The Harmony Brothers, the founders of Springfield’s “first Rock and Roll band,” discuss their musical career in the 1950s. With a sound similar to the more well-known Everly Brothers, the brothers became local favorites with a fan club and performed at local clubs, televisions station music shows, and Uncle Tom’s Barn Dance in Decatur. They discuss playing at a “Splatter Platter Party” in St. Louis with other artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Mann, Dee Clark, and the Jesters. They also recall performing with Annette Funicello.

5 CDs, 180 mins., 74 pp. Interview by Chris Reynolds, 2006 See collateral file; see also http://www.wuis.org/music/harmony.html

See full text of memoirs: Ben Harmony; Charlie Harmony (MS Word format)