The Hollywood Saxons

The Hollywood Saxons were longtime mainstays of the Los Angeles R&B circuit, performing under a series of names during their checkered recording career. According to Marv Goldberg's profile in the September 1977 edition of Yesterday's Memories, the group formed in the wake of mid-1956 pickup basketball game -- lead Stan Beverly, second tenor Bill Brooks, baritone Joe Lewis, and bass Charles Taggart began harmonizing while dressing in the locker room. After browsing an encyclopedia in search of a noble, powerful name, Lewis dubbed the group the Saxons. About nine months into th...