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The Fiestas were an American rhythm and blues musical group from Newark, New Jersey, United States. [1]It was organized in 1958. The Fiestas contracted with Old Town Records company in 1959, [1] after the company's owner, Hy Weiss, overheard the group singing in a bathroom adjacent to his office in Harlem. [2]
The music often draws heavily on the tradition of garage/punk/rock'n roll/raw-blues music from the 1950s and 1960s, hence references to the "Medway Delta". [4] Records have been released on Big Beat , Media Burn and other small indie labels, as well as Childish's own Hangman Records and Hangman's Daughter, and latterly Damaged Goods Records . [ 5 ]
The band began as a skiffle group with a mainly American repertoire, [2] until they were prompted by Redd Sullivan, a seaman, to include sea shanties and English folk songs. They started out as the Gin Mill Skiffle Group, which included guitarist Tony Davis and washboard player Mick Groves. [ 3 ]
Wynne had a solo career and entered the business end of music, forming a publishing group and record label. [16] The group continued recording and scored some minor hits in 1977 and 1978. Thom Bell and the group parted ways. They contributed two songs to Bell's film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh and appeared in the film as a band. [17]
The group scored another hit in 1963 on Old Town with "Eyes" b/w "Look My Way" (Old Town 1141). Later, a demo " I Believe " was released (Old Town 1149–1963) b/w "Don't Forget". [ 3 ] " I Believe" became a much bigger record from the 1970s onward as it received airplay on New York oldies radio.
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The group did not have a contract with Bruce and when they came to the attention of Hy Weiss of Old Town Records he was able to sign them. Donald Razor from The Velvets (on Red Robin) came in to replace Hogan who was proving unreliable. In December 1954, Weiss issued the superb Barrett-penned love song "Tonight Kathleen", backed with a re-cut ...