The Chanters has been played on NTS in shows including Jazzman, featured first on 21 November 2014. Songs played include She Wants to Mambo.

The Chanters belonged to the "kid-sound" school of Rock ‘n’ Roll, which was, at the time they formed, riding high because of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.

The Chanters formed in late 1957 out of a group of friends in Queens, New York. This locale was far removed from the R&B centers in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant, and allowed for more original sounds from groups like the Rivileers, the Cleftones, and the Videos.

The two oldest members of the Chanters, Fred Paige (first…