Los Blenders

With a name that sounds like a section of an appliance store, the vocal group the Blenders made their debut at Harlem's important Apollo Theater in 1949 and snagged an exclusive recording contract with Decca shortly thereafter. As to how the situation stood at the termination of said contract, there seems to be several different stories. In one version, the group was dumped by the Decca-MGM empire, only to be picked up by savvy music business independent producer, songwriter, publisher, and label manager Joe Davis. In another version it is Davis that holds the hand of power, f...