Editing The Flamingos

{{Short description|American doo-wop group}}
{{about|the doo-wop group||Flamingo (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = The Flamingos
| image            = The Flamingos - 1957.jpg
| caption          = The Flamingos in 1957. From left to right: Tommy Hunt, Paul Wilson, Jake Carey, Nate Nelson, Terry Johnson
| alias            = 
| origin           = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| genre            = {{Flatlist|
* [[Doo-wop]]<ref name=billboard/>
* [[rhythm and blues]]<ref name="Ankeny">{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Ankeny|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-flamingos-mn0000055304/biography|title=The Flamingos – Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
* [[pop music|pop]]<ref name=billboard/>
}}
| years_active     = 1953–present
| label            = {{Flatlist|
* [[Chance Records|Chance]]
* [[Parrot Records (blues label)|Parrot]]
* Checker [[London Records|London]]
* [[Decca Records|Decca]]
* [[End Records|End]]
* Ronze
}}
| associated_acts  = 
| website          = {{Official website}}
| current_members  = '''The Flamingos'''<ref name="tess2.uspto.gov">{{cite web |url=http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=77569732&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch|title=The United States Patent and Trademark Office, US|access-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Terry "Buzzy" Johnson]]
*Starling Newsome
*Stan Prinston
*Theresa Trigg - Musical Director
| past_members     = *Ezekiel Carey (deceased)
*Jacob Carey (deceased)
*[[Johnny Carter (singer)|Johnny Carter]] (deceased)
*[[Tommy Hunt]] (deceased)
*Earl Lewis (deceased)
*Sollie McElroy (deceased)
*Nate Nelson (deceased)
*Paul Wilson (deceased)
*Willie Johnson Jr. (deceased)
*Julien Vaught
*Eddie Williams
*Billy Clarke (deceased)
*Al Fontaine
*Doug McClure (deceased)
*Sidney Hall
*Eddie Thomas
*Bill Hawks
*Carl Chambers
*Kent Peeler
*Troy Anthony
*Tony Drake
*Duke Johnson
*Warren Sherrill
*Sonny Ross
*Eddie Edgehill
*Jerry Abel
}}

'''The Flamingos''' are an American [[doo-wop]] group formed in [[Chicago]] in 1953. The band became popular in mid-to-late 1950s and are best known for their 1959 cover version of "[[I Only Have Eyes for You]]". They have since been hailed as being one of the finest and most influential vocal groups in pop and doo wop music history.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |date= |title=The Flamingos - Biography |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/407203/flamingos/biography |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809202203/http://www.billboard.com/artist/407203/flamingos/biography |access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-date=August 9, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Ankeny"/> In 2001, the band was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].

The band's cover version of "I Only Have Eyes for You" was ranked number 158 on [[Rolling Stone|''Rolling Stone'' magazine]]'s list of the "[[500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/the-flamingos-i-only-have-eyes-for-you-61434/ |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=April 7, 2011 |access-date=June 24, 2022}}</ref>

==History==
===Early quintet===
Jacob "Jake" Carey (bass) and Ezekiel "Zeke" Carey (second tenor) formed the group in Chicago after meeting cousins [[baritone]] Paul Wilson and first tenor [[Johnny Carter (singer)|Johnny Carter]] at a [[Church of God and Saints of Christ|Hebrew Israelite]] congregation.<ref name="LarkinSM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Soul Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1993|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-733-9|pages=87/8}}</ref> Earl Lewis (not [[the Channels]] lead) soon joined, and after a series of name changes ("The Swallows", "El Flamingos", "The Five Flamingos"), wound up being known as the Flamingos. Sollie McElroy soon replaced Lewis (who joined the Five Echoes). The Flamingos' first single (for [[Chance Records]]), "If I Can't Have You", was a moderate local success, as was the follow-up "[[That's My Desire (1931 song)|That's My Desire]]", but it was Johnny Carter's composition of "Golden Teardrops", with its complex vocal harmonies and Carter's soaring [[falsetto]], that cemented their reputation as a top regional act of the day.<ref name="Ankeny"/>

The Flamingos left Chance Records sometime after their December 1953 session, and signed with DJ Al Benson's [[Parrot Records (blues label)|Parrot Records]]. Sollie McElroy was on their first Parrot session, but left the group in December 1954, to be replaced by tenor Nate Nelson (who was on their second Parrot session; he's lead on "I'm Yours", released in January 1955).<ref name="LarkinSM"/> In early 1955, the Flamingos signed with [[Chess Records]], to record for their [[Checker Records]] [[subsidiary]].<ref name="LarkinSM"/> At Chess/Checker, the Flamingos achieved their first national chart hit with "[[I'll Be Home]]",<ref name="LarkinSM"/> which went to number 5 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bsnpubs.com/chess/chesscheck.html|title=The Chess Story|website=Bsnpubs.com|date=January 22, 1998|access-date=February 12, 2016}}</ref> [[Pat Boone]]'s cover version of the song, complete with revised lyrics ("My mind's made up" replacing "My time's about up"), was a hit on the pop charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/dot/dotstory.html|title=Dot Records Story, Part 1|website=Bsnpubs.com|date=November 10, 1999|access-date=February 12, 2016}}</ref> The group also had moderate success for the label with other chestnuts like "A Kiss from Your Lips", "The Vow" and "Would I Be Crying". The Flamingos also appeared in the 1956 [[Alan Freed]] movie ''[[Rock, Rock, Rock (film)|Rock, Rock, Rock]]''. Both Zeke Carey and Carter were drafted that year (Carter was drafted in September).<ref name="LarkinSM"/>

[[File:Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956).ogv|thumb|thumbtime=1548|start=1548|end=1725|upright=1.5|The Flamingos performing "Would I Be Crying" in 1956.]]

Nate Nelson, Jake Carey and Paul Wilson continued the group with new member [[Tommy Hunt]] (added in October 1956).<ref name="LarkinSM"/> Another new member, tenor/lead, guitarist and [[music arranger|arranger]], [[Terry "Buzzy" Johnson]], joined in late December 1958.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> The group (Nate Nelson, Tommy Hunt, Paul Wilson, and Jake Carey) began recording for Decca Records in April 1957. Their most notable single was Johnson's arrangement of "The Ladder of Love", but legal entanglements between Checker and Nate Nelson ruined any chance of commercial success. Zeke Carey returned to the Flamingos in 1958, making the group a [[sextet]]. (When Johnny Carter was discharged from the service, he joined [[the Dells]], performing with them for almost 50 years until his death in 2009.)

Zeke and Jake Carey were not blood-related, but were considered cousins, because Zeke was adopted by Jake's aunt and uncle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terryjohnsonsflamingos.com/History.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231171830/http://www.terryjohnsonsflamingos.com/History.htm|archive-date=December 31, 2012|title=Terry Johnson of Flamingos|access-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref>

===End Records===
In 1958 the Flamingos began recording for [[George Goldner]]'s [[End Records]] in New York City, where they had several national hits.<ref name="LarkinSM"/> Almost immediately, the group had their first pop chart hit with "Lovers Never Say Goodbye",<ref name="LarkinSM"/> written by Terry Johnson, who shared lead chores on the song with Paul Wilson. The formula was a winner as Johnson and Wilson  also led three of the 12 songs selected for their first album ''Flamingo Serenade''{{snd}}[[George Gershwin]]'s "[[Love Walked In]]", "[[But Not for Me (song)|But Not for Me]]" and "[[Time Was]]". The Flamingos had their biggest seller in 1959 with another old standard from that LP, on which Nate Nelson handled lead vocals. "[[I Only Have Eyes for You]]" (written in 1934 by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin for the film [[Dames (film)|Dames]]) became their biggest seller,<ref name="LarkinSM"/> and has been featured in dozens of movies and TV shows. A long series of hits followed, including the Johnson-penned "Mio Amore", [[Doc Pomus]]' composition "[[Your Other Love]]", "[[Nobody Loves Me Like You]]" (written for the group by [[Sam Cooke]]),<ref name="LarkinSM"/> and "[[I Was Such a Fool (To Fall in Love with You)]]". LP cuts "Love Walked In" and "Time Was" were also issued as singles.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}  In the same year, they appeared in the Alan Freed movie, ''Go, Johnny, Go'', singing a frenetic version of "Jump Children" (originally recorded for [[Chance Records]] in the early days). The group became known almost as much for their stage show and [[choreography]] as for their harmonies. Groups including [[the Temptations]]<ref>{{Cite book|first=Todd|last=Decker|title=The Lives of an American Song|year=2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9mSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT218|page=218|isbn=978-0199389193|publisher=Ebook}}</ref> and [[Tavares (band)|the Tavares]] later credited the group as major influences.

===Splintering of the group===
The group began to come apart at the turn of the decade. Tommy Hunt left for a solo career in 1960. Nate Nelson and Terry Johnson split to form the "Modern Flamingos" in 1961, and went on to record as the Starglows on [[Atco Records]] in 1963. (The Modern Flamingos name was used later; the group would include members of the defunct Del-Knights in the late 1960s). New members were brought in, making the group Zeke Carey (tenor), Jake Carey (bass), Paul Wilson (baritone), Billy Clarke (tenor), [[Eddie Williams (saxophonist)|Eddie Williams]] (tenor), Alan Fontaine (guitar), and Julien Vaught (saxophone).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.julienandellavaught.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929072322/http://www.julienandellavaught.com/|title=Julien Vaught|website=Julienvaught.com|archive-date=September 29, 2007|access-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref> Also [[Johnny Carter (singer)|Johnny Carter]] left in 1960 to join [[the Dells]].<ref name="LarkinSM"/> Clarke and Williams took duties performing on most new lead vocals.

A sixth vocalist, Doug McClure, was added in 1962. Shortly afterwards, Clarke and Williams left the group. Founding member Paul Wilson left in 1964, new member Sidney Hall joined in 1966, and Jacob Carey's son J.C. Carey joined in 1969. They recorded several uptempo songs through the 1960s, peaking at number 26 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] with "The Boogaloo Party".<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=204}}</ref> Around that time, the Flamingos formed their own label, Ronze, and produced many of their own recordings.

The group continued recording into the 1970s. A new album was released in 1972 on Ronze, entitled ''The Flamingos Today''. By this time, the group was the Careys, McClure, Fontaine, the returning Billy Clarke, and former [[Shep and the Limelites|Limelite]] Clarence Bassett, Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bassettbranches.org/newsletters/2006/20060521/20060521.shtml|title=Bassett Family Association Newsletter May 2006|website=Bassettbranches.org|access-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref> New member Frank "Mingo" Ayers joined soon after.<ref name="rockabillynl">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/flamingos.htm|title=Flamingos|website=Rockabilly.nl|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040718082825/http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/flamingos.htm|archive-date=July 18, 2004}}</ref> More mildly successful recordings came in this decade, including the uptempo "Heavy Hips", and "Buffalo Soldier".<ref name="LarkinSM"/>

By 1980, the group was Jake Carey, Zeke Carey, Frank Ayers and Jerome Wilson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bomsey-autographs.com/cgi-bin/sigList.pl|title=Edward N. Bomsey Autographs, Inc|website=Bomsey-autographs.com|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040912163014/http://www.bomsey-autographs.com/cgi-bin/sigList.pl|archive-date=September 12, 2004}}</ref> Ayers left around this time, joining the [[Del-Vikings|Del Vikings]]. In 1984, two new members joined: Bennie Cherry and Archie Satterfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.touchofsilkvocalgroup.com/About.htm |title=About Touch of Silk|website=Touchofsilkvocalgroup.com|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209145113/http://touchofsilkvocalgroup.com/About.htm|archive-date=December 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1988, the group was featured at the 1988 [[Grammy Awards]]. Paul Wilson died on May 6, 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Dead Rock Stars Club - The 1980s |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1980.html |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=thedeadrockstarsclub.com}}</ref> By the early 1990s, the group was the Careys, Satterfield, Ron Reace and [[Kenny Davis (musician)|Kenny Davis]].<ref name="rockabillynl" /> Later, it was the Careys, Reace, and King Raymond Green.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |type=CD jacket |title=Doo Wop 50 Live!}}</ref> Jake Carey died in 1997. The group recorded a new album, ''Unspoken Emotions'', under the Ronze label in 1999. It featuring re-recordings of "Ain't Nothing But A Party" and "I'll Be Home", led by Zeke Carey. The group appeared on the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] television special ''[[Doo Wop 50]]'' that same year. The lineup was Zeke Carey, J.C. Carey, Ron Reace, King Raymond Green, and [[Larry Jordan]]. Zeke Carey died on December 24, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldies.about.com/od/doowo1/p/flamingos.htm|title=Profile: The Flamingos|first=Robert|last=Fontenot|website=About.com|access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> King Raymond Green and Ron Reace left around that time and were replaced by Earnest "Just Mike" Gilbert and former [[The Dynamic Superiors|Dynamic Superior]] George Spann. James Faison entered shortly thereafter. Tommy Hunt had flown in from England (where he had lived since 1970) to perform with this group twice since 2001.

The group split up in late 2005 due to money disputes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mccracken.itgo.com/docs/flamingos.html|title=Message|publisher=Mccracken.itgo.com|date=December 11, 2005|access-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref> Spann, Jordan, Gilbert, and Faison grouped together to reform Spann's old group, The Dynamic Superiors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jsoundsproductions.com/home.html|title=JSounds Productions - Home|date=6 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006151845/http://www.jsoundsproductions.com/home.html|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=2007-10-06}}</ref> J.C. Carey brought in new members, and toured with Tommy Hunt starting in April 2007.

Terry Johnson is the owner of the "Flamingos" federal trademark<ref name="tess2.uspto.gov"/> and leads the current incarnation of the group. The current lineup is Johnson, Starling Newsome, Stan Prinston and musical director Theresa Trigg. The Flamingos featuring Terry Johnson appeared on two PBS specials: ''Rock and Roll at Fifty'' (in which they were the only group to have more than two songs featured)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Rock and Roll at Fifty|type=Liner notes|date=May 25, 2004|asin=B00023BJGY}}</ref> and ''Doo Wop Cavalcade: The Definitive Anthology''. In 2013, the Flamingos released the Diamond Anniversary Tour CD. They continue to perform in  concerts across the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.songkick.com/artists/95839-flamingos/calendar|title=The Flamingos Full Tour Schedule 2021 & 2022, Tour Dates & Concerts|website=Songkick.com|access-date=July 2, 2021}}</ref>

Doug McClure died on July 6, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Douglas McClure Obituary (2018) - New Haven, CT - Darien Times |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/darientimes/name/douglas-mcclure-obituary?id=9947849 |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref>

===Pepsi lawsuit===
J. C. Carey, Jr., Terry Johnson, Tommy Hunt and descendants of Nate Nelson and Paul Wilson sued [[PepsiCo]] for having used "I Only Have Eyes For You" in a 1998 [[television commercial]], allegedly without having consulted the group. The group was awarded $250,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.targetmarketnews.com/storyid01310601.htm|title=The Flamingos wins settlement from Pepsi for unauthorized use of song|website=Targetmarketnews.com|date=January 30, 2006|access-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216052329/http://www.targetmarketnews.com/storyid01310601.htm|archive-date=February 16, 2006}}</ref>

==Awards==
The Flamingos received the Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Award in 1996 (where Terry Johnson, Jake Carey, Zeke Carey, Tommy Hunt, and Johnny Carter performed) and were inducted into the [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]] in 2000, the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/byyear/2001/|title=Inductees by Year: 2001|publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]|access-date=September 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727222019/http://rockhall.com/inductees/byyear/2001/|archive-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref> and the Doo-Wop<!--correct spelling is two "p"s, see http://www.harveyrobbins.net/id2.htm--> Hall of Fame in 2004. The group which performed at the Rock Hall ceremony included Terry Johnson on lead, Hunt, and Carter. In 2003, the Flamingos' recording of "I Only Have Eyes For You" was inducted into the Grammy Award Hall of Fame.

==Singles==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Titles (A-side, B-side)<br /><small>Both sides from same album except where indicated</small>
! colspan="4"| Chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><br><ref name="Awards">{{cite web|title=The Flamingos - Awards|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-flamingos-mn0000055304/awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110032642/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-flamingos-mn0000055304/awards|archive-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>CAN<br>([[CHUM Chart|CHUM]]<br>[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]])</small>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
|-
| rowspan="4"|1953
|"Someday, Someway"<br /><small>b/w "If I Can't Have You"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left" rowspan="3"|''The Flamingos Meet the Moonglows (On the Dusty Road of Hits)''
|-
|"That's My Desire"<br /><small>b/w "Hurry Home Baby" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Golden Teardrops"<br /><small>b/w "Carried Away"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Plan for Love"<br /><small>b/w "You Ain't Ready"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="4"|1954
|"Cross Over the Bridge"<br /><small>b/w "Listen to My Plea" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''The Flamingos Meet the Moonglows (On the Dusty Road of Hits)''
|-
|"Dream of a Lifetime"<br /><small>b/w "On My Merry Way"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Flamingos''
|-
|"Jump Children"<br /><small>b/w "Blues in a Letter"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
|"I Really Don't Want to Know"<br /><small>b/w "Get with It" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Flamingos''<small> (1976 reissue only)</small>
|-
| rowspan="3"|1955
|"I'm Yours"<br /><small>b/w "Ko Ko Mo" (from ''Flamingos'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks
|-
|"When"<br /><small>b/w "That's My Baby" (from ''Flamingos'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"I Want to Love You"<br /><small>b/w "Please Come Back Home"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1956
|"A Kiss from Your Lips"<br /><small>b/w "Get with It" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 12
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left" rowspan="4"|''Rock Rock Rock'' (soundtrack)
|-
|"[[I'll Be Home]]"<br /><small>b/w "Need Your Love" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"The Vow"<br /><small>b/w "Shilly Dilly" (from ''Flamingos'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Would I Be Crying"<br /><small>b/w "Just for a Kick" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"|1957
|"The Ladder of Love"<br /><small>b/w "Let's Make Up"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 29/24<small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/57-07-15-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - July 15, 1957}}</ref></small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks
|-
|"Helpless"<br /><small>b/w "My Faith in You"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 1958
|"Where Mary Go"<br /><small>b/w "The Rock and Roll March"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="6"| 1959
|"Dream of a Lifetime"<br /><small>b/w "Whispering Stars"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Flamingos''
|-
|"(They're Writing Songs of Love) But Not for Me"<br /><small>b/w "I Shed a Tear at Your Wedding" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Flamingo Serenade''
|-
|"Ever Since I Met Lucy"<br /><small>b/w "Kiss-A-Me"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
|"[[I Only Have Eyes for You]]"<br /><small>Original B-side: "Goodnight Sweetheart"<br />Later B-side: "Love Walked In"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 11
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left" rowspan="2"|''Flamingo Serenade''
|-
|"[[Love Walked In]]"<br /><small>Original B-side: "At the Prom" (Non-album track)<br />Later B-side: "Yours"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 88
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Lovers Never Say Goodbye"<br /><small>b/w "That Love Is You"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 52
| style="text-align:center;"| 25
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="6"| 1960
|"[[I Was Such a Fool (To Fall in Love with You)]]"<br /><small>b/w "Heavenly Angel" (from ''Flamingo Favorites'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 71
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Requestfully Yours''
|-
|"Mio Amore"<br /><small>Original B-side: "You, Me and the Sea" (from ''Requestfully Yours'')<br />Later B-side: "At Night" (from ''Requestfully Yours'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 74
| style="text-align:center;"| 27
| style="text-align:center;"| 23<small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/60-09-05-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - September 5, 1960}}</ref></small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Flamingo Favorites''
|-
|"Nobody Loves Me Like You"<br /><small>Original B-side: "You, Me and the Sea"<br />Later B-side: "[[Besame Mucho]]" (from ''Flamingo Favorites'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 30
| style="text-align:center;"| 23
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Requestfully Yours''
|-
|"Besame Mucho"<br /><small>b/w "You, Me and The Sea" (from ''Requestfully Yours'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Flamingo Favorites''
|-
|"Beside You"<br /><small>b/w "When I Fall In Love"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Requestfully Yours''
|-
|"Your Other Love"<br /><small>b/w "Lovers Gotta Cry"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 54
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 16<small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/61-01-23-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - January 23, 1961}}</ref></small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left" rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1961
|"[[Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)|Kokomo]]"<br /><small>b/w "That's Why I Love You" (from ''Flamingo Favorites'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 92
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Time Was"<br /><small>b/w "Dream Girl" (from ''Flamingo Favorites'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 45
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Flamingo Serenade''
|-
|"Golden Teardrops"<br /><small>b/w "Carried Away"<br />Vee-Jay reissue</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 108
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''The Flamingos Meet the Moonglows (On the Dusty Road of Hits)''
|-
|"My Memories Of You"<br /><small>b/w "I Want to Love You"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="2"|1962
|"It Must Be Love"<br /><small>b/w "I'm No Fool Anymore"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Near You"<br /><small>b/w "For All We Know"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| rowspan="3"|1963
|"I Know Better"<br /><small>b/w "Flame of Love"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 107
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|align="left"|''The Sound of the Flamingos''
|-
|"(Talk About) True Love"<br /><small>b/w "Come On to My Party"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
|"[[Ol' Man River]]"—Part I<br /><small>b/w Part II</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''The Sound Of The Flamingos''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1964
|"Lover, Come Back to Me"<br /><small>b/w "Your Little Guy"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
|"Goodnight Sweetheart"<br /><small>b/w "Does It Really Matter" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Flamingo Serenade''
|-
| 1965
|"Call Her on the Phone"<br /><small>b/w "Temptation"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="3"|1966
|"The Boogaloo Party"<br /><small>b/w "The Nearness of You" </small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 93
| style="text-align:center;"| 22
| style="text-align:center;"| 94<small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/RPM/60s/1966/RPM-1966-04-25.pdf| title=RPM Magazine - April 25, 1966 - Page 5}}</ref></small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 26
| align="left" rowspan="2"|''Their Hits Then and Now''
|-
|"Brooklyn Boogaloo"<br /><small>b/w "Since My Baby Put Me Down"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"She Shook My World"<br /><small>b/w "Itty Bitty Baby"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1967
|"Koo Koo"<br /><small>b/w "It Keeps the Doctor Away"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|"Oh Mary Don't Your Worry"<br /><small>b/w "Do It, to It"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 1969
|"Dealin' (Groovin' with a Feelin')"<br /><small>b/w "Dealin' All the Way"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 48
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Color Them Beautiful''
|-
| 1970
|"Buffalo Soldier"<small> (Short version)</small><br /><small>b/w "Buffalo Soldier" (Long version)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| 86
| style="text-align:center;"| 28
| style="text-align:center;"| 54<small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/RPM/70s/1970/RPM-1970-05-02.pdf| title=RPM Magazine - May 2, 1970 - Page 10}}</ref></small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|Non-album tracks
|-
| 1971
|"Welcome Home"<br /><small>b/w "Gotta Have All Your Lovin'"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left"|''Color Them Beautiful''
|-
| 1974
|"Think About Me" Part 1<br /><small>b/w Part 2</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks
|-
| 1975
|"Someone to Watch Over Me"<br /><small>b/w "Heavy Hips"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 1976
|"Love Keeps the Doctor Away"<small> (Long version)</small><br /><small>b/w Short version of A-side</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927040747/http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/the_flamingos.html 'The Flamingos' Vocal Group Hall of Fame Page]
*[http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-flamingos/bio/ 'The Flamingos' Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050117105528/http://www.harveyrobbins.net/hallOfFameCeremonies.htm Doo-Wopp Hall of Fame]
*{{IMDb name}}
*[http://www.gavagai.de/musik/HHM1601.htm Discography]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050302225712/http://home.att.net/~marvart/Delknights/delknights.html Marv Goldberg article of the Del-Knights]
*[https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iygtKnPG7TRvDaTYcLOd6 The Flamingos] at [[Spotify]]

{{2001 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame}}

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