| Maskman
& The Agents The
Progressive Four (members Harmon Bethea
................... - group managed by Lillian
Claiborne)
DC ? - 1947 ~ 1948 (Unsure
Of Recordings)
Savoy ? - 1949 (Unsure Of Recordings)
The Buddies (members
Sherman Buckner (lead), Floyd Bennet (first tenor),
Alfred Slaughter (lead) and Lester Fountain (baritone) -
group managed by Lillian Claiborne - unsure if group made
any recordings)
Paul Chapman &
The Cap-Tans (members Sherman Buckner, Floyd
Bennet, Alfred Slaughter, Lester Fountain and Harmon
Bethea)
DC 8054 - You'll Always Be
My Sweetheart / Coo-Coo Jug-Jug - 1950
DC 8064 Goodnight Mother / Let's Put Our Cards
On The Table - 1950
The Cap-Tans
Dot 1009 - I'm So Crazy
For Love / Crazy 'Bout My Honey Dip - 1950
Dot 1018 - With All My Love / Chief Turn The Hose On Me -
1950
Gotham 233 - My, My, Ain't She Pretty / Never Be Lonely -
1951
Gotham 268 - I Thought I Could Forget You / Waiting
At The Station - 1951 (after this release Lester Fountain
is drafted he is replaced by Ray Reader)
Coral 65071 - Asking / Who Can I Turn To - 1951 (after
this release the group disbands and Harmon Bethea
returns to gospel music and joins The
Progessivaires who in 1954 became The Octaves)
Dot 15114 - With All My Love / I'm So Crazy For Love -
1953
L'Cap-Tans (members
Harmon Bethea, Lester Britton, Richard Stewart, Elmo
Anderson and Francis Henry (on guitar))
Hollywood 1092 - The Bells
Ring Out / Call A Doctor - 1958
L'Cap-Tans with
The Go Boys (members "Baby" Jim Belt,
Lester Britton, Richard Stewart, Elmo Anderson, Harmon
Bethea and Francis Henry)
DC 0416 - Homework / Say
Yes - 1959
L'Cap-Tans
Savoy 1567 - Homework /
Say Yes - 1959
Cap-Tans (members
Roosevelt "Tippie" Hubbard, Jerome
"Toy" Walton, "Baby" Jim Belt and
Harmon Bethea)
Anna 1122 - I'm Afraid /
Tight Skirts And Crazy Sweaters - 1960
Bob Marshall's
Crystals ( record included Jerry
Holland with The Cap-Tans)
Dc 0433 - Big Bite Of The
Blues / Ain't No Big Thing (Instrumental) - 1962
Wailing Bethea
& The Cap-Tans
Hawkeye 0430 - Rockin' In
The Jungle / Annie Penguin - 1962
Bethea &
The Cap-Tans
Loop 100
- Crazy About The Woman / Revenue Man - 1963
Sabu 501 - You Better Mind / I Wanna Make Love - 1963
Sabu 103 - Whenever I Look At You / Round The
Rocket - 1963
Mask Man & The Cap-Tans
Ru-Jac
220 - Love Can Do Wonders / Chicken Wings - 1964
The Maskman & The Agents
(members
Harmon Bethea, John Hood, Paul Williams and Tyrone Grey)
Gama 674 - There'll Be Some Changes / Never Would Have Made It - 1968
(inspired by 'The Lone Ranger' and the group being desperate for
attention Harmon Bethea started wearing a mask)
Dynamo 118 - There'll Be Some Changes / Never Would Have Made It - 1968
Dynamo 125 - One Eye Open / Y'all - 1968 (With The
Billy Clark Orchestra)
Dynamo 131 - My Wife, My Dog, My Cat / Love Bandito - 1969 (With
The Billy Clark Orchestra)
Bethea The Masked Man & The Agents
Dynamo 136 - Get Away Dreams / I Would'nt Come Back - 1969
Bethea (The Masked Man & The Agents)
Dynamo 139 - Moon Dream / When You Got Money - ?
The Maskman & The Agents
Dynamo 141 - One Eyed Dog In A Meat House / Never Would Have Made It -
1970
Dynamo 143 - It's The Thing / I Would'nt Come
Back - 1970
Dynamo 145 -
Put
On Your Shoes And Walk / There'll Be Some Changes - 1970
Dynamo 148 - Ain't That Some Shame / Ain't That Some Shame - 1970
Harmon Bethea
Musicor
1393 - It Could Happen To You / She's My Meat - 1970
The Maskman & The Agents
Vigor 707 - Stand Up/ Part 2 (Instrumental) - 1970
Loop 701 - In A Crowded Station / It's The
Thing 1972
Loop 711 - Roaches / I Wouldn't Come Back - 1972
Hitbound 2921 - In My Diary / Hard To Get Along - ?
Mask 901 - The World Is A Cafeteria / Wigs - ?
Cap City
104 - Wigs / The World Is A Cafeteria - ?
Harmon
Bethea (died 18-December-2009 in Washington,
DC --- cause:
?)
Musicor 1483 - Talking About
The Boss And I / Roaches - 1973
Musicor 1493 - Roaches / Talking About The
Boss And I - 1973
Harmon Bethea (The Maskman)
Musicor 1494 - Over The Hill / There'll Be
Some Changes - 1974
The Cap-Tans
Roadhouse 1016 - I Love You So / I Thought I Could Forget You - 1974
The Cap-Tans / The Heartbreakers
Roadhouse 1023 - I'm Seeking Revenge / Feel Like
Balling Some More* - 1974 *flip
by The Heartbreakers.
The Maskman
Lebby 7967 - Ratty Ratty / Sitting On Your Doorstep - 1972
Lebby 7968 - Ratty Ratty / Sitting On Your Doorstep - 1972
The
Masked Man & The Agents
(members
B.B.C. 294 - Stand Up /
Stand Up (Part 2 & 3) - ?
The Maskman
B.B.C. 296 - You'll Never Make It Alone / Over The
Hill Gang -
?
B.B.C. 297 - Stand Up / Ghetto Love - ?
Bethea The Maskman
B.B.C. 679 - Stand Up /
Ghetto Love - ?
Harmon Bethea
Smiths 205 - Funky Donkey Monkey Walk / Movin' And Groovin - 70s
The Maskman (H. Bethea Sr.) and The Agents
Jan Jan
804 - Prices And Crises / Prices And Crises
(The Maskman's Band) -
1974
Harmon Bethea
Creole 62x76 - The
Plainsman / Anonymous - 1975
The
Cap-Tans
Gotham
261 - Grateful / Don't Believe What They Say About Me - 1975 (bootleg of
1951 recordings by The Cap-Tans using the same label numbers as a 1951
release by Camille Howard)
Harmon
Bethea, The Masked Man & The Agents
(members
Dynamo
602 - That's Your Roots / Don't Play A Game - 1977
The
Maskman (H. Bethea Sr.) and The Agents
(members
Jan Jan
805 - That's Women Lib / That's Women Lib (Instrumental) - 1985
Additions and corrections by Michael
Salkind, and
Dante Carfagna
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