History

The Fabulaires started in Philadelphia, in 1957. The original group consisted of five black guys
 
harmonizing on the street corners hitting notes to the new sound called, Doo Wop. They entered a

local singing contest and won first place. A local radio announcer, who was one of the judges liked

their sound, and encouraged them to audition with a record label called, East-West, a philadelphia

company. They recoded for East West record label their first and only songs "While Walking",

with "NO NO" on the back side. The song was released December 23, 1957, Billboard

wrote: "East-West is out with two new disks from the " grassroots ": The Fabulaires of Philadelphia

have "While Walking," and "No No,". The group was briefly together. After release of the

record, and thereafter, the group just broke up. 



In Cambria Heights New York, around 1962, five white guys were singing Doo Wop harmony on
 
street corners, parties, school dancers, and wherever they could. They loved that sound and wanted

to make a record. At that time, the group was called: Mickey & The Belvederes and they entered a

singing contest at a popular dance place called: The White Brick inn, and WON!



That night a group called The Masters were judging, and their manager liked us and wanted to

manage us. We went to see the manager of The Masters, but we decided not to go with him,

instead, we received our break at The Brille Building in New York City, where we hit all the record

companies and auditioned for them live. One record company gave us a name of Michael

Perricone, a writer for Chelsea records and other major companies. 


We met Mike and auditioned for him. He introduced our group to Wally Zober of Chelsea

Records and Richie Allen, of Allied Chemical, and they decided to use the name, The Fabulaires,

since the thought was at that time, a white group would have a better chance to make it big, and the

record, "While Walking" was still on the charts and the Philadelphia  group broke up.