The Master's

Doo wop quintet the Masters formed in Queens, NY -- according to Marv Goldberg's profile on his R&B Notebooks website, the group's convoluted history encompasses two distinct acts that emerged from the South Jamaica Projects housing facility in 1952. The first, the Love Larks, was comprised of lead Pete Le Monier, first tenor Billy Boatswain, second tenors Bobby Ward and Wilbur "Buzzy" Brown, and bass Robert Brown (no relation to his colleague), the latter also a member of the Beltones, a rival group that also included lead Andrew Pope, first tenor Clayton "Dickie" Williams, a...