Marylanders

Baltimore-based R&B group the Marylanders formed in 1945 -- according to Marv Goldberg's profile in the September 1977 issue of Yesterday's Memories -- founders Lewis "Buster" Banks (lead tenor), Johnny Paige (second tenor), David Jones (baritone), and Henry Abrams (bass) initially pursued a career in gospel, but crossed over to secular music a few years later. With the assistance of WSID radio ...more