Their early line-up consisted of Ruben Wright on piano, Harrison Scott on alto sax, Robert "Bobby" Smart on guitar, Gus Crawford on drums and a bass player called Jerome, together with a male singer whose name has now been lost to time.
[1] Later, as The Capris, they were a male vocal quintet, originally comprising Ruben Wright, Charlie Stroud, Eddie Warner, Harrison Scott and Bobby Smart.
After Charlie Stroud departed, they carried on for a little while as a quartet, but eventually they looked for a replacement for him and found one in Renee Hinton, who had been singing in a girl group, The Lovettes.
With Renee Hinton on lead, they recorded "My Weakness" with the B-side "Yes, My Baby, Please", which was released on Irvin Basllen's 20th Century label.
[3] Ruben Wright recorded at least eight singles, beginning in 1958 with "Love Is Gone" and "Girls Make Me Nervous", released on the Wynne label.
The Luther Randolph arranged / Marvin Holtz produced "I'm Walking Out On You" made to the Top 30 in Baltimore.
[11] Also around that time, Renee Hinton, backed by The Castelles, sang the Capris' songs at an oldies event hosted by DJ Charlie Horner.
At the time American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today was being written by Jay Warner, Ruben Wright was still playing piano in Philadelphia.