The Blendel(l)s

Anyone here know much about the Baltimore group the Blendells / Blendels ...
They were active in the mid to late 60's through to the early 70's.
The group worked with the likes of Baltimore's Joe Tate & DC's Al Haskins [[who had 45's out himself on Quest & Sure Shot).
The 1st 45 the group seemed to have out was issued around 1968 with their last escaping in the early [[mid?) 70's ........
The Blendells – “Night After Night / The Love That I Needed” -- Captown CTN 4029 + Cotillion 45-44020 [[ both in 1968): Captown was a DC based label.
Blendels – Did You Mean / You Need Love [[1969) -- Dontee # 100 [[Baltimore)
Blendels – Beware / Instrumental -- Dontee # 104
Blendels – La, La, the Magic Song / In The Summer -- Jotee #601
[[Jotee Records was another Baltimore based record label run by Joe Tate).

THe group had no connection [[at least that I know about) to the Blendells [[a 1960s Mexican American soul group from east LA) who enjoyed success in 1964 with their cover of Stevie Wonder's "La La La La La" [[ released on Reprise).

An interesting aside ........... the Three Pieces [[a DC based / Fantasy Records trio) who came under the wing of Donald Byrd at Howard University in the late 60’s comprised Andre Everett Richardson [[percussionist), Lincoln Ross [[trombone / keyboards ) & Jerry Wilder [[bass / lead vocals).
Richardson began studying drums when he was 12 at MacFarland Junior High in Washington. He played local shows [[as a pick up musician) with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the Whispers, and a whole string of lesser known East Coast soul acts. Richardson also recorded for Joe Tate with outfits such as the Blendel[[l)s prior to hooking up with Donald Byrd at college and forming the Three Pieces.

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The group's Cotillion 45.
No doubt they dropped one of the l's from their name after this nationally distributed 45 was released [[so as not to clash name wise with the LA group).

The LA group's biggest 45 release .......
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It always amused me that the Baltimore group should release the 45 "La, La, the Magic Song" as this must surely have made record buyers think back to the LA group's outing "La La La La La".
Not the best strategy if you were trying to avoid confusion between the two outfits.