The Students

The Students
Label of "I'm So Young" 45 single on Checker Records
Background information
Origin	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Genres	Doo-wop
Years active	1958–1983
Members	Leroy King, lead vocal Dorsey Porter, first tenor Roy Ford, second tenor John Bolden, baritone Richard Johnson, bass Ralph Byrd, guitarist

The Students were a doo-wop vocal group which formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1956. Although they only released four sides, two of them - I'm So Young and Every Day of the Week - became doo-wop standards. "I'm So Young" in particular became hugely popular (and durable), and has been covered by groups as diverse as the Beach Boys, Rosie and the Originals, and The Ronettes.

Both "I'm So Young" and "Every Day of the Week" were written by William H. "Prez" Tyus, Jr., a local Cincinnati high schooler. Tyus wrote the songs and gave them to a local African-American vocal group called the D'Italians. After the group secured a recording contract with Checker Records, they renamed themselves The Students, and it was under this name that Tyus's two classic doo-wop songs were recorded.

(all leads by Leroy King)

On NOTE records

On CHESS records