The Fairlanes (4)

Along with fellow school friends, Eddie Lejay, Thomas Odom, Steve Ross , Charles Diamond formed the The Fairlanes, named after the Ford Fairlane and keeping with the doo-wop tradition of naming the group after cars, The Cadilacs etc. The group’s first release in 1959 was to be Seventeen Steps” b/w “Johnny Rhythm” which came out on Dee Marais’ Lucky Seven label and in the same year for Pappy Dailey’s Dart label out of Houston, TX the group released “Just For Me”. They would also record for Eddie Shuler’s Tic-Toc label releasing “You’re Lonesome Now” in 1961.