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Ruby & the Romantics was an Akron, Ohio -based American R&B group in the 1960s, composed of Ruby Nash, George Lee, Ronald Mosely, Leroy Fann and Ed Roberts. The group had several pop and R&B hit records, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963 with their first recording, "Our Day Will Come". The song, written by Mort Garson ...
9. Nov. 2020 · Leroy Fann. (b. November 9 th, 1936). Bass vocalist who came to prominence singing in the 1960’s American group, Ruby & the Romantics. Ruby & the Romantics were an Akron, Ohio-based American R&B group in the 1960s. The group had several pop and R&B hit records, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963 with their first ...
Leroy Fann. American soul singer, born 9 November 1936 in Akron, Ohio, USA, shot and killed in November 1973 in New York, New York, USA. He was the bass singer in Ruby And The Romantics .
Edward Roberts (erster Tenor), George Lee (zweiter Tenor), Ronald Moseley (Bariton) und Leroy Fann (Bass) sangen bereits Ende der 1950er Jahre unter dem Namen „The Supremes“ zusammen. Dann hörte Allen Stanton, ein Plattenproduzent von Kapp Records, die Gruppe, brachte sie mit der Sängerin Ruby Nash (* 15. Juni 1934 in Akron ...
25. Juli 2021 · The Supremes were married men with children. They included guitarist/ tenor George Lee, who was born on March 24, 1936; tenor/ pianist George Ronald Mosley, born on August 18, 1939; bass Leroy Fann, who was born on November 9, 1936; and guitarist/ tenor Edward L. Robert, who was born on April 24, 1936. All of them grew up in Akron.
Ruby and the Romantics eptiomized the pop black sound of the early 60s. Originally starting out as the Supremes, an all male quartet in Akron, Ohio in 1961, the group consited of Ed Roberts (1st tenor), George Lee (2nd tenor), Ronald Mosely (baritone), and Leroy Fann (bass).
Fann had heard Ruby sing and suggested to the others that a female voice might change their fortunes. Through arranger Leroy Kirkland, they subsequently secured a contract with the New York record label Kapp and at the suggestion of the company, changed their name to Ruby And The Romantics.
