m e m o r y メモリー

Formed by members of the New York Life Assurance company in Lebanon, New Jersey, USA, in the autumn of 1976, Memory's music was more colourful than either those origins or their lacklustre choice of name would suggest. Comprising six multiracial computer database operatives, Jaime de Jesus (lead), Lesley Uhl (falsetto), Herb ‘Iceman' Olson (baritone), Lou ‘Big Lou' Benito (bass), Bobby ‘Bobby Hep' Hepburn (first tenor) and Otis ‘Big O' Harper (second tenor), they would meet after working hours in the company boardroom and practise their harmony singing. Perfecting oldies by th...