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Till I Heard It From You by Randy & The Rainbows

Randy & The Rainbows

Artist Biography For Randy & The Rainbows

Randy & The Rainbows Was 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 Dominick And Frank Had Previously Sung In The Group The Dialtones. They Recorded With The Producers Of The Tokens Releasing The Single "Denise" In 1963. The Name "Randy And The Rainbows" Was Chosen By The Owners Of Laurie Records After The Group Recorded "Denise". The Group Had Previously Been Called "Junior & The Counts" And "The Encores". "Denise" 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. The Song Was Written By Neil Levenson And Was Inspired By His Childhood Friend Denise Lefrak. In The Late 1970s The Song 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 Into The Pop Charts At No. 97 And The Group Never Charted Again. Members The Original 1962 Line-Up Was Made Up Of Dominick "Randy" Safuto April 19 1947 – October 16 2018 Frank Safuto
Mike Zero
Sal Zero
Ken Arcipowski May 26 1944 – March 23 2011 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 And The Imperials Tony Orlando Blood Sweat & 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 Existed Carrying The Same Name One Led By The Safuto Brothers Randy And Frank The Other Led By Mike Zero. Randy Safuto's Randy & The Rainbows
This Is Made Up Of The Safuto Brothers Members Are As Follows Randy Safuto Died October 16 2018 Frank Safuto
Anthony Vara Died December 26 2016 Charlie Rocco
The Group Appeared On The 2001 PBS Special Doo Wop 51 It Featured Randy's Group Plus Mike Zero. Mike Zero's Randy & The Rainbows This Is Made Up Of Mike Zero
Jack Vitale
Vinny Carella Died 2012 Jimmy Bense Joined 1990 Discography Albums
1982 C'mon Let's Go!
2001 Play Ball Singles
1960 "Johnny" As The Dialtones 1960 "'Till I Heard It From You" As The Dialtones 1963 "Angel Face"
1963 "Denise" US Billboard Hot 100 - No. 10 1963 "Why Do Kids Grow Up" US Billboard Hot 100 - No. 97 1963 "Come Back"
1963 "Don't Worry I'm Gonna Make It"
1963 "Dry Your Eyes"
1963 "Happy Teenager"
1963 "No Love"
1964 "Little Star"
1964 "She's My Angel"
1964 "Strike It Rich"
1965 "Joyride"
1965 "Little Hot Rod Suzie"
1966 "Bonnie's Part Of Town"
1966 "He's A Fugitive"
1966 "I'll Forget Her Tomorrow"
1966 "Lovely Lies"
1966 "Quarter To Three"
1967 "I'll Be Seeing You"
1982 "Debbie"
1982 "Try The Impossible"
1984 "Remember Walking In The Sand "