The Flamingos

The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
This is just just a treasure and one of my most clicked peices. The ladies just love to slow dance the old fasioned way.... still!

I was first introduced to the group as a teenager with the dance hit Boogaloo Party, a very lively number that still sound good today. This group have been perforning since 1953!! a few changes to the line up over the years including at one point Tommy Hunt when members were drafted in the 50's.

Too many members & hits to list. . and during the early 60s the Flamingos lost the rest of their original members, except for Jake and Zeke Carey. The cousins managed to achieve some minor hits during the soul era, notably "Boogaloo Party', which was the group's only UK chart hit when it reached number 26 in 1969 (three years earlier it was a US R&B number 22 hit).

The Flamingos" last US chart record was "Buffalo Soldier" 1970 (R&B Top 30). Nate Nelson died in 1984 and Paul Wilson in 1988. Sollie McElroy, after leaving the Flamingos in 1955, joined the Moroccos, with whom he recorded for three years, and Johnny Carter joined the Dells in 1960.