The Ravens
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For the NFL Football Franchise, see Baltimore Ravens. For the US pilots in the Secret War in Laos, see Raven Forward Air Controllers.
The Ravens were an American R&B vocal group, formed in 1946 by Jimmy Ricks and Warren Suttles.[1] They were one of the most successful and most influential vocal quartets of the period, and had several hits on the R&B chart in the late 1940s and early 1950s.[2]
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Genres | R&B, doo-wop |
Years active | 1946–1958 |
Labels | Hub, National, King, Columbia, OKeh, Mercury, Jubilee |
Past members | Jimmy "Ricky" Ricks Warren "Birdland" Suttles Leonard "Zeke" Puzey Ollie Jones Maithe Marshall Joe Medlin Richie Cannon Louis Heyward Joe Van Loan Louis Frazier Jimmie Steward Tommy Evans Willie Ray Willis Sanders Bob Kornegay David "Boots" Bowers Paul Van Loan James Van Loan Aaron "Tex" Cornelius Grant Kitchings |
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