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Two rather significant non-Top 40 recordings:

(1) "There's No You". Eseentially, a Jimmy Ricks solo which drew much attention in pop music circles for his expressive deep *deep* voice.

(2) The Joe Van Loan version of the Ravens had a much-remembered version of "Give Me A Simple Prayer" in 1956, that was praised on-air by (among others) Alan Freed, and played in many doo-wop outlets. However, it was not the success on the charts the band was hoping for. (Its failure was a key reason for the band's demise in 1958, with the feeling that if even that record could not bring them success, nothing would.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.12.90.14 (talk) 14:39, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Count Every Star" had a very strong influence on the ballad-singing of other "bird groups", and then the ballad singing of what became "doo-wop". Most notably, Maithe Marshall's floating high voice was the subject of much imitation. The overall sound could drop into a doo-wop radio show 8-10 years later and still sound new.

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	(2) The Joe Van Loan version of the Ravens had a much-remembered version of "Give Me A Simple Prayer" in 1956, that was praised on-air by (among others) Alan Freed, and played in many doo-wop outlets. However, it was not the success on the charts the band was hoping for. (Its failure was a key reason for the band's demise in 1958, with the feeling that if even that record could not bring them success, nothing would.) <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures\|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/192.12.90.14\|192.12.90.14]] ([[User talk:192.12.90.14#top\|talk]]) 14:39, 18 October 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->		(2) The Joe Van Loan version of the Ravens had a much-remembered version of "Give Me A Simple Prayer" in 1956, that was praised on-air by (among others) Alan Freed, and played in many doo-wop outlets. However, it was not the success on the charts the band was hoping for. (Its failure was a key reason for the band's demise in 1958, with the feeling that if even that record could not bring them success, nothing would.) <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures\|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/192.12.90.14\|192.12.90.14]] ([[User talk:192.12.90.14#top\|talk]]) 14:39, 18 October 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

			"Count Every Star" had a very strong influence on the ballad-singing of other "bird groups", and then the ballad singing of what became "doo-wop". Most notably, Maithe Marshall's floating high voice was the subject of much imitation. The overall sound could drop into a doo-wop radio show 8-10 years later and still sound new.