The Flamingos
The Flamingos are a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducteddoo-wop group from the United States, most popular in the mid- to late 1950s and best known for their 1959 cover version of "I Only Have Eyes for You". Billboard magazine wrote: "Universally hailed as one of the finest and most influential vocal groups in pop music history, the Flamingos defined doo wop at its most elegant and sophisticated."
Early quintet
Jacob Carey (Jake) and Ezekial Carey (Zeke), bass and 2nd tenor, respectively, formed the group in Chicago, Illinois, after meeting cousins baritone Paul Wilson and first tenor John E. "Johnny" Carter at a Hebrew Israelite congregation. Earl Lewis (not the Channels lead) soon joined, and after a series of name changes (The Swallows, El Flamingos, The Five Flamingos), wound up being known as the Flamingos. Sollie McElroy soon replaced Lewis (who joined the Five Echoes). The Flamingos' first single (for Chance Records), "If I Can't Have You", was a moderate local success, as was the follow-up "That's My Desire", but it was Johnny Carter's composition of "Golden Teardrops", with its complex vocal harmonies and Carter's soaring falsetto, that cemented their reputation as a top regional act of the day.
Podcasts:
The Flamingos
ALBUMS
- Complete Chess Masters released: 1997
- I Only Have Eyes for You: The Best of the End Years released: 1995
- For Collectors Only released: 1992
- The Fabulous Flamingos released: 1992
- Flamingo Favorites released: 1992
- The Best of the Flamingos released: 1990
- The Sound of the Flamingos released: 1962
- Requestfully Yours released: 1960
- Flamingo Serenade released: 1959
Complete Chess Masters
Released 1997- Chick-A-Boom (Thats My Baby)
- When (alternate)
- Need Your Love
- When
- I Want to Love You
- Please Come Back Home
- Just for a Kick
- Whispering Stars
- I'll Be Home (alternate)
- Chickie Um Bah
- I'll Be Home
- Cry
- A Kiss From Your Lips
- Get With It
- The Vow
- Stolen Love
- Dream of a Lifetime
- Nobody's Love
- Shilly Dilly
- Would I Be Crying (If I Were Lying to You)
I Only Have Eyes for You: The Best of the End Years
Released 1995- Lovers Never Say Goodbye
- That Love Is You
- Jump Children
- I Shed a Tear at Your Wedding
- Time Was
- Goodnight Sweetheart
- Love Walked In
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- At the Prom
- I Was Such a Fool
- Nobody Loves Me Like You
- Besame Mucho
- At Night
- Mio Amore
- Kokomo
- That's Why I Love You
- I'll Be Home
- Your Other Love
- A Kiss From Your Lips
- My Memories of You
For Collectors Only
Released 1992- I Only Have Eyes for You
- I'll Be Home
- Ko Ko Mo
- Mio Amore
- My Foolish Heart
- Nobody Loves Me Like You
- Love Walked In
- Lovers Never Say Goodbye
- That's Why I Love You
- Your Other Love
- I Was Such a Fool
- My Memories of You
- A Kiss From Your Lips
- Jump Children
- Time Was
- You & Me & The Sea
- Maria Elena
- I Want to Love You
- Beside You
- I'm in the Mood for Love
- Bridge of Tears
- I Shed a Tear at Your Wedding
The Best of the Flamingos
Released 1990- If I Can't Have You
- That's My Desire
- Golden Teardrops
- Jump Children
- Dream of a Lifetime
- Ko Ko Mo
- I'll Be Home
- A Kiss From Your Lips
- The Vow
- The Ladder of Love
- Lovers Never Say Goodbye
- Love Walked In
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Goodnight Sweetheart
- Mio Amore
- Nobody Loves Me Like You
- Your Other Love
- Time Was
The Flamingo’s
ALBUMS
- Welcome to Flamingoland released: 2011
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by The Flamingos
I Only Have Eyes For You
by: The FlamingosMy love must be a kind of blind love
I can't see anyone but you
Sha bop sha bop
Are the stars out tonight
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
I only have eyes for you dear
The moon may be high
But I can't see a thing in the sky
I only have eyes for you
I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here and so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all dissappear from view
And I only have eyes for you
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