The Excellents
The Excellents
Top Songs
| 1 | Coney Island Baby | ||
| 2 | Love No One but You | ||
| 3 | Lorraine | ||
| 4 | She's Not Coming Home | ||
| 5 | I Hear a Rhapsody |
Albums
Oct 2021 • 31 songs
May 1961 • 11 songs
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About
Biography
Bronx sextet the Excellents originally formed as the Premiers in 1960, and with an original lineup of brothers John Kuse and George Kuse, plus Denis Kestenbaum, Phil Sanchez, Joel Feldman, and Chuck Epstein, quickly transformed into the Excellents. The group caught the ear of Vinny Catalano of Sinclair Records, who hustled the Excellents into the studio in 1961, where they recorded an uptempo version of Al Jolson's 1926 standard "Red Red Robin," which was eventually issued on Mermaid Records. The group also recorded a rocked-up cover of the Cleftones' "You Baby You," which cam...