The Solitaires

The Solitaires
The Solitaires in 1954. Top row: Herman Curtis, Pat Gaston, Bobby Baylor. Bottom row: Bobby Williams, Buzzy Willis.
The Solitaires in 1954. Top row: Herman Curtis, Pat Gaston, Bobby Baylor. Bottom row: Bobby Williams, Buzzy Willis.
Background information
OriginHarlem, New York City, United States
GenresDoo-wop
Years active1953–2019
LabelsOld Town Records
Argo Records
Past members
  • Nick Anderson
  • Reggie Barnes
  • Freddy Barksdale
  • Bobby Baylor
  • Herman Curtis
  • Pat Gaston
  • Cecil Holmes
  • California Jones
  • George Magnezid
  • Robbie Mansfield
  • Roland Martinez
  • Cathy Miller
  • Angel Morgan
  • Monte Owens
  • Wally Roker
  • Bobby Williams
  • Harriet Williams
  • Buzzy Willis
  • Milton Love
  • Frank Morrow
  • Alvin Grant
  • Don Cruz
  • Ray Goodwin

The Solitaires were an American doo-wop group, best known for their 1957 hit single "Walking Along". Although they never had a national chart hit, they were one of the most popular vocal groups in New York in the late 1950s.[1]

  1. ^ Goldberg, Marv. "The Solitaires". Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks. Retrieved 31 March 2015. While never achieving the national stature of many of their contemporaries, the Solitaires managed to outlast most of them in a career that saw them as one of the top vocal groups on the New York scene.