Fortune Records

Fortune specialized in R&B, blues, soul and doo-wop music, although the label also released pop, big band, hillbilly, gospel, rock and roll, and polka records.

"Village of Love" also made the Top Ten in local radio station surveys in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

The members of the group were lead singer Eddie Hurt, tenors Lonnie Heard and Richard Lawrence, baritone James Drayton, and bass Charles Evans.

After working on their music and stage presence, they picked up a manager named Sandy Amour and began to sing at area clubs and talent shows.

On August 20, 1955, Devora Brown of Fortune announced the signing of the group along with Andre Williams (who was related through marriage to Eddie Hurt) who would also record with the Five Dollars.

The newly renamed Five Dollars recorded some songs for Fortune and in the late summer of 1955 the label released "Doctor Baby" and "Harmony Of Love".

The storefront contained a record shop in the front (the Browns sold their product direct to the public) and the crude 18 by 40 ft (5.5 by 12.2 m) studio in the rear (which originally had a dirt floor).