New original songs by THE FABULOUS DUDES, written and produced in 1950s and 1960s group-harmony (doo-wop) styles. Had they come out "at the right time," The Fabulous Dudes think these songs would have been hits. Never ones to give up the dream, we're extending the fun, excitement and beauty of that music into the present with authentic yet creative new tracks: lush ballads, rock & roll, even a little rockabilly. We DO make them like they used to!!
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Paul writes:
The history of “Davilee” is one of those tales of coincidence and “what if.” A group of friends used to sing it in the halls of New Rochelle (NY) High School in the early 60’s, but it was never recorded. I’d always loved the song, and felt it was an unreleased hit, so when I ran into the composer, Peter Skolnik (now an attorney in NJ), at our 25th reunion, I asked him to sing it for me and send me the lyrics. Shortly thereafter, it was recorded and frequently played, in tape form only, on local collectors’ radio shows in central Connecticut.
I also sent Peter a tape, but never heard from him. Then, out of the blue, after a year-and-a-half of airplay on WWUH in Hartford, Peter called; he had never played the tape I sent him, but heard our version of “Davilee” for the first time on the air while picking up his daughter from a prep school in a Hartford suburb. He had been surfing the FM dial, and out of 30-plus possible signals landed on me telling the first part of this story and then playing the song. Talk about coincidence!
“Davilee” finally came out on on Presence 4502 in 1989, when I had more time to devote to the record company due to an arm injury that put me on hiatus from my “straight” job for a summer. The record sold enough to make a little money, which made it all even better.
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