Vinyl records

The Five Keys vinyl records

2 albums with 27 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

American R&B and doo-wop group popular in the late 1950's. In 1949, brothers Rudy and Bernard West joined another set of singing brothers, Ripley and Raphael Ingram, to form gospel quartet The Sentimental Four. Inspired by the harmonies of The Mills Brothers and The Ink Spots, they soon began to shift toward R&B. The young foursome toured briefly with Miller's Brown-Skinned Models, an all-black revue that played fairs and carnivals. The act started winning local talent contests and those victories led to a chance to perform at the Apollo Theatre in New York City where the group won a contest as well. Soon after, Los Angeles-based Aladdin Records signed the group.