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California, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1952-1960s</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Recorded_In_Hollywood" title="Recorded In Hollywood">Recorded In Hollywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flair_Records" title="Flair Records">Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Records" title="Modern Records">Modern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aladdin_Records" title="Aladdin Records">Aladdin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Records" title="ABC Records">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barclay_(record_label)" title="Barclay (record label)">Barclay</a></li> <li>Loma</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felsted_Records" title="Felsted Records">Felsted</a></li> <li>Press</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Past members</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lee_Maye" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Lee Maye">Arthur Lee Maye</a><br />Pete Fox<br /><a href="/wiki/Obediah_Jessie" class="mw-redirect" title="Obediah Jessie">Obediah Jessie</a><br />Joe Winslow<br />A.V. Odom<br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Berry_(musician)" title="Richard Berry (musician)">Richard Berry</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cornell_Gunter" title="Cornell Gunter">Cornell Gunter</a><br />George Hollis<br />Thomas Miller<br />Kenneth Byley<br />Randy Jones<br />Patience Valentine</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Flairs</b> (or <b>Flares</b>) were an <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Doo-wop" title="Doo-wop">doo-wop</a> <a href="/wiki/Musical_ensemble" title="Musical ensemble">group</a> known for their 1961 hit "Foot Stompin', Pt. 1." Based in Los Angeles, they went through several lineup changes during their existence. Their notable members included <a href="/wiki/Richard_Berry_(musician)" title="Richard Berry (musician)">Richard Berry</a> (writer of '<a href="/wiki/Louie_Louie" title="Louie Louie">Louie Louie</a>') and <a href="/wiki/Cornell_Gunter" title="Cornell Gunter">Cornell Gunter</a>, who would go on to be a member of <a href="/wiki/The_Coasters" title="The Coasters">the Coasters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group debuted on <a href="/wiki/Flair_Records" title="Flair Records">Flair Records</a> which it was named after in 1953. In 1956, a new Flairs group was formed and they joined <a href="/wiki/ABC_Records" title="ABC Records">ABC Records</a>. After they went to Loma Records and became known as the Ermines.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After another lineup change they became known as the Flares. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Debonaires/Flairs"><span id="The_Debonaires.2FFlairs"></span>The Debonaires/Flairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Debonaires/Flairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Formed at <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_High_School_(Los_Angeles)" title="Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)">Jefferson High School</a> in Los Angeles, the group was originally called <b>the Debonaires</b>. The members included <a href="/wiki/Lee_Maye" title="Lee Maye">Arthur Lee Maye</a>, Pete Fox, <a href="/wiki/Young_Jessie" title="Young Jessie">Obediah Jessie</a>, Joe Winslow, and A.V. Odom.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Winslow dropped out, leaving the group a quartet. Bass man Odom was out soon after, and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Berry_(musician)" title="Richard Berry (musician)">Richard Berry</a>. Maye began putting baseball ahead of singing (he would later be a professional baseball player for the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a>), and the group brought in Beverly Thompson to replace him. <a href="/wiki/Cornell_Gunter" title="Cornell Gunter">Cornell Gunter</a>, who had recently left the earliest lineup of <a href="/wiki/The_Platters" title="The Platters">the Platters</a>, came in to make the group a quintet. Their first recording "I Had A Love" was released as by The Hollywood Blue Jays in 1953 on <a href="/wiki/John_Dolphin_(music_producer)" title="John Dolphin (music producer)">John Dolphin</a>'s label <a href="/wiki/Recorded_In_Hollywood" title="Recorded In Hollywood">Recorded In Hollywood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dolphin released another single by a different group called the <a href="/wiki/Five_Hollywood_Blue_Jays" title="Five Hollywood Blue Jays">Five Hollywood Blue Jays</a> around the same time. The Debonaires made a handful of recordings on the label with no real success. </p><p>In 1953, the group signed to <a href="/wiki/Flair_Records" title="Flair Records">Flair Records</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Modern_Records" title="Modern Records">Modern Records</a>, owned by the <a href="/wiki/Bihari_brothers" title="Bihari brothers">Bihari brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this point, the Debonaires changed their name to the Flairs.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although named after the label, they had little success there. They recorded several singles through 1953, beginning with "<a href="/wiki/I_Had_a_Love" class="mw-redirect" title="I Had a Love">I Had a Love</a>". The next was "Rabbit On A Log", which was credited to <b>the Hunters</b>, to avoid competition with "I Had A Love." More singles followed into 1954 including "Baby Wants"/"You Were Untrue" with <a href="/wiki/Ike_Turner" title="Ike Turner">Ike Turner</a> on guitar.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thompson left in the summer of 1954. The group performed as a quartet, and brought in Charles Jackson as a fifth member on recordings. </p><p>The Flairs performed at the famed tenth <a href="/wiki/Cavalcade_of_Jazz" title="Cavalcade of Jazz">Cavalcade of Jazz</a> concert held at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field_(Los_Angeles)" title="Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)">Wrigley Field</a> in Los Angeles which was produced by <a href="/wiki/Leon_Hefflin,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Leon Hefflin, Sr.">Leon Hefflin, Sr.</a> on June 20, 1954. They performed along with Ruth Brown, <a href="/wiki/Count_Basie_and_his_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Count Basie and his Orchestra">Count Basie and his Orchestra</a>, Lamp Lighters, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Jordan_and_His_Tympany_Five" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five">Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christine_Kittrell" title="Christine Kittrell">Christine Kittrell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Perez_Prado" class="mw-redirect" title="Perez Prado">Perez Prado</a> and his Orchestra.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after Thompson's departure, Berry left as well. He had been working with Arthur Lee Maye's new group, the Crowns, as well as his own second group, <a href="/wiki/The_Blossoms" title="The Blossoms">the Dreamers</a>. This caused friction in the Flairs. His replacement was Randy Jones (who also did some bass spots with the Crowns). The group continued recording, with one of their singles, "Love Me, Love Me, Love Me", being credited to <b>the Chimes</b>. Jackson left to join the Chimes at this time, and Jones left to fill the bass spot in <a href="/wiki/The_Penguins" title="The Penguins">the Penguins</a>. Gunter, Jessie, and Fox continued as the Jac-O-Lacs, recording for Tampa Records. The group broke up at this point. Jessie recorded one more Jac-O-Lacs single, "Mary Lou", backed by <a href="/wiki/The_Cadets_(doo_wop)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cadets (doo wop)">the Cadets</a>. He got to know this group and, when a baritone was needed a few years later, recommended fellow Flair Pete Fox for the job. Jessie continued as a soloist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Ermines/second_Flairs"><span id="The_Ermines.2Fsecond_Flairs"></span>The Ermines/second Flairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Ermines/second Flairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With Fox joining the Cadets and Jessie recording solo (as <a href="/wiki/Young_Jessie" title="Young Jessie">Young Jessie</a>), Cornell Gunter formed a new group, <b>the Ermines</b>, with new members George Hollis, Thomas Miller, and his cousin, Kenneth Byley.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a brief stint with Loma Records, they signed up with manager <a href="/wiki/Buck_Ram" title="Buck Ram">Buck Ram</a>, and moved to <a href="/wiki/ABC-Paramount_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC-Paramount Records">ABC-Paramount Records</a>, taking the name the Flairs. After recording for ABC a short time, they moved to Modern, then to <a href="/wiki/Aladdin_Records" title="Aladdin Records">Aladdin Records</a>. Old Ermine's tracks continued to be released by Loma. Also, during this time, they frequently backed up Gunter's sister, <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Gunter" title="Shirley Gunter">Shirley Gunter</a>. </p><p>Gunter was out in late 1957, and was replaced by Vince Weaver. The group recorded into the summer of 1958 for Ram's Antler Records. Later that year, Weaver and Byley both left the group. The Cadets were again associated with the Flairs—they had just split, and ex-Cadets Willie Davis and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Collins_(singer)" title="Aaron Collins (singer)">Aaron Collins</a> joined the Flairs. Former Flair Pete Fox was also a member of the Cadets when they split, and he did not join the Flairs. The fourth Cadet, <a href="/wiki/Will_%22Dub%22_Jones_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Will "Dub" Jones (singer)">Will "Dub" Jones</a>, filled one of two recent vacancies in <a href="/wiki/The_Coasters" title="The Coasters">the Coasters</a>, the other being filled by recent Flair departee Cornell Gunter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Flares/Peppers"><span id="The_Flares.2FPeppers"></span>The Flares/Peppers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Flares/Peppers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Miller, Hollis, Davis, and Collins recorded only briefly as the Flairs, before changing their name to the Flares in 1959. Buck Ram had actually proposed a different name, the Peppers. After a two-year break, the Flares began to record again. By this time, however, both of the former Cadets had left, and the group was now Miller, Hollis, Eddie King, Robbie Robinson, and Beverly Harris. This lineup recorded for <a href="/wiki/Felsted_Records" title="Felsted Records">Felsted Records</a>. Then the lineup returned to Miller, Hollis, Willie Davis, and Aaron Collins (possibly featuring Harris). They recorded as <b>Bennie Bunn and the Cadets</b> for Sherwood Records in 1960. </p><p>At that time, Hollis left and was replaced by a former Flair, Randy Jones and Patience Valentine was added as a fifth member. Once again as the Flares, the group recorded for Jan-Lar Records. The group's lineup shifted rapidly at this point- later, Davis was out and Hollis was in. Then, Jones and Valentine were out, and Davis and Collin's sister Rose Collins were in. Rose was only in shortly, then she and Aaron's sister Betty Collins. Then, Davis was out again, replaced by the returning Vince Weaver for a short time, before Davis returned. </p><p>As the Flares, their biggest hit was the 1961 release "Foot Stompin' Part 1", which hit #20 on the <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Black Singles</a> chart and #25 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1961, the group took Buck Ram's previous suggestion and recorded as <b>the Peppers</b> for <a href="/wiki/Ensign_Records" title="Ensign Records">Ensign Records</a>. Then it was back to the Flares for Ram's Press Records. They alternated between the Peppers and the Flares through 1964. At that point, the group split. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Hollywood_Blue_Jays">The Hollywood Blue Jays</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Hollywood Blue Jays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1953: "I Had A Love" / "Tell Me You Love Me" (<a href="/wiki/Recorded_In_Hollywood" title="Recorded In Hollywood">Recorded In Hollywood</a> 396)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Flairs">The Flairs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The Flairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1953: "I Had A Love" / "She Wants To Rock" (<a href="/wiki/Flair_Records" title="Flair Records">Flair</a> 1012)</li> <li>1953: "Tell Me You Love Me" / "You Should Care For Me" (Flair 1019)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1953: "Baby Wants" / "You Were Untrue" (Flair 1041)</li> <li>1954: "Getting High" / "Love Me Girl" (Flair 1028)</li> <li>1954: "This Is The Night For Love" / "Let's Make With Some Love" (Flair 1044)</li> <li>1954: "I'll Never Let You Go" / "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Chill Me" (Flair 1056)</li> <li>1955: "She Loves To Dance" / "My Darling, My Sweet" (Flair 1067)</li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Gunter" title="Shirley Gunter">Shirley Gunter</a> and The Flairs – "How Can I Tell You" / "Ipsy Opsie Ooh" (Flair 1076)</li> <li>1956: Shirley Gunter and The Flairs – "Headin' Home" / "I Want You" (<a href="/wiki/Modern_Records" title="Modern Records">Modern</a> 989)</li> <li>1956: Shirley Gunter and The Flairs – "Fortune In Love" / "I Just Got Rid Of A Heartache" (Modern 1001)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1956: Fatso Theus and The Flairs – "Be Cool My Heart" (<a href="/wiki/Aladdin_Records" title="Aladdin Records">Aladdin</a> 3324)</li> <li>1956: "Aladdin's Lamp" / "Steppin' Out" (<a href="/wiki/ABC_Records" title="ABC Records">ABC-Paramount</a> 9740)</li> <li>1957: "I'd Climb The Hills And Mountains" / "Swing Pretty Mama" (Antler 4005)</li> <li>1959: "The Sheik Of Araby" / "Adorable" (<a href="/wiki/Barclay_(record_label)" title="Barclay (record label)">Barclay</a> 60165)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Hunters">The Hunters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Hunters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1953: "Rabbit on the Log" / "Down at Hayden" (Flair 1017)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Chimes">The Chimes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The Chimes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1954: "My Heart's Crying For You" / "Love Me, Love Me, Love Me" (Flair 1051)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cornel_Gunter_and_The_Ermines">Cornel Gunter and The Ermines</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cornel Gunter and The Ermines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1955: "True Love" / "Peek, Peek-A-Boo" (Loma 701)</li> <li>1956: "Muchacha, Muchacha" / "Keep Me Alive" (Loma 704)</li> <li>1956: "One Thing For Me" / "I'm Sad" (Loma 705)</li></ul> <p><b>Bennie Bunn and the Cadets</b> </p> <ul><li>1960: "You Must Be An Angel" / "I'm Looking For A Job" (Sherwood 211)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Flares">The Flares</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The Flares"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1960: "Hotcha Cha-Cha Brown" / "Loving You" (<a href="/wiki/Felsted_Records" title="Felsted Records">Felsted</a> 8604-V)</li> <li>1960: "Jump And Bump" / "What Do You Want If You Don't Want Love" (Felsted 8607-V)</li> <li>1961: "Foot Stomping Pt. 1" / "Foot Stomping Pt. 2" <small>(<a href="/wiki/The_Ramrocks" title="The Ramrocks">The Ramrocks</a>)</small> (Felsted 8624) – peaked at #25 on the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100/ #20 R&B<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1961: "Foot Stomping" / "Hotcha Cha-Cha Brown" (London HLU 9441)</li> <li>1962: "Doing The Hully Gully" / "Truck and Trailer" (Press 2802)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1962: "Mad House" / "Make It Be Me" (Press 2803)</li> <li>1962: "Rock and Roll Heaven Pt. 1" / "Rock and Roll Heaven Pt. 2" (Press 2800)</li> <li>1963: "Do It With Me" / "Yon He Go" (Press 2807)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1963: "Hand Clappin'" / "Shimmy And Stomp" (Press 2808)</li> <li>1963: "The Monkey Walk" / "Do It If You Wanna' (Press 2810)</li> <li>1964: Cookie Jackson and The Flares – "I Didn't Lose A Doggone Thing" / "Write A Song About Me" (Press 2814)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Peppers">The Peppers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: The Peppers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1961: "One More Chance" / "A Place In My Heart" (<a href="/wiki/Ensign_Records" title="Ensign Records">Ensign</a> 1706)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1963: "It Wouldn't Be The Same" / "Little Piece Of Paper" (Press 2809)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Album_appearances">Album appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Album appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1989: <i>R&B Confidential No.1 – The Flair Label</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ace_Records_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ace Records (United Kingdom)">Ace Records</a>)</li> <li>1991: <i>Juke Box R&B</i> (Ace Records)</li> <li>1999: <i>Buck Ram's Doo Wop</i> (Ace Records)</li> <li>2004: Shirley Gunter – <i>Oop Shoop (The Flair And Modern Recordings 1953–1957)</i> (Ace Records)</li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Ike_Turner" title="Ike Turner">Ike Turner</a> – T<i>hat Kat Sure Could Play! The Singles 1951–1957</i> (<a href="/wiki/Secret_Records" title="Secret Records">Secret Records Limited</a>)</li> <li>2013: <i>Dust My Rhythm & Blues – The Flair Records R&B Story 1953–55</i> (Ace Records)</li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Berry_(musician)" title="Richard Berry (musician)">Richard Berry</a> – <i>Louie, Louie:</i> <i>1953–1962</i> (Real Gone)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flairs&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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September 5, 1960.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Reviews+of+New+Pop+Records&rft.pages=36&rft.date=1960-09-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dxx4EAAAAMBAJ%26q%3DBennie%2BBunn%2Band%2Bthe%2BCadets%2Bfor%2BSherwood%2BRecords%26pg%3DPA36&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Flairs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VxYEAAAAMBAJ&q=The+Flares+%E2%80%8E%E2%80%93+Doing+The+Hully+Gully&pg=PA35">"Reviews of New Singles"</a>. <i>Billboard</i>: 35. March 17, 1962.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Reviews+of+New+Singles&rft.pages=35&rft.date=1962-03-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVxYEAAAAMBAJ%26q%3DThe%2BFlares%2B%25E2%2580%258E%25E2%2580%2593%2BDoing%2BThe%2BHully%2BGully%26pg%3DPA35&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Flairs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-02-02.pdf">"Record Reviews"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Cash Box</i>: 16. 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