Lee Andrews & the Hearts

Lee Andrews & the Hearts was a doo-wop quintet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania formed in 1953. They recorded on the Rainbow, Mainline, Chess and United Artists labels. In 1957 and 1958 they had their three biggest hits, "Teardrops", "Long Lonely Nights" and "Try the Impossible". The group consisted of Lee Andrews, lead, Roy Calhoun, First Tenor, Tammey Currey, second tenor, Ted Weems, baritone, and Wendell Calhoun, bass.

?uestlove, drummer and producer for the grammy award winning hip-hop group the roots, is Lee Andrews son, and cites growing up with doo-wop as a major influence in his music.

ingles

*"Long Lonely Nights" (1957) U.S. #45
*"Tear Drops" (1957) U.S. #20
*"Try the Impossible" (1958) U.S. #33

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kjfrxqygld0e~T1 Lee Andrews & the Hearts] at Allmusic

External links

* [http://home.att.net/~marvart/Lahearts/lahearts.html Marv Goldberg's article on Lee Andrews & The Hearts]
* [http://www.destinationdoowop.com/leeandrewsandhearts.htm Yukon Jack's article on Lee Andrews & The Hearts]