Vinyl records

Derek Martin vinyl records

1 album with 10 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Derek Don Martin. American R&B, Soul and Gospel singer. Born: July 2, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan His professional break came early when he was hired at the age of 17 to sing with Duke Ellington. In the early '50s Martin joined the singing group the Pearls along with fellow singer Howard Guyton and pianist Dave Clowney (who would find success in 1959 with the novelty hit "The Happy Organ" as Dave "Baby" Cortez), and the group released its first single (as the Five Pearls) in 1954 and also recorded as Howie & the Sapphires, releasing a single under that name in 1959 for OKeh Records.