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The Fenways Free Music

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The Fenways Free Music

The Fenways

Effective period / Period of releases: 1963 - 1967

Members: Joey Covington, Ron George (2), Bob "Hop" Ainsworth, Sonny DiNunzio

in Pittsburgh Sonny DiNunzio joined the group the Townsmen who had formed in 1964. They renamed themselves the Fenways. The members were Sonny DiNunzio as lead vocalist, bassist Ronnie George, drummer Alan Bills and guitarist Bob Ainsworth. Diunzio and the Fenway turned to Nick Cenci again to record their music. Cenci produced several singles that the Fenways released in 1964. They released their first single with two Doo Wop style ballads “The Number One Song in the Country: and "Nothing to Offer You" on Nick Cenci’s Ricky C label in the summer of 1964. After the Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964 the pop music world shifted. Doo Wop was dead. The Fenways grew the hair and became a Brit Pop rock band. Their second release was the bright Brit Pop tune “Be Careful Little Girl” which distributed nationally on Roulette Records. Nick Cenci released the Fenway’s pop single “Humpty Dumpty / Nothing To Offer You” on his Bevmar July of 1964 that was distributed by Chess Records. Billboard Magazine listed the single as a “hot record” in July of 1964.