The Dubs
An R&B vocal group from the Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. Original members were lead Richard Blandon, first tenor Billy Carlisle, tenor Cleveland Still, baritone James ‘Jake’ Miller, and bass Thomas Gardner. They came together in 1957 and were amalgamation of members of two previous groups. Blandon and Carlisle had previously been with the Five Wings who had recorded for King (notably Teardrops Are Falling), and Still, Miller, and Gardner had come out of the Scale-Tones who had recorded for Jay-Dee. (Shortly after their first recordings, the Dubs replaced Gardner with former Five Wing Tommy Grate.) The Dubs never had any national hits, but several of their songs still resonate today as ‘goldie oldie,’ primarily because of their popularity on the east coast doo-wop scene. The group had five consecutive regional hits; Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely (1957), Could This Be Magic (1957), Beside My Love (1958), Be Sure My Love (1958), Chapel Of Dreams (1958). The group broke up in 1958, but like many such groups there were sporadic reunions and break-ups in subsequent years. In the '80s there were two different Dubs groups playing the east coast oldies circuit.