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The Playmates

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Active until
  
1964

Record label
  
Apex Records

Active from
  
1958

Genres
  
Rock, Pop


Albums
  
At Play With The Playmates

Similar
  
The Four Preps, Nervous Norvus, Larry Verne, Freddy V, Sheb Wooley

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The Playmates were a late 1950s vocal group led by the pianist Chic Hetti (born Carl Cicchetti, 26 February 1930), drummer Donny Conn (born Donald Claps, 29 March 1930), and Morey Carr (born 31 July 1932), all from Waterbury, Connecticut.

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Career

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The Playmates, Donald Claps (a.k.a. Donny Conn) drummer and lyricist, Carl Cicchetti (a.k.a. Chic Hetti) pianist music composer and Morey Cohen (a.k.a. Morey Carr) lead vocalist were an instrumental and vocal trio, all from Waterbury, Connecticut, and in the early 1950s at the University of Connecticut, who after graduation in 1952 began touring small lounges and night clubs in the United States and Canada, originally as "The Nitwits", later as The Playmates.

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Signed to Roulette Records in 1958 as the label's first vocal group, Anticipating a Calypso craze, the group recorded an album called Playmates Visit the West Indies. They then released two notable Top 40 singles — "Jo-Ann" and "Don't Go Home" — before having a surprise #4 hit (July 9, 1958) with the tempo-changing novelty song "Beep, Beep", which became a regular feature for Dr. Demento.

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The "Beep, Beep" song was on the Billboard Top 40 chart for twelve weeks. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Concurrently with this song, American Motors (AMC) was setting production and sales records for the Rambler models. Because of a directive by the BBC that songs do not include brand names in its lyrics, a version of "Beep Beep" was recorded for the European market, replacing the Cadillac and Nash Rambler with the generic terms limousine and bubble car.

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They followed up with a chart listing single in 1959 with "What Is Love" and then again in 1960 with "Wait For Me". After four albums for Roulette, the novelty group — known for its between-song comedy and banter as much for its repertoire — broke up in 1965. Morey Carr died from lung cancer in 1987. Donald Claps died in Malibu, California, on 2 September 2015. H

Discography

Charted Singles (U.S.) / 45 rpm.

(Release Month/Year), Title, (Label), Billboard Chart peak

  • (January, 1958), "Jo-Ann" (Roulette), #19
  • (April, 1958), "Let's Be Lovers" (Roulette), #87
  • (June, 1958), "Don't Go Home" (Roulette), #22
  • (September, 1958), "The Day I Died" (Roulette), #81
  • (November, 1958), "Beep Beep" (Roulette), #4
  • (March, 1959), "Star Love" (Roulette), #75
  • (July, 1959), "What Is Love" (Roulette), #15
  • (October, 1960), "Wait for Me" (Roulette), #37
  • (March, 1961), "Little Miss Stuck-Up" (Roulette), #70
  • (July, 1962), "Keep Your Hands in Your Pockets" (Roulette), #88

    • Most Popular LP

  • The Playmates [1958]

    • Side one

    1. "Jo-Ann" – 2:35
    2. "Your Love" – 2:09
    3. "Darling It’s Wonderful" – 2:35
    4. "Substitute for Love" – 2:13
    5. "Magic Shoes" – 2:10
    6. "While the Record Goes Around" – 2:10

    Side two

    1. "Beep Beep" – 3:01
    2. "The Day I Died" – 2:20
    3. "Give Me Another Chance" – 2:25
    4. "Lovable" – 2:16
    5. "Intimate" – 2:20
    6. "Don’t Go Home" – 2:30

    Songs

    Beep BeepAt Play With The Playmates · 2009
    Star LoveThe Very Best Of · 2009
    Don't Go HomeThe Very Best Of · 2009

    References

    The Playmates Wikipedia
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