The Bop Chords

[3][2][4] After the release of their second single and second performance at the Apollo, William Dailey and Morris Smarr left the group[3] and were replaced by Edward "Skip" Boyd (baritone), who had been a member of the Five Sins, and Peggy Jones (tenor), adding a female vocalist to the line up to increase the range.

[1] One of their final appearances was on Nov. 1, 1957, at Hunts Point Palace in The Bronx performing alongside The Dubs, The Shells, The Bobbettes, The Chantels and Al Sears.

[3] Harriston, Hamilton, Boyd, and Ivey would reform the group in 1971 and toured on the oldies circuit on the East Coast for a number of years, but never recorded any new material.

[1][4] In 1981, after years of receiving airplay on “oldies” format radio, six of their songs would be released as an album by Lost Nite Records produced in red vinyl.

Morris Smarr died in Queens, New York from pneumonia (possibly brought on by substance abuse)[3] Ernest Harriston was murdered in Harlem in the mid-1970s.