The Zircons

The Zircons or The Zirkons a singing musical group with various line-up with recording in the late 1950s and during the 1960s.

Zircons (1959-1963)

The original members of The Zircons (spelled with a c) included:.[1]

Their biggest hit was a 1963 cover of "Lonely Way", The Skyliners' 1959 recording. They followed it up with "Your Way" on Mellomood Records.

The Zircons / The Zirkons (1964-1967)

In 1964, six singers from Bronx, New York, formed an a cappella (or doo-wop) group. The Zirkons (spelt with k) had the following line-up:.[2]

The Zirkons recorded on various record labels, including Old Timer / Cat-Time / Catamount / Amber (as The Zircons) and on Snowflake Records (as The Zirkons).

Their repertory included:

Other Zircons/Zirkons songs included "Come Dance With Me", "Crazy For You", "Glory of Love", "My Own True Love", "Never", "Blue Moon", "Once In A While", "Sincerely", "Smile", and "Sunday Kind Of Love", "The Wind".

Various

Other Zircons groups have recorded on labels like Heigh-Ho, Winston/Dot, and Federal.

References

  1. ↑ Jay Warner, American Singing Groups: From 1940 to Today, Hal Leonard (2006), ISBN 0-634-09978-7
  2. ↑ The Zirkons, Acapella Session with the Original Zirkons, Snowflake Records 1003

Further reading

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