| At least two
groups used the name The Accents.
The Accents
The Accents
(members Gabe Lapano (vocals and keyboards), Don Beck (saxaphone),
Tony Johnson (drums), Don Lovas (guitar) and Frank Mannix (bass).
This line-up of the San Diego based group played live concerts but
made no known recordings.
Sandy
(Sandra
"Sandi" Rouse)
Charter - 1964
Sandy & The Cupids
(members Sandra "Sandi" Rouse, .........................)
CRC Charter 2 - If
I Didn't Know Him / Rebel - 1964
The Accents
featuring Sandi
(members Sandra "Sandi" Rouse (vocals) Gabe Lapano (vocals and
keyboards), Doug Myers (saxaphone), Tony Johnson (drums), Don Lovas
(guitar) and Frank Mannix (bass).
Commerce 5012 -
Better Watch Out Boy / Tell Me
(What's
On Your Mind) – 1964
Challenge 1112 - Better Watch Out Boy / Tell Me
(What's On
Your Mind) – 1964
Charter 1017 - I've Got Better Things To Do* / Then He Starts To Cry
- 1964 *written by P. F. Sloan.
The Accents
featuring Sandi and Gabe
(members Sandra
"Sandi" Rouse, Gabe Lapano, Doug Myers, Tony Johnson, Don Lovas and
Frank Mannix.
Challenge 59254 -
Better Watch Out Boy / Tell Me (What's On Your Mind) - 1964 (also
released on this number was a 45 by Tommy Ray Tucker "Sweet Talk /
The Big Buildup")
Challenge 59294 - Tell Me / Sweet Talk - 1965
The Accents
featuring Sandi
(members Sandra "Sandi" Rouse, Gabe Lapano , Doug Myers , Tony
Johnson, Don Lovas and Frank Mannix)
Liberty 55813 -
What Do You Want Me To Do / I Really Love You - 1965
The Accents (members
Sandra "Sandi" Rouse, Gabe Lapano , Doug Myers , Tony Johnson, Don
Lovas and Frank Mannix)
Karate 529 - On
The Run / He's The One - 1966 (the group broke up when Doug Myers
was drafted)
The Brain Police
(members Tony Johnson (drums), Frank Mannix (bass), David Randle
(guitar), Rick Randle (vocals, keyboards, harmonica and guitar) - a
former member of The Other Four and The Mandells) When he left the
group Johnson later became a sought-after live and session drummer,
playing with Mary Wells, Junior Walker, Commander Cody, Maria
Muldaur and Hoyt Axton among others.
The Brain Police
(members David Randle (guitar), Rick Randle (vocals, keyboards,
harmonica and guitar), Benny Bennett (percussion), Norman Lombardo
(vocals and bass) - a former member of The Other Four, Sid Smith
(drums) and Larry Grant (guitar) - a former member of The Other Four
and The Mandells)
The Brain Police
(members Norman Lombardo (vocals and bass), Sid Smith (drums) - a
former member of The Roosters on A & M 746 and Larry Grant (guitar))
Head X 2002 / 3 -
World Of Wax* / Smoking At Windsor Hill - 1969 *same song as on the
demo Lp but radically different.
After this 45 was
released Sid Smith accepts an offer to tour with Roy Head.
Rick Randle became
a member of Framework just before the group broke up, later he and
Framework's drummer Carl Spiron set up a two man band but never
recorded.
Sometime in 1969
Norman Lombardo joined the pair and they formed a group called The
Dry Creek Road Band who are known to have recorded a demo.
Norman Lombardo
and Rick Randle were then asked to play in The Dudes a back-up band
that was being formed for Rita Coolidge. This band also included
Spooner Oldham, Randy Bishop and Chris Etheridge.
After Rick Randle
joined hard rock groups Bighorn and Child recording and touring with
each. He then formed the Seattle based Randle-Rosburg band which
became known as Striker, who released an album on ARISTA in 1978)
Lp's
The Brain Police
(members David Randle, Rick Randle, Benny Bennett, Norman Lombardo,
Sid Smith and Larry Grant)
The group came out
with one demo album in plain sleeve only, some copies were issued
with a letter of introduction from their manager dated
15-October-1968.
K. B. Artists Wr
4767 - The Brain Police - 1968
Rockadelic Rrlp 26
- The Brain Police - 2000
(fifty copies pressed in coloured vinyl and six hundred copies
pressed in black vinyl)
Tracks: Election For Mayor / Ride My Train Of Love / I'll Be On The
Inside If I Can / I'd Rather See You Dead / Find Me A Moment
/ Getting Too Much Higher /// Adler / Gypsy Fast Woman / I'll Find
Love / There's A Light Over The City / My World Of Wax.
The Accents
The Accents
(members James
Short, James Brown, Robert Hill and Oliver Jackson)
M-Pac! 7216 -
Spring Song (New Girl) / Do You Need A Good Man – 1964
One-Derful! 4833 - Who You Gonna Love / You Better Think Again -
1965
Discography by Bosko Asanovic |