The Ideals

There Are Multiple Bands Named "The Ideals." 1. The Ideals Are An Indie Rock Band From Ayrshire In Scotland. The Band Consists Of Chris Kearney Tom Connolly And Brian Chambers With A Few Guests Along The Way. They Were Best Mates From There Early School Days Before Going On To Form The Band In 2006. Early 2009 Seen The Release Of Their Double A-Side Debut Single ‘Vanity Fare’ And ‘Thirteen Fourteen’. Available On Itunes Now Aside From Airplay On XFM Manchester Online Radio And Pretty Much Every Unsigned Podcast Going They Have Played Venues Such As Moho In Manchester King Tut’s Wah-Wah Hut In Glasgow Liverpool Barfly The O2 Academy In Glasgow And Alan McGee’s Death Disco In London. The Last 4 Or 5 Months Have Been A Quiet Time But With A Reshuffle They Are Going Back Into The Studio And Should Begin Work On There Debut Album In Early 2010 With An Expected Release Late In The Year So I Wouldn’t Expect To See Them Until Then 2. The Ideals Were An R&B Vocal Group From Chicago Illinois USA Formed In 1952. The Outfit Scuffled For Many Years With Personnel Changes Before Recording In 1961 On The Local Paso Label. The Ideals At This Time Consisted Of Reggie Jackson Leonard Mitchell Robert Tharp And Sam Steward Bass . In 1963 The Group Added A Fifth Member Lead Eddie Williams And With His Rough-Hewn Soulful Delivery They Recorded Their Most Successful Record ‘The Gorilla’ Its ‘monkey Dance’ Theme Was Designed To Reap Sales From The Success Of The Dance Fad. It Never Reached Any National Charts But Nonetheless Received National Exposure Partly In The Pop Market And Earned The Group Its First National Tour. In 1965 The Ideals Reorganized As A Trio With Jackson Mitchell And Steward And They Finally Reached The R&B Charts With ‘Kissin’’ In 1966 Although The Record Did Not In Fact Sell As Well As ‘The Gorilla’. A Notable Song In 1966 Was ‘You Lost And I Won’ Which Neatly Married The Group’s Doo-Wop Past With The Sound Of Soul. However The Group Broke Up A Short Time Later. Most Of The Members Did Not Join Other Acts After Their Ideals Association Except For Tharp And Mitchell. Tharp Under The Name Tommy Dark Joined Jerry Murray In 1964 To Form A Dance Duo Called Tom And Jerrio Specializing In Boogaloo Records. They Had A Hit With ‘Boo-Ga-Loo’ Number 10 R&B In 1965. Leonard Mitchell Continued To Record By Joining With Jerome Johnson And Robert Thomas To Form The Channel 3 Who Released One Single To No Great Acclaim. The Ideals' Discography Together / What's The Matter With You Sam - 1961 Paso Magic / Teens - 1961 Major Lance Departs Paso Gorilla / Do Juan - 1963 Eddie Williams Joins Group Concord Gorilla / Do Juan - 1963 Concord Mo Joe Hanna / Simple Simon - 1964 Concord Feeling Of A Kiss / You Came A Long Way From St. Louis - 1964
Local Boy / L.A. - 1964 Concord Thunder Drums / ? - 1964 Daisy Cathy's Clown / Go Get A Wig - 1965 St. Lawrence You Lost And I Won / You Hurt Me - 1965 Satellite Kissing / I Had A Dream - 1966 Satellite Go Go Gorilla / Kissing Won't Go Out Of Style - 1966 Satellite St. Lawrence - I Got Lucky When I Found You / Tell Her I Apologize - 1966 St. Lawrence The Mighty Lover / Dancing In U S A. Boo-Ga-Loo read less