Jimmy Crawford?

[Elmambo]

He kept the name the "Jimmy Crawford and Coasters" until the American group of the "Coasters" objected, he then had to change it to the "Ravens"

[TORONTONY]

He kept the name the "Jimmy Crawford and Coasters" until the American group of the "Coasters" objected, he then had to change it to the "Ravens"

 

Not 100% sure but his change of name came about because the Coasters name could not be used as it was already out there, on hit records. So the entire name of the act was changed. It happened earlier when Cliff Richard's band had to change their name from the Drifters to the Shadows for exactly the same reason. However Cliff had already changed his name from Harry Webb, so just the band changed their name. I don't think there was ever a Jimmy Crawford and the Coasters ever used on a recording.

Edited May 1, 2016 by TORONTONY

[Elmambo]

Fairly sure I saw him at the Club 60, as Jimmy Crawford and the Coasters. I seem to remember that the name change came about when he made his first record. However, I have to say it was a lifetime ago, so no guarantees.

[TORONTONY]

Fairly sure I saw him at the Club 60, as Jimmy Crawford and the Coasters. I seem to remember that the name change came about when he made his first record. However, I have to say it was a lifetime ago, so no guarantees.

 

Loud and clear on the "lifetime ago" part lol

[willman]

My Jimmy Crawford vinyl is just him alone, i'm not old enough to have been around back then but i'm educating our 2 year old grandson to the quality of oldies on vinyl.

[willybite]

hi i'm going back sixty years i remember ron lindsay from our school days at springfield school in sheffield his last teacher would have been mrs taylor that was in 1948, he passed the 11+ exam,he lived at the bottom of aberdeen street on the opposite side of the road lived raymond and michael naylor.

i only saw him on stage once that was 1957/8 at the st philips wmc sheffield.the last time i saw him was on t.v. on an evening with freddie starr or another one he was in the audience,

[sheilawragg1]

I vaughly remember him but seem to think he had a large open top pink American Cadilac

which he used to park at the bottom of

Ecclesal road

[vanner18]

I vaughly remember him but seem to think he had a large open top pink American Cadilac

which he used to park at the bottom of

Ecclesal road

 

In the very early sixties; late `61 on; I remember seeing him drive by on Broomhall St in his pink cadilac.To his mums I think someone told me.

This was observed from one of the balconies that ran around the outside of Viners where I worked at that time.

[minertone]

Ron Lindsay took time off work to play the 2 I's coffee bar in Soho. Spotted by London managers he was whisked off to their offices and came back to Sheffield with a stage name made up from his real names. The Coasters became the Ravens to avoid any conflict,the reason that his records only had his name was because EMI wanted to record the singer seperately from an amplified rock group because they hadn't invested in suitable studios,their facilities were still geared to 80 pce orchestras and large dance bands. No one in the music industry was prepared to bank on R & R lasting more than a couple of years.Yes there was a first record made with the ravens but this was to enable him to get introduced to a major label and was made in a small Soho studio and presented to EMI by his London managers. EMI then cleaned up the Acetate and released it as his first single.Follow up records were then made with a large orchestra, which was something they knew how to do. His recording manager(Norrie Parramore) would study the American charts and then get scores written for a British version of a song he thought would rise up the USA charts,this meant that his act became' Middle Of The Road' through no fault of his own. Eventually the studios obtained suitable recording facilities but for early artists like Ron it was too late,their three year contracts were up and he was out of time - no more records. His London managers had an advertising contract with Radio Luxembourg and he got some airtime on there as it was the big thing at the time, the BBC was reluctant to play the discredited R & R for the first couple of years.

[hobbinfootju]

I remember Jimmy Crawford playing in the very early sixties at would you believe Eccles field Park Bandstand it was early evening and all for free. He was great. The flip side of I love how you love me was a song called Our Last Embrace which I thought was better than the A side his vocals were fantastic even though he had a large amount of echo on the record, I still play his songs today I wish he was still on the circuit.