The Chants

The Chants were unusual -- even among the legions of Liverpool bands making music in the early '60s -- on two counts. First, they were a vocal harmony quartet in a city that was mostly known for its hard-rocking electric bands, and second, they were Black in a city that didn't have a lot of musicians among its minority population. The Chants' sound was a mix of R&B harmony and a solid British beat tempo, and they excelled at all of it. Eddie Amoo, later of the successful disco outfit the Real Thing (signed to Pye in the '70s), was the lead singer, and the other members were ...