The Standards Reunion

The Standards Reunion My Heart Belongs To Only You 2003 The Spirals morphed into Tony And The Holidays, than into The Standards Group Members Richard Tsonos- Lead Harry Jay-Second Tenor Fred Duke Hodgkinson-Bass Lawrence Loeb-First Tenor Lawrence Rizzo-Baritone In 1957 The Spirals from Manhattan, NY. competed with another group for obtaining a recording contract, unfortunely the winner were Little Antony’s And The Imperial’s group, The Spirals recorded a demo Record, (I’ve Got the World On A String) which got them a Record contract with End Records, Recording (Little Girl) Flip side (School Bells) Al Conde who was the Bass of the Spirals left the group and went on to another group called The Chevrons, with their recorded hit song (Lullabye) and the Spirals broke up in1959. Spiral’s members Larry Rizzo (Baritone) and Larry Loeb (1st Tenor) recruited Harry Jay (2º Tenor) from a local group know as The Vibratones, Harry present Tony Castro to the rest of the guys and became lead Singer of the group, finally with the incorporation of Fred “Duke“ Hodgkinson as Bass (from another local group, The Versatiles) Tony & The Holidays were born. In 1959-60 the group recorded several demos Way /The Glory of Love/ I Was Such A Fool / Come Go With Me / Each Step I Take /Tick Tock /Melissa. Finally in 1962 signed with ABC Records were recorded_There Goes My Heart Again / My Love Is Real. they have the unreleased sides_I’m confessin / Apple (Blossom Time).By the end of 1962 the group moved to The Belmont’s label Sabina Records and recorded the sides_My Love Is Real/Time To Dream. and_Now It’s All Over/The Background Sound. under the group name of Buddy Sheppard & The Holidays( in these sides Freddie and Angelo of The Belmonts were part of the background).After their recordings on Sabina Tony Castro leave the group and was replaced by Richie Tsonos. The group signed with Magna Records and recorded in 1963 under the group name of The Standards...