Vinyl records

The 5 Royales vinyl records

1 album with 11 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

US R&B group from Winston-Salem, NC. The "5" Royales are cited as a groundbreaking link between gospel, R&B, rock, doo wop, and soul music. Lowman Pauling and his brothers Clarence and Curtis backed their father, Lowman Pauling Sr. during concerts as the Royal Sons Gospel Group in their native North Carolina. In the early 1950's, Carolina radio producer Robert Woodward contacted NY-based Apollo Records about the group. Signed by Apollo Records, the group's name was changed from the Royal Sons Quintet to the "5" Royales by the label's Carl Le Bowe.