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They were signed to Aladdin Records in 1951, and in 1952 Rudy West left to join the United States Army, and he was replaced by Ulysses K. Hicks. When Hicks died of a heart attack in Boston in 1955, Rudy West returned to the group. In 1954 Dickie Smith left and was replaced with Ramon Loper.
YearTitles (a-side, B-side) Both Sides From ...Chart Positions(us Hot 100)1951"The Glory of Love" b/w "Hucklebuck with ...11951"It's Christmas Time" b/w "Old MacDonald" ...Best of The Five Keys1952"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" b/w "Old ...Non-album tracks1952"Darling" b/w "Goin' Downtown (8-9-10)" ...Non-album tracks- 1948–1962
The Five Keys are an American doo-wop and R&B vocal group. They are best known for their hit songs “Ling, Ting, Tong” and “Wishin’ and Hopin'” which were both released in 1954. The group’s sound was a mixture of doo-wop, R&B, and Gospel.
Rudy's replacement was Ulysses K. Hicks, another Newport News singer that they'd met during their Jefferson Theater amateur days, and one who could range from falsetto to bass. The 5 Keys were now Maryland Pierce, Ulysses Hicks, Ripley Ingram, Dickie Smith, and Bernie West (along with a couple of Joe Joneses). (At a show in Connecticut sometime ...
Ulysses Hicks (d. 1955, Boston, Massachussetts, U.S.A.) Maryland Pierce (b. 1933, U.S.A.) and. Charles ‘Bobby’ Crawley. The Five Keys were a Rhythm & Blues quintet, who were a Doo Wop singing group, starting out as a Gospel group. Their sound bridged the Gospel and R&B sounds of the late Forties and early Fifties.
They were signed to Aladdin Records in 1951, and in 1952 Rudy West left to join the United States Army, and he was replaced by Ulysses K. Hicks. When Hicks died of a heart attack in Boston...
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1945 in Newport News, VA. Disbanded. 1998. Genre. R&B, Blues. Styles. Doo Wop, Early R&B, East Coast Blues, Regional Blues. Group Members. Rudy West, Bernie West, Dickie Smith, Dickie Threat, Gene Moore, Maryland Pierce, Ramon Loper, Raphael Ingram, Ripley Ingram, Ulysses K. Hicks. Discover. Articles. My Profile. Staff Picks. Year in Review.
