The Royal Jokers : "Spring" , Fortune Records, 1957

www.myspace.com The Royal Jokers : "Spring" , Fortune Records, 1957 Detroit SOUL! From the 45rpm: 5004 The Royal Jokers Spring / September In The Rain 1957 The Royal Jokers were a Detroit based vocal group that had their beginnings as The Serenaders and then The Royals. These vocal groups were covered historically in issue # 45. By 1945 the members of the group were Theron Hill, Norman Thrasher, Willie Jones, Ted Green, and Noah Howell. The first mention of the Royal Jokers comes in November of 1954 from their manager Chuck Darwin who has them recording for Venus Records in the motor city. That month Venus # 103 is released featuring the Royal Jokers on the songs "Someday We'll Meet Again" and "I Want You To Be My Baby". This record remains an obscurity as it does not make any appreciable inroads on the R & B sales charts. In May of 1955 it is announced that the group will be recording for Atlantic Records in the near future. In July of 1955 it is written in the trade press that The Royal Jokers will record for a new Atlantic subsidiary label to be called Atlas Records. During the summer the execs at Atlantic realized the existence of a R & B record label called Atlas, and so the new label will be called Atco (ATlantic COmpany). The Jokers have their first record in September for the new label with "You Tickle Me Baby" and "Stay Here" on Atco # 6052. The novelty jump tune "Tickle" is certainly the 'A' side and in a few weeks it is a good seller in the group's home town of ...

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