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The Eldorados - Crazy Little Mama (1957)

Track listing:
  1. At My Front Door 2:39
  2. Now That You've Gone 2:48
  3. Rock 'n' Roll's For Me 2:18
  4. A Fallen Tear 2:59
  5. Up On The Mountain 2:50
  6. There In The Night 2:56
  7. I'll Be Forever Loving You 2:31
  8. My Loving Baby 2:49
  9. Annie's Answer 3:14
  10. I Beagan To Realize 2:45
  11. Caddy Bo 2:18
  12. Baby I Need You 3:07
  13. Bim Bam Bom 2:53
  14. Trouble Trouble 2:13
  15. Let's Do The Cha Cha 2:09
  16. Little Miss Love 2:52
  17. She Don't Run Around 2:34
  18. Ozeta 2:22

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The group formed in Chicago in 1952, originally as "Pirkle Lee and the Five Stars". It comprised Pirkle Lee Moses Jr. (lead vocals), Louis Bradley and Arthur Basset (tenors), Jewel Jones (second tenor/baritone), James Maddox and Richard Nickens (both baritone/bass). When Pirkle Lee got out of the Air Force in 1954, they changed their name to The El Dorados.

Vivian Carter heard them and signed them to her Vee-Jay label, making their first recordings in mid 1954. After a string of unsuccessful singles, they recorded "At My Front Door" (also known as "Crazy Little Mama") in 1955, and it rose to # 1 on the R&B charts and # 17 on the pop charts. Their follow-up, "I’ll Be Forever Loving You", also made the R&B top ten in early 1956.

After Basset and Nickens left the group, they continued to record as a quartet. The original group split up in 1957. Moses stayed in Chicago and formed a new version of The El Dorados with members of another group, The Kool Gents. Meanwhile, Bradley, Jones and Maddox moved to California, and renamed themselves The Tempos.

The label dropped The El Dorados in 1958, and Pirkle Lee Moses subsequently toured with a succession of back-up singers. In 1969 he resuscitated the group name with new members, at the same time as a former member of The Tempos, Johnny Carter, also toured with another set of El Dorados. The two competing groups merged in the late 1970s, and subsequently continued to tour and record as The El Dorados until Pirkle Lee Moses' death in 2000.

After Pirkle Lee Moses' death, long time member since the late 70's, Norman Palm took over and renamed the group Pirkle Lee Moses Jr's El Dorados in tribute to his long time colleague and friend. The legacy still lives on. As of 2008, Pirkle Lee Moses Jr's El Dorados actively tours the Midwest, and the East Coast from time to time.

01. At My Front Door
02. Now That You've Gone
03. Rock 'N' Roll for Me
04. Fallen Tear
05. Up on the Mountain
06. There in the Night
07. I'll Be Forever Loving You
08. My Loving Baby
09. Annie's Answer
10. I Began to Realize
11. Caddy Bo
12. Baby I Need You
13. Bim Bam Boom
14. Trouble Trouble
15. Let's Do the Cha Cha
16. Little Miss Love
17. She Don't Run Around
18. Ozeta