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Description: Vocalist, USA
Known For: The group charted with the fabulous song, The Book Of Love.
Music Styles: Easy Listening
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 14th December 1937
Location Born: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
Date Died: 16th June 1982
Location Died: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
Cause Of Death: Not known
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Warren Ryannes
Vocalist for fifties group doo wop group in 1955 in Newark, New Jersey that included his brother calling themselves ’The Monotones’.
The Monotones were a six-member African American doo-wop vocal group in the 1950s. They are considered a one-hit wonder, as their only hit single was “The Book of Love”, which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1958.
The Monotones formed in 1955 when the seven original singers — all residents of the Baxter Terrace housing project in Newark, New Jersey — began performing covers of popular songs. The members of the Monotones were:
lead singer Charles Patrick (born September 11, 1938)
first tenor Warren Davis (born March 1, 1939)
second tenor George Malone (January 5, 1940 – October 5, 2007)
bass singer John Smith (born May 13, 1938)
second bass singer John Ryanes (November 16, 1940 – May 30, 1972)
his brother, baritone Warren Ryanes (December 14, 1937 – June 16, 1982)
The Monotones disbanded in 1962. Surviving members met to revive “Book of Love” several times after the break-up. John Ryanes died in 1972, aged 31, and his brother Warren died in 1982. By 1994, the Monotones consisted of Frankie Smith, George Malone, Carl Foushee, Bernard Ransom, Bernard Brown, and Victor Hartsfield.[1] Frankie Smith died in 2000, and George Malone in 2007.