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The Skyliners Are An American Doo-Wop Group From Pittsburgh. The Original Lineup Was Lead Singer Jimmy Beaumont October 21 1940 - October 7 2017 Janet Vogel Soprano Wally Lester Tenor Jackie Taylor Bass Voice Guitarist Joe Verscharen Baritone . The Skyliners Were Best Known For Their 1959 Hit "Since I Don't Have You". Covers By The Four Seasons Trini Lopez Chuck Jackson Don McLean Guns N' Roses The Brian Setzer Orchestra Ronnie Milsap Art Garfunkel And Buckaroo Banzai Kept The Song In The Public Consciousness. They Also Hit The Top 40 With "This I Swear" And "Pennies From Heaven". Other Classics Include "It Happened Today" 1959 "Close Your Eyes" 1961 And "Comes Love" 1962 . The Original Group Dissolved In 1963 But Re-United Eleven Years Later Without Jack Taylor For What Would Become Their Last Charted Record "Where Have They Gone?"
In 1965 Jimmy Beaumont Recorded Two Notable Singles For The Bang Label The First "Tell Me"/"I Feel Like I'm Falling In Love" Were Medium-Tempo Soul-Styled Tracks. For His Second Bang 45 "I Never Loved Her Anyway"/"You Got Too Much Going For You" Jimmy Transformed Into An Impressive Soul Singer Sounding Nothing Like His Previous More Pop-Styled Efforts Leading Some To Question In Later Years If It Actually Was His Singing. These Two Tracks Are Now Considered Northern Soul Collectibles. The Second 45 Was Also Issued On UK London HLZ 10059 In 1966. Jack Taylor Was Drafted In 1965. In 1975 Wally Lester And Joe Versharen Left The Group They Were Replaced By New Members Jimmie Ross And Bob Sholes. In 1978 The Detroit Based Record Producer Don Davis — Who Produced Marilynn McCoo And Billy Davis Jr. Johnny Taylor The Dramatics And The Dells — Picked Up One Of His Favorite Groups The Skyliners To Record In His United Sound Studios. They Recorded The Group's "comeback" Album For The RCA Subsidiary Tortoise International Records. 6 The Songs "Oh How Happy" And "The Love Bug" Were Included As Was A Hefty Re-Make Of Dan Schafer's Original RCA Victor Single "A Day Without You Dear". Janet Vogel Committed Suicide In 1980 Cathy Cooper Joined The Group As A Replacement. She And Ross Left Two Years Later To Form A Duo They Were Replaced By Rick Morris And Donna Groom. Morris Retired In 1993. Also In 1993 David Proch Was Singing With Another Group. At First Listen The Skyliners' Original Lead Singer Jimmy Beaumont Invited Proch To Join The Group Proch Joined As A Replacement. Also Performing With The Group At This Time Was Tom Sholes Brother Of Bob Sholes. The Two Were Local To The Group They Attended St George High School In The Allentown Neighborhood Of Pittsburgh. The Group Became Beaumont Groom Proch And Nick Pociask. David Proch At Age 44 The Third Person To Sing First Tenor For The Skyliners Died On October 19 1998 In A Car Accident. His Car Collided With A Truck Hauling Asphalt On U.S. Route 30 Near Ligonier PA About 45 Miles East Of Pittsburgh. Proch's Place Was Taken By Dick Muse A Former Member Of The Laurels. Rick Morris Replaced Muse In 2011. Frank Czuri Replaced Morris In 2013. Their Longtime Manager And Producer Joe Rock Who Also Co-Wrote "Since I Don't Have You" Died On April 4 2000 At Age 63 After Complications From Quadruple Bypass Heart Surgery. Four Of The Original Members Have Died Janet Vogel Committed Suicide On February 21 1980 She Was 37 Joe Verscharen Died Of Cancer On November 2 2007 He Was 67 Wally Lester B. Walter Paul Lester Jr. On October 5 1941 In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Died Of Pancreatic Cancer In Southport North Carolina On April 21 2015 He Was 73 Jimmy Beaumont Died On October 7 2017 Age 76.
Until His Death On October 7 2017 Jimmy Beaumont Performed With The Skyliners In Their Current Line-Up Of Nick Pociask Frank Czuri And Donna Groom Whose Husband Mark Groom Has Been The Group's Drummer/conductor For More Than 25 Years . Chart Hits "Since I Don't Have You" 1959 U.S. No. 12 Cashbox No. 7
"It Happened Today" 1959 U.S. No. 59
"This I Swear" 1960 U.S. No. 26
"Pennies From Heaven" 1960 U.S. No. 24
"The Loser" 1965 U.S. No. 72
"Where Have They Gone" 1975 U.S. #100 Discography The Skyliners 1959 Close Your Eyes 1961 Since I Don't Have You 1963 Once Upon A Time 1971 The Skyliners 1978 Pennies From Heaven 1960 The Skyliners Were Inducted Into The Vocal Group Hall Of Fame In 2002.
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The Skyliners Are An American Doo-Wop Group From Pittsburgh. The Original Lineup Was Lead Singer Jimmy Beaumont October 21 1940 - October 7 2017 Janet Vogel Soprano Wally Lester Tenor Jackie Taylor Bass Voice Guitarist Joe Verscharen Baritone . The Skyliners Were Best Known For Their 1959 Hit "Since I Don't Have You". Covers By The Four Seasons Trini Lopez Chuck Jackson Don McLean Guns N' Roses The Brian Setzer Orchestra Ronnie Milsap Art Garfunkel And Buckaroo Banzai Kept The Song In The Public Consciousness. They Also Hit The Top 40 With "This I Swear" And "Pennies From Heaven". Other Classics Include "It Happened Today" 1959 "Close Your Eyes" 1961 And "Comes Love" 1962 . The Original Group Dissolved In 1963 But Re-United Eleven Years Later Without Jack Taylor For What Would Become Their Last Charted Record "Where Have They Gone?"
In 1965 Jimmy Beaumont Recorded Two Notable Singles For The Bang Label The First "Tell Me"/"I Feel Like I'm Falling In Love" Were Medium-Tempo Soul-Styled Tracks. For His Second Bang 45 "I Never Loved Her Anyway"/"You Got Too Much Going For You" Jimmy Transformed Into An Impressive Soul Singer Sounding Nothing Like His Previous More Pop-Styled Efforts Leading Some To Question In Later Years If It Actually Was His Singing. These Two Tracks Are Now Considered Northern Soul Collectibles. The Second 45 Was Also Issued On UK London HLZ 10059 In 1966. Jack Taylor Was Drafted In 1965. In 1975 Wally Lester And Joe Versharen Left The Group They Were Replaced By New Members Jimmie Ross And Bob Sholes. In 1978 The Detroit Based Record Producer Don Davis — Who Produced Marilynn McCoo And Billy Davis Jr. Johnny Taylor The Dramatics And The Dells — Picked Up One Of His Favorite Groups The Skyliners To Record In His United Sound Studios. They Recorded The Group's "comeback" Album For The RCA Subsidiary Tortoise International Records. 6 The Songs "Oh How Happy" And "The Love Bug" Were Included As Was A Hefty Re-Make Of Dan Schafer's Original RCA Victor Single "A Day Without You Dear". Janet Vogel Committed Suicide In 1980 Cathy Cooper Joined The Group As A Replacement. She And Ross Left Two Years Later To Form A Duo They Were Replaced By Rick Morris And Donna Groom. Morris Retired In 1993. Also In 1993 David Proch Was Singing With Another Group. At First Listen The Skyliners' Original Lead Singer Jimmy Beaumont Invited Proch To Join The Group Proch Joined As A Replacement. Also Performing With The Group At This Time Was Tom Sholes Brother Of Bob Sholes. The Two Were Local To The Group They Attended St George High School In The Allentown Neighborhood Of Pittsburgh. The Group Became Beaumont Groom Proch And Nick Pociask. David Proch At Age 44 The Third Person To Sing First Tenor For The Skyliners Died On October 19 1998 In A Car Accident. His Car Collided With A Truck Hauling Asphalt On U.S. Route 30 Near Ligonier PA About 45 Miles East Of Pittsburgh. Proch's Place Was Taken By Dick Muse A Former Member Of The Laurels. Rick Morris Replaced Muse In 2011. Frank Czuri Replaced Morris In 2013. Their Longtime Manager And Producer Joe Rock Who Also Co-Wrote "Since I Don't Have You" Died On April 4 2000 At Age 63 After Complications From Quadruple Bypass Heart Surgery. Four Of The Original Members Have Died Janet Vogel Committed Suicide On February 21 1980 She Was 37 Joe Verscharen Died Of Cancer On November 2 2007 He Was 67 Wally Lester B. Walter Paul Lester Jr. On October 5 1941 In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Died Of Pancreatic Cancer In Southport North Carolina On April 21 2015 He Was 73 Jimmy Beaumont Died On October 7 2017 Age 76.
Until His Death On October 7 2017 Jimmy Beaumont Performed With The Skyliners In Their Current Line-Up Of Nick Pociask Frank Czuri And Donna Groom Whose Husband Mark Groom Has Been The Group's Drummer/conductor For More Than 25 Years . Chart Hits "Since I Don't Have You" 1959 U.S. No. 12 Cashbox No. 7
"It Happened Today" 1959 U.S. No. 59
"This I Swear" 1960 U.S. No. 26
"Pennies From Heaven" 1960 U.S. No. 24
"The Loser" 1965 U.S. No. 72
"Where Have They Gone" 1975 U.S. #100 Discography The Skyliners 1959 Close Your Eyes 1961 Since I Don't Have You 1963 Once Upon A Time 1971 The Skyliners 1978 Pennies From Heaven 1960 The Skyliners Were Inducted Into The Vocal Group Hall Of Fame In 2002. read less
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In 1965 Jimmy Beaumont Recorded Two Notable Singles For The Bang Label The First "Tell Me"/"I Feel Like I'm Falling In Love" Were Medium-Tempo Soul-Styled Tracks. For His Second Bang 45 "I Never Loved Her Anyway"/"You Got Too Much Going For You" Jimmy Transformed Into An Impressive Soul Singer Sounding Nothing Like His Previous More Pop-Styled Efforts Leading Some To Question In Later Years If It Actually Was His Singing. These Two Tracks Are Now Considered Northern Soul Collectibles. The Second 45 Was Also Issued On UK London HLZ 10059 In 1966. Jack Taylor Was Drafted In 1965. In 1975 Wally Lester And Joe Versharen Left The Group They Were Replaced By New Members Jimmie Ross And Bob Sholes. In 1978 The Detroit Based Record Producer Don Davis — Who Produced Marilynn McCoo And Billy Davis Jr. Johnny Taylor The Dramatics And The Dells — Picked Up One Of His Favorite Groups The Skyliners To Record In His United Sound Studios. They Recorded The Group's "comeback" Album For The RCA Subsidiary Tortoise International Records. 6 The Songs "Oh How Happy" And "The Love Bug" Were Included As Was A Hefty Re-Make Of Dan Schafer's Original RCA Victor Single "A Day Without You Dear". Janet Vogel Committed Suicide In 1980 Cathy Cooper Joined The Group As A Replacement. She And Ross Left Two Years Later To Form A Duo They Were Replaced By Rick Morris And Donna Groom. Morris Retired In 1993. Also In 1993 David Proch Was Singing With Another Group. At First Listen The Skyliners' Original Lead Singer Jimmy Beaumont Invited Proch To Join The Group Proch Joined As A Replacement. Also Performing With The Group At This Time Was Tom Sholes Brother Of Bob Sholes. The Two Were Local To The Group They Attended St George High School In The Allentown Neighborhood Of Pittsburgh. The Group Became Beaumont Groom Proch And Nick Pociask. David Proch At Age 44 The Third Person To Sing First Tenor For The Skyliners Died On October 19 1998 In A Car Accident. His Car Collided With A Truck Hauling Asphalt On U.S. Route 30 Near Ligonier PA About 45 Miles East Of Pittsburgh. Proch's Place Was Taken By Dick Muse A Former Member Of The Laurels. Rick Morris Replaced Muse In 2011. Frank Czuri Replaced Morris In 2013. Their Longtime Manager And Producer Joe Rock Who Also Co-Wrote "Since I Don't Have You" Died On April 4 2000 At Age 63 After Complications From Quadruple Bypass Heart Surgery. Four Of The Original Members Have Died Janet Vogel Committed Suicide On February 21 1980 She Was 37 Joe Verscharen Died Of Cancer On November 2 2007 He Was 67 Wally Lester B. Walter Paul Lester Jr. On October 5 1941 In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Died Of Pancreatic Cancer In Southport North Carolina On April 21 2015 He Was 73 Jimmy Beaumont Died On October 7 2017 Age 76.
Until His Death On October 7 2017 Jimmy Beaumont Performed With The Skyliners In Their Current Line-Up Of Nick Pociask Frank Czuri And Donna Groom Whose Husband Mark Groom Has Been The Group's Drummer/conductor For More Than 25 Years . Chart Hits "Since I Don't Have You" 1959 U.S. No. 12 Cashbox No. 7
"It Happened Today" 1959 U.S. No. 59
"This I Swear" 1960 U.S. No. 26
"Pennies From Heaven" 1960 U.S. No. 24
"The Loser" 1965 U.S. No. 72
"Where Have They Gone" 1975 U.S. #100 Discography The Skyliners 1959 Close Your Eyes 1961 Since I Don't Have You 1963 Once Upon A Time 1971 The Skyliners 1978 Pennies From Heaven 1960 The Skyliners Were Inducted Into The Vocal Group Hall Of Fame In 2002. read less
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