The Griffin Brothers

Based in Washington, DC, around Jimmy and Ernest ‘Buddy' Griffin from Norfolk, Virginia, the Griffin Brothers Orchestra comprised Jimmy on trombone, Buddy on piano, Wilbur Dyer and Virgil Wilson on saxophone, with Jimmy Reeves and Emmett ‘Nab' Shields on bass and drums. Introduced to Randy Wood in 1950, the band began recording for his label Dot Records; their biggest hits were the songs of their vocalists Margie Day - ‘Street-Walkin' Daddy' and ‘Little Red Rooster', among others - and Tommy Brown - ‘Tra-La-La' and ‘Weepin' & Cryin''. During a tour of the south in April 1950, ...