The â5â Royales
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Biography
The â5â Royales was an American rhythm and blues group formed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Originally known as the Royal Sons Quintet, the band began recording secular music in the early 1950s. The lineup included guitarist Lowman Pauling and his brother Clarence Pauling alongside vocalists Jimmy Moore, Obadiah Carter, Otto Jeffries, and Johnny Tanner. The groupâs recordings included the 1952 single âTake All of Meâ and the 1957 hit âThinkâ. After recording for Apollo Records, the ensemble signed with King Records. Their albums included The Five Royales (1953) and The Five Royales Sing For You (1959). The band recorded for labels including Vee-Jay and ABC-Paramount before disbanding in 1965. They were inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. The compilation Soul & Swagger: The Complete â5â Royales 1951-1967 won a Blues Music Award in 2015.
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- Journey's End
- Bedside of a Neighbor
- Doin' Everything
- Don't Give Me More Than You Can Take
- Every Dog Has His Day
- Why
- Behave Yourself
- I Could Love You
- When I Get Like This
- I Ain't Getting Caught
- How I Wonder
- Mohawk Squaw
- You Didn't Learn It At Home
- Don't Let It Be in Vain
- The Slummer the Slum
- I Want It Like That
- Think
- What's in the Heart
- Tell the Truth
- Catch That Teardrop
- Come on and Save Me
- She Did Me Wrong
- Get Something Out of It
- I Got to Know
