The Royalettes (also credited as Sheila Ross and her Royalettes) were a four-girl group from Baltimore, Maryland who exemplified the "sweet soul" style of the mid-60s.
They were originally signed with Philadelphia-based Chancellor Records and later with Warner Bros. Records, but their biggest success came at MGM Records. They were associated with producers Teddy Randazzo, writer-producer for Little Anthony & The Imperials in the 1960s, and Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers.
Members
Origin of group
The two Ross sisters formed their musical group while attending high school in Baltimore. They practiced after class with their cousin, Veronica Brown, and friend, Terry Jones. When they began performing together in 1962, the group took its name from the Royal, a black theater located in the 1300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore. Built in 1921, the theater was razed in 1970.
Discography
The Royalettes' biggest hit was "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" in 1965, charting at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #28 on the Billboard R&B chart. The song has since had more success as a cover, first by Laura Nyro in 1971 and later by Deniece Williams in 1982 who charted in the Top 10 and reached the #1 spot in the R&B chart.
Podcasts:
The Royalettes
ALBUMS
- The Elegant Sound of released: 2001
The Elegant Sound of
Released 2001- Baby Are You Putting Me On
- Love Without an End
- Getting Through to Me
- It's a Big Mistake
- Don't Throw Me Away
- Lonely Girl
- I Don't Want to Be the One
- Shangri-La
- It's Better Not to Know
- Think Before You Act
- Let Me Know When It's Over
- Forever More
- The Rest of My Life
- I Can't Stop Running Away
- An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)
- When Summer's Gone
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by Ataraxia
The Early Days
by: Ataraxia"...the first one was moon-like coloured,
the second was gold-like yellow,
the third red, the fourth brown,
the first seven buds were all of the same colour,
the following ones began mixing."