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Biography
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The Cats
Effective period / Period of releases: 1955
Members: Gene Ford (2), Billy Boyd (6)
Duo from Santa Monica, CAConsisted of; Gene Ford (ld), Billy Boyd (ld)
When The Chanters broke up, Gene & Billy cut "Zerlene " "It's Hot" in 1955 on the short lived Spark label. Spark Records was the brainchild of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller. The same year, Gene & Billy cut two Singles for Federal, King Record's subsidiary, under the name of the Cats.