Artist:The Skyliners
Song:Since I Don't Have You
Album:Capital Gold: Rock 'n' Roll Legends
The 1959 single Since I Don't Have You was a top 20 hit for The Skyliners. Some of their other songs charted but this was their only memorable song. It's still very popular on oldies radio. The Skyliners were from Pittsburgh led by Jimmy Beaumont along with Janet Vogel, Wally Lester, Jackie Taylor and Joe Verscharen. They were a merger of the groups The Crescents and The El Rios. They signed with the local label Calico owned by Lou Guarino and Lenny Martin. The Skyliners wrote Since I Don't Have You with their manager Joe Rock. Martin produced and led the orchestra. The record reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the R&B Singles chart. After a couple of their other singles charted, Calico sold The Skyliners contract to the Columbia Pictures owned Colpix label. The Skyliners didn't have the same success over there probably because they worked with different producers. But it doesn't change that Since I Don't Have You is a classic oldie and you can get it on this 2CD various artists budget comp that is part of Virgin Records' Capital series. The most notable covers of Since I Don't Have You were by Chuck Jackson in 1964 and Don McLean in 1981. After things didn't work out for The Skyliners at Colpix, Jimmy Beaumont recorded several singles that went nowhere. And like many groups of this era, Beaumont led a version of The Skyliners on the oldies circuit until his 2017 death. Here's The Skyliners performing Since I Don't Have You on The Dick Clark Show 1959. I don't know why they are wearing cowboy costumes.
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