Vinyl records

Jewel Akens vinyl records

4 albums with 63 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Jewel Eugene Akens. Male R&B singer & producer (born: 9/12/1933 (Houston, TX), died: 3/1/2013 (Inglewood, CA)). He will be best remembered for his 1965 hit "The Birds And The Bees." After moving with his family to Los Angeles at the age of nine, he began performing as a vocalist at his local church. At the age of eighteen, he joined his first ensemble The Four Dots whom recorded a number of singles in 1959. They will probably be best known for featuring Eddie Cochran's guitar work on some of their tracks. After they disbanded, Akens landed a contract with the Era label and recorded the singles "Boom A Lay" (1964) and "Hide and Seek" (1964) as lead vocalist with a group called the Turnarounds (see also ).