The Turbans were an African American doo-wop vocal group that formed in Philadelphia in 1953. The original members were: Al Banks, Matthew Platt, Charlie Williams, and Andrew Chet Jones. They came from Downtown Philadelphia.
Around Christmas of 1954, they won first prize in a talent contest singing their rendition of White Christmas. This created interest among the local record companies, and in the late spring of 1955, they cut a demo record. Herman Gillespie, the group's first manager, took th...
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