Latest Release
- 24 FEB 2023
- 3 Songs
- A Deeper Dig: Outstanding Soul (1961-1971) · 2019
- Gwp: Nyc TCB · 2005
- Gwp - Nyc - TLC Vol. 2 · 2009
- Lost Soul Treasures Volume 3 · 2002
- Songs of Life · 2021
- Don't Pull Away - Single · 2023
- Don't Pull Away - Single · 2023
- Follow Him - Single · 2011
- Disney Songs · 2020
- Don't Pull Away - Single · 2023
Albums
- 2021
- 2020
Singles & EPs
Appears On
About Larry Banks
Larry Banks was a New York-born baritone/bass singer (and songwriter) who helped organize and lead the Four Fellows, an R&B quartet that also featured Davey Jones (first tenor), Jim McGowan (second tenor), and Teddy Williams (bass), in 1954. They survived well enough, even making some television appearances, and scored a hit with "Soldier Boy," authored by Jones. By the early 1960's, Banks had begun to concentrate on the career of his wife Toni -- working as Bessie Banks -- and provided her with a song, "Go Now" and got her a contract with Leiber & Stoller's Tiger Records, which was later folded into their bigger Red Bird/Blue Cat label combination. The record was never as big as it should have been, despite Larry Banks' excellent production, which included a beautiful horn accompaniment; rather, the song was picked up by the Moody Blues and turned into a British Invasion hit for the Birmingham, England-based quintet. Larry Banks later returned to singing and leading his own group, and was a revered presence in the R&B vocal world until his death in the early 1990's. ~ Bruce Eder
- GENRE
- Christian