Biography
The Crickets
Effective period / Period of releases: 1953 - 1954
Members: J.R. Bailey, Dean Barlow, Ralph Bailey, Harold Johnson (4), Eugene Stapleton, Bill Lindsay (2)
Doo-wop, rhythm 'n' blues, soul groupFrom Morrisania section of the Bronx, New York
Went through quite a lot of line-up changes
First line-up 1953: Grover "Dean" Barlow (lead), Harold Johnson (tenor and guitar), Eugene Stapleton (tenor), Leon Carter (baritone), and Rodney Jackson (bass)
Second line-up 1953: Grover "Dean" Barlow, Bill Lindsay (former member of The Starlings and The Twilighters), Robert Bynum and Joe Dias (who used to sing bass for The Chords)
First line-up 1954: Grover "Dean" Barlow, Bill Lindsay, Bobby Spencer and Freddy Barksdale
Second line-up 1954: Grover "Dean" Barlow, Harold Johnson, Eugene Stapleton, Leon Carter and Rodney Jackson