The Slades
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The Slades was a vocal group out of Austin, Texas
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All the members and attended local McCallum High School. Personnel included John Goeke, Don Burch, Tommy Kaspar, Bobby Doyle, and Jimmy Davis. The first four were on their first recording, and they added Davis on the second disc.
Baby, backed with You Mean Everything To Me, was their first recording waxed on the new Domino label from Austin Texas. Soon after the initial pressing on Domino as the Spades, their name was changed to the Slades and it was released on the Liberty
label and had national distribution.
Their second recording for Domino records was their biggest. You Cheated peaked at number 42 in 1958 on the Billboard charts
. It was the original recording of the song, recorded before the Los Angeles based Shields
covered it. The Shields had the biggest hit with it. The Slades record was still popular enough to earn them a spot on American Bandstand
. Many follow up recordings and back up credits for other Domino label artists followed, but none sold as well as You Cheated. Domino was a small label and didn't have the distribution of a larger label, and that contributed to their eventual demise.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
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All the members and attended local McCallum High School. Personnel included John Goeke, Don Burch, Tommy Kaspar, Bobby Doyle, and Jimmy Davis. The first four were on their first recording, and they added Davis on the second disc.
Baby, backed with You Mean Everything To Me, was their first recording waxed on the new Domino label from Austin Texas. Soon after the initial pressing on Domino as the Spades, their name was changed to the Slades and it was released on the Liberty
Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals.-1950s:...
label and had national distribution.
Their second recording for Domino records was their biggest. You Cheated peaked at number 42 in 1958 on the Billboard charts
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
. It was the original recording of the song, recorded before the Los Angeles based Shields
George Motola
George Motola was a record producer, songwriter, and sound engineer during the 1950s till his death.-Early life and career:...
covered it. The Shields had the biggest hit with it. The Slades record was still popular enough to earn them a spot on American Bandstand
American Bandstand
American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...
. Many follow up recordings and back up credits for other Domino label artists followed, but none sold as well as You Cheated. Domino was a small label and didn't have the distribution of a larger label, and that contributed to their eventual demise.