First formed in 1957, their recording in 1958; the song was called "To Make A Long Story Short" the first release on Scepter records and one of the top 10 songs on the charts of Billboard Magazine.
Managed and produced by Al Brown, Florence Greenberg, whose story is being procduced as a major musical on broadway's and Jocko Henderson of WADO Radio . The group made appearances at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre with Murray the K, with Alan Freed at Brooklyn Paramount Theatre, the world famous Apollo theater, the Majestic Theatre in Pennsylvania, the Howard Theatre in Washington, DC, and the Uptown Theatre in Pennsylvania. They have made numerous tours arounds the country. Current members of the Starlites are: "Eddie" Jenkins, Richard Moore, who originally sang with The Persuasions, Ray Sanders of the Persuasions, Perry King of the Paragons and Warren Tesoro of Norman Fox & the Rob Roys, who made a record called "Tell Me Why"
The group is currently working in the studio on their long awaited new CD, as well as in numerous shows around Brooklyn and Manhattan, New York, California, Florida & Las Vegas
Eddie & the Starlites revisit the romantic era of rhythm & blues featuring an incredible variety of songs and have a message to convey to all through a rich history of music and love, peace and wisdom. These songs are always received ecstatically. The music of Curtis Mayfield, Tony Williams, Gamble & Huff, Smokey Robinson, giants in the field of songwriting
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Eddie and the Starlites have appeared on Showtime at The Apollo with Steve Harvey, in Great Adventure with The Chantels, with The Paragons and Ronnie I at UGHA The Doo Wop Shop with Don K. Reed,and The Art Loria TV Show, the Broward Center for Fine Arts in Ft Lauderdale, Fl, the Convention Center in Sacramento Ca with the Contours, they recently shared the stage with Aaron Neville, are currently with Jimmy Merchant of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
They have appeared with notable groups including The Drifters and Ray Goodman and Brown, Martha Reeves, the Dubs. .
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