The Bel-Aires
The Bel-Aires (also known as The Vel-Aires) were an American doo-wop band. Its members, including lead singer Donald Woods, were originally part of The Medallions. Their best-known single was Death of An Angel (1955).
They recorded "White Port & Lemon Juice" (Flip 45-304) which is not related to WPLJ.
"The songs of that period were locked into a choice of three formula/flavors: I-VI-IV-V ("Earth Angel"), or I-II-I-II ("Nite Owl"), or I-IV-V ("Louie Louie"). Very seldom would you hear a III chord or a flat VII chord -- or hear someone going from I to flat VII. There were only a few examples of that type of harmonic deviation during the fifties -- the best one being "This Paradise" by Donald Woods and the Bel-Aires on Flip -- so our chord progressions were not exactly part of that tradition."
