The Fabulaires™

I started enjoying this new sound, Doo Wop Harmony, when I was 12 years old in Cambria heights, Long Island. My love and enthusiasm for that sound was overwhelming and I had to sing. My very first group was with some local friends, and one friend from Rosedale, Long Island; we called ourselves The Persuasions. We sang under the lamppost, train stations; we captured that sound and imitated many popular groups.

The following year was the start of high school, where it became more exciting to sing harmony in the lunch room, in the bathroom, or in the halls with an echo. At that time I was in three groups; one in Cambria Heights, where I lived, in high school, and in Rosedale. The group in Cambria Heights was called The Prominents, and The Persuasions was the group in Rosedale, Long Island. The Prominents made records in New York City at Sanders Recording Studio. We recorded on 78's and 45's and I still have one 45 record, and the others recordings were scattered among tithe other guys.

I eventually left The Persuasions and just sang with The Prominents. We sang at some schools, at fraternity dances and at record store openings. The Prominents broke up and I formed another group in Cambria Heights called Mickey and The Belvederes; Belvedere was the model of my 1957 Ford Convertible. We sang at parties and at a place called The White Brick Inn, which was a great place for dancing and meeting other groups. There was a contest at the White Brick Inn called the battle of the groups, we entered the contest and won.

The group called The Masters were judging, and their manager liked us and wanted to manage us. Each of us won $5 and i still have mine. 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 we auditioned for him. He introduced the group to Wally Zober of Chelsea Records and changed our name to "The Fabulaires".

Today, I am proud to have started the group again and be working with a bunch of professional guys that have great harmony and are a lot of fun.

I am the Founding member of The Fabulaires, John M. Lamberti.

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