Genres Doo-wop Genre Doo-wop | Years active 1962 (1962)–present | |
Also known as Later performed as:Madison StreetTriangleThem and Us Albums Happy Teenager (Doo Wop), C'mon Let's Go Members Frank Safuto, Mike Zero, Vinnie Corella, Dominic Safuto, Ken Arcipowski, Sal Zero Record labels Trust Records, RRainbow Records, Ovrpm Records, Jukebox Entertainment Similar The Chiffons, The Capris, The Elegants, The Mystics, The Dialtones Profiles | ||
Randy & the Rainbows are an American doo wop group from Maspeth, New York. The group was formed in 1962 in a neighborhood of Queens, and featured two pairs of siblings, along with a fifth member. The Safuto brothers had previously sung in the group The Dialtones. They recorded with the producers of The Tokens, releasing the single "Denise" in 1963. The song spent 17 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 10, while reaching No. 18 on Billboard's "Hot R&B Singles", and No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. "Denise" was written by Neil Levenson, and was inspired by his childhood friend, Denise Lefrak. The song later became a European hit for Blondie, with the title changed to "Denis". Randy & The Rainbows' follow-up single, "Why Do Kids Grow Up", barely scraped the pop charts at No. 97, and the group never charted again.
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Members
The original 1962 line-up was made up of:
Founder band member, Ken Arcipowski, died on March 23, 2011. He was 66.
Later years
They continued to perform under several other names (Madison Street, Triangle, Them and Us), and toured in subsequent years with The Spinners, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Tony Orlando, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Freddie Roman, Jay Black, Pat Cooper, The Beach Boys, Dionne Warwick, and The Four Seasons. They released a new album, entitled Play Ball, in 2001 on producer Jimmy Wisner's label WizWorks.
Two similarly named groups
Two groups now exist carrying the same name, one led by the Safuto brothers (Randy and Frank), the other led by Mike Zero.
This is made up of the Safuto brothers, members are as follows:
The group appeared on the 2001 PBS special Doo Wop 51; it featured Randy's group plus Mike Zero.
This is made up of
Albums
Singles
Songs
DeniseWe Love You Denise · 2013
She's My Angel2007
Till I Heard It from YouC'mon Let's Go · 2011