The group never had a top forty pop hit, or a record on the US Billboard R&B chart,[1] yet they are known for both their lead singer Willie Winfield and their pianist/arranger, Raoul Cita.
The Harptones may have been the first doo-wop group to have a full-time arranger among their members, and Cita knew how to work to Winfield's strengths.
Dicey Galloway left in October and was replaced by Milton Love of The Solitares for a short time, before splitting.
Galloway died on July 18, 2017, in Houghs Neck in Quincy, Massachusetts at age 84 after suffering from multiple illnesses.
[8] Raoul J. Cita died on December 13, 2014, from liver and stomach cancer, at the age of 86.