Effective period / Period of releases: 1968

The Imaginations an R&B vocal group from Dayton, Ohio 1966-1971. The group was lead by Robert Alvarez, who had been in the Del-Vikings (using the stage name Mike Machado). After he left that group, he moved to Dayton (having been in the Air Force) and started the Imaginations. He found some younger singers, still in high school, to form the group.The other members were Dave Peoples, Freddie Williams, and Charles Smith. Williams and Peoples were students at Dunbar High School at the time.
The group recorded a couple 45s in the mid 60s, down at Allen Martin Studios and using studio musicians.