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Comment by rhythmdog:

It is actually a lot crazier than jmontague42's description of events: you can read all about it in Unca Marvy's (Marv Goldberg) article about The Larks. In fact, on the very same day, October 5, 1950, the soon-to-be Five Larks recorded seventeen different masters for four different record companies (Jubilee, Regal, Savoy/Regent, and Apollo) using four different names! These two sides by The Four Barons were amongst them, and were the earliest secular titles released by The Larks. By the way, the group on that day was a sextet, not a quartet...

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Comment by jmontague42:

On their next release, this group from Wilson, North Carolina became The Five Larks on Apollo -- quickly shortened to simply The Larks. Its members included Eugene Mumford and David McNeil, both of whom later joined Billy Ward's Dominoes (Mumford handling the lead on the two 1957 hits: "Star Dust:" and "Deep Purple"). Also in the group was Allen Bunn, who in 1957 teamed with his wife Anna Sandford as The Lovers ("Darling It's Wonderful" on the Lamp label, a subsidiary of Aladdin) and two years later they had another modest hit with "It's Too Late" as by Tarheel Slim and Little Ann, the very first release on Bobby Robinson's Fire label.

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Comment by historyofcountrymusic:

Added label images

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