| Creator: | Russell, Albert, 1933- |
| Title: | Albert Russell Photograph Collection |
| Collection No.: | SC 91 |
| Dates: | circa 1952-1957 |
| Quantity: | Quantity: 6 Photographs |
| Abstract: | Six photographs from the 1950s, representing the Regals as well as the new Orioles group formed in 1955 by the merger of the Regals with the original Orioles, and featuring Al "Diz" Russell who remained with the group until 2016. |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| Repository: | Archives of African American Music and Culture Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-181 2805 E. 10th St. Bloomington, Indiana 47408-2601 Business Number: 812-855-8547 aaamc@indiana.edu URL: https://aaamc.indiana.edu/ |
Albert "Diz" Russell was born in Nashville and raised in Cleveland where he began singing in vocals groups such as the Modern Sounds, which later became 4 Kings and a Queen. After recording a few songs as 4 Kings and a Queen, the group saw some personnel changes and changed their name to 4 Jays, but after moving to New York changed their name again to the Regals, soon winning an Apollo amateur show contest under that name. After performing and recording as the Regals, the group was recruited in 1955 by Sonny Til to become the new personnel of his backing group the Orioles. The group saw successes with touring and recording through the rest of the 1950s, but in the late 1950s the group began to experience financial and personnel problems. Russell left the Orioles in 1960. Russell would eventually come back to take leadership of the group after Til's death in the 1980s and the group was named The Legendary Orioles. Russell died in 2016.
The collection includes six photogrphic prints (reproductions) from the collection of Albert Russell, as well as a photogrpahic negative of one of the prints. The prints are accompanied by photo descriptions in manuscript form, possibly created by Russell or Portia K. Maultsby. Nine of the photos described in the manuscript descriptions are not represented in this collection. A 3.5 inch floppy disk is included with the collection materials and contains JPG scans of the six photographic prints present in the collection.
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Albert Russell Photograph Collection, SC 91, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Donated to the AAAMC by Albert Russell in 1998.
Quantity: 6 Photographs
Quantity: 1 Photograph
Quantity: black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Indexed Terms:
Shelf Number: PA000197
Online Access: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAD5465/VAD5465-001228
Quantity: 1 Photograph
Quantity: black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Indexed Terms:
Shelf Number: PA000198
Online Access: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAD5465/VAD5465-001229
Quantity: 1 Photograph
Quantity: black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Indexed Terms:
Shelf Number: PA000199
Online Access: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAD5465/VAD5465-001230
Quantity: 1 Photograph
Quantity: black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Indexed Terms:
Shelf Number: PA000200
Online Access: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAD5465/VAD5465-001231
Quantity: 1 Photograph
Quantity: black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Quantity: 1 negative
Quantity: black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Indexed Terms:
Shelf Number: PA000201
General: One extra print created for exhibit purposes also present.
Online Access: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAD5465/VAD5465-001232
Quantity: 1 Photograph
Quantity: black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Indexed Terms:
Shelf Number: PA000202
Online Access: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAD5465/VAD5465-001233