Genres Doo-wop Active until 1983 Record label COMMAND! | Years active 1958–1983 Genre Doo-wop Albums New Habits | |
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Members Leroy King, lead vocal
Dorsey Porter, first tenor
Roy Ford, second tenor
John Bolden, baritone
Richard Johnson, bass
Ralph Byrd, guitarist Origin Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (1956) Similar The Charts, The Schoolboys, The Mello‑Kings, The Nutmegs, The Dubs | ||
The students i m so young 1958
The Students were a doo-wop vocal group which formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1956. Although they only released four sides, two of them - I'm So Young and Every Day of the Week - became doo-wop standards. "I'm So Young" in particular became hugely popular (and durable), and has been covered by groups as diverse as the Beach Boys, Rosie and the Originals, and The Ronettes.
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Both "I'm So Young" and "Every Day of the Week" were written by William H. "Prez" Tyus, Jr., a local Cincinnati high schooler. Tyus wrote the songs and gave them to a local African-American vocal group called the D'Italians. After the group secured a recording contract with Checker Records, they renamed themselves The Students, and it was under this name that Tyus's two classic doo-wop songs were recorded.
Discography
(all leads by Leroy King)
On NOTE records
On CHESS records
Songs
I'm So YoungCry-Baby · 1990
My Vow to You2010
Everyday of the Week1958