Stanley Mitchell is well know in the UK for his work with Richard Popcorn Wylie, but what is not known is that his career was well in swing more that a decade earlier!

Stanley's earliest break came when he auditioned with some friends for Lionel Hampton. Hampton called them the Hamptones and they began touring almost immediately.

Stanley soon got fed up with the schedule and the pay however and left to form his own group with Charles Sutton who had just left the Midnighters. 

Also joining the Tornados were Ben Knight and William Weatherspoon who would also leave their mark in the Detroit History book.

They cut a few tracks for Chess in Chicago before joining Bumble Bee in 1959 where they cut "Love in your life"/"Genie in the jug".

Notes thanks to David Meikle
 

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