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Hot Rod (Maurice Hulbert Jr.)
Maurice ‘Hot Rod’ Hulbert, the self-proclaimed “Bald-headed Prince of Radio” worked at WDIA, Memphis in the late 1940s. He came […]
Henderson, Douglas ‘Jocko’
As a young teenager, Jocko Henderson would hang out at the WITH studios and help carry records to hops and […]
Deane, Buddy
The Deane of Baltimore radio (and TV), Buddy was the Dick Clark of Baltimore television in the late ‘50s and […]
Tangiers, The
R&B vocal group from West Baltimore. A 1955 lineup featured Cora Boykins, Bobby Covington, Richard Quarles, Earle Beale, and Bill […]
Swintones, The
Seen in the ‘50s at Sherries on Pulaski Highway featuring Bill Swindell “wild man of the sax,” with Happy Jack […]
Plants, The
West Baltimore based R&B vocal harmony group originally known as the Equadors. The group consisted of George Jackson (lead), James […]
Parson, Les
R&B vocalist from West Baltimore. His first band in the ‘60s was a teen band called Little Les & the […]








