Chantels

Line-Up:

Arlene Smith, Sonia Goring, Jackie Landry, Lois Harris, Rene Minus

Formed at "St. Anthony of Padua" High School in the Bronx, New York, the group took their name from from another school, "St. Francis de Chantelle" +++  Richard Barrett from GONE records heard them and got them a contract with GONE's affialiated END record label +++ Their first release in 1957, "He's Gone" only had moderate success +++ The second release in early 1958, "Maybe", however, made it to the Top 20 in the US, and was followed by further moderate hits +++ Signing with CARLTON records in 1961, the group still had another Top 20 success with "Look in my eyes" +++ The group still had moderate chart success until 1963, recording later also for VERVE and BIG TOP +++