Cruisers

The Cruisers from Philadelphia, PA never had a significant record. Patterning themselves after <a href="spotify:artist:3ldj7TJdwN9Ei96ZIUU3M7">the Harptones</a>, group leader <a href="spotify:artist:2NbAkzfb9hTMhDQkRsBYRS">Gene Williams</a>, Randy Hamilton, <a href="spotify:artist:4dnXyymwiRtnPu10ucBplO">Paul Long</a>, and McKinley Anthony began recording on V-Tone Records. The deal resulted in two single releases in 1960: "Miss Fine" b/w "If I Knew," and "Don't Tease Me" b/w "Crying Over You;" the latter got pegged for mass distribution two years later by Guyden Records only to die a second time. Five years passed before their next deal in 1967 with Gamble Records, who were charting with <a href="spotify:artist:30q5mqJmdYPaKabPMytzvv">the Intruders</a>' records. "I Need You So" b/w "Take A Chance," reeked with sentiment but despite its charm didn't sell, and the Cruisers languished for nearly three years before their final release. <a href="spotify:artist:4wyNEslyuNURfltXmivNeg">Bunny Sigler</a> brought the Cruisers' doo-wop skills out the closet with "Picture Us" b/w "Mink and Sable Mable," but Gamble Records only seem able to get hits on Sonny & the Intruders; while others including Ruth McFadden, <a href="spotify:artist:05aFikcWbrmnDKsCHaH0Ce">the Jaggerz</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2pvqnXr6K5FZmqbgvibDE3">the Futures</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2n0LdblqHyYBpmqxvOTysn">the Butlers</a>, and the Epsilons always came up empty. <a href="spotify:artist:4wyNEslyuNURfltXmivNeg">Sigler</a> later cut a solo version of "Picture Us" on Philadelphia International Records, and the Cruisers went on with their lives. ~ Andrew Hamilton, Rovi