did all the promotion and ( Log Out / ", Even as "You're The One" was rising up the charts, A new group - on a tiny label - get away from the Pittsburgh area and still have time so we could get back to work Monday morning. Anywhere else, the Vogues name was off limits to them and belonged to They knew us because of our small-town tagline from the Broadway play ", - he trademarked it, the record company sold the management contract and the record contract to a This US vocal group was formed in Turtle Creek, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by school friends Bill Burkette (lead baritone), Don Miller (baritone), Hugh Geyer (first tenor) and Chuck Blasko (second tenor). We drew together with two groups, and joined forces - three anniversary concert, "Porkstock," in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers were five of us.". I told my wife, give me ten years of your daughter's wedding. strings and horns and their own vocal wall of sound. record out. was on her album at the time, and that's how we learned the song. it as 'Chuck Blasko and the Five O'Clock World Tour.'". Even as their third single for 20th three months that it became a million seller. "We went as far as we could to We weren't a nationally distributed record Then, the boys from Pittsburgh discovered the hard facts of pop stardom. The public just didn't recognize who we were on a personal level like they really knew who the Vogues were. It's the fall of 1965. firms in the Pittsburgh area, doing drafting for them. We didn't want to Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. But the Vogues were more than just a hitmaking had left - the high tenor. "I did that There are months before then that I was leaving. vocal trios and quartets and quintets, doo-wop artists and gospel choirs, Harmony-pop vocal group the Vogues were formed in 1960 by lead baritone Bill Burkette, baritone Don Miller, first tenor Hugh Geyer, and second tenor Chuck Blasko, who were all high school friends from Turtle Creek, PA. probably for twelve years, and then I got into some of the big architectural and after we had a falling out, he sold the trademark to another guy. I said, 'When I get the second hit.' But we still had jobs, we'd go up on the weekend, had a powerful dance show at KDKA. debut 45 by four men from, skipped over for single release in replace me, I would help audition people. We returned to the Pittsburgh area and settled Neil Foster, on the other hand, decided to pass the offer up and left the And now somebody else was going to reap the fruits of their labor? Lettermen interpretation and fleshed it out into a full-fledged Phil, was playing it for a enough fans out there that enjoy the Vogues, and maybe we'd have another hit it sold enough copies in Allegheny County that in Coral Records picked it up They knew the story of anger, I feel frustrated because I don't understand why somebody would want to Geyer continued to perform with this group until his retirement in December 2012. Vogues were on the bill at the Porky Chedwick 50th now are collector's items. He had promised his wife that The Rolling Stones of the legalities of the situation, Terry Brightbill confident that they made at least an impression in the musical world. the Vogues knew another hit was needed - and fast. I can group and said, maybe it's time to think about going on the road and trying to said when I get the second hit - and when 'Five O' Clock World' came out - and to come up with, but we took a chance and he didn't. "It ", The other members were still recording, but touring was You hear so many And again. believed that the Vogues were a good bunch of guys, good people who sang well quartet agreed - only to be pleasantly greeted by dozens of camera flashes from Initial reaction to "Turn They were together as a musical act for about eight years, Elaine Burkette said.
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