Hollywood Flames

The Hollywood Flames
Also known as	The Turks, The Jets, The Sounds, Bobby Day & the Satellites, Earl Nelson & the Pelicans
Origin	Watts, Los Angeles, California
Genres	Doo wop, vocal harmony, rhythm and blues
Years active	1949–1967
Labels	Atco, Selective, Aladdin, Speciality, Class Records, London, Chess Records, Ebb Records
Associated acts	Bob & Earl, The Penguins Bobby Day
Past members	Bobby Byrd (lead), David Ford, Curlee Dinkins, Willie Ray Rockwell, Clyde Tillis, Gaynel Hodge, Curtis Williams

The Hollywood Flames were an American R&B vocal group in the 1950s, best known for their number 5 hit "Buzz-Buzz-Buzz" in 1957.

They formed as The Flames in 1949, in Watts, Los Angeles, at a talent show where members of various high school groups got together. The original members were Bobby Byrd (lead), David Ford, Curlee Dinkins and Willie Ray Rockwell. Rockwell was sometimes replaced by Clyde Tillis, and Ford sometimes sang lead. Their first paying gig was at Johnny Otis's Barrelhouse Club. They first recorded in 1950 for the Selective label, and the following year, billed as The Hollywood Four Flames, released "Tabarin", a song written by Murry Wilson (father of The Beach Boys). They later recorded another Wilson song, "I'll Hide My Tears".

Over the years the group, under various names, is believed to have recorded for about nineteen different record labels, including Aladdin and Specialty. Although they had no big hits for several years, they were a successful local act in the Los Angeles area. The group also had a series of personnel changes, with Rockwell being replaced by Gaynel Hodge, and for a short while Dinkins being replaced by Curtis Williams. Hodge and Williams, with Jesse Belvin, were co-writers of The Penguins' "Earth Angel". In 1953 they released the sketch for this song "I Know" on the label Swing Time. Believed to be the first song to present the 6/8 piano-attacca known from later '50s hits such as "Only You" and "Ain't That a Shame".

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