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The Flamingos

THE FLAMINGOS

YEAR

2001

INDUCTED BY

Frankie Valli (The Four Seasons)

CATEGORY

Performers

Nobody’s perfect, but the Flamingos came extremely close.

The Flamingos took listeners higher with sublime harmonies and impeccable arrangements. Today they stand as one of the most sophisticated doo wop groups and most influential vocal groups.

Ezekiel Carey

Ezekiel Carey

Jacob Carey

Jacob Carey

John E. Carter

John E. Carter

Nathaniel Nelson

Nathaniel Nelson

Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson

Sollie McElroy

Sollie McElroy

Terry Johnson

Terry Johnson

Tommy Hunt

Tommy Hunt

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Jerry Blavat

The fifties: a time of musical change.

The place: Chicago, home of the blues, gospel, jazz. Pulsating with rhythm and nightlife. No other city except perhaps New Orleans has that rhythm. The sounds from the independent labels – Chess, Checker, Chance, Parrot, United, Vee-Jay – are setting the pace.

The groups – the Dells, the Spaniels, the El Dorados, the Moonglows – are creating the Chicago sound. Enter into this mix a group called the Swallows, who must change their name because of an existing group. They call themselves El Flamingos and then the Flamingos.

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