The Gallahads

US vocal group from Seattle, WA. The Gallahads' origins trace back to 1952, when a few teenaged African American students at Edmond Meany Junior High School formed a neighborhood "club" (the Strokers) and then a singing group called the Echoes. Those kids included Jimmy Pipkin (b. 1939), Anthony "Tiny Tony" Smith (1940-1987), Clifton Jones, Joe Hardy, and Bobby Dixon. But in time, even friendship couldn't prevent a couple lesser talents from being edged out -- Hardy got booted and Jones drifted off -- and the new lineup became Pipkin (tenor), Smith (baritone), Dixon (lead/second tenor), and newcomer Ernie Rouse (bass).
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