THE MELLO-KINGS - by Al Kelly

The Mello-Kings will always be remembered for their hit record
"Tonight,Tonight" which was their very first release. The group from
Mount Vernon, NY  got together while in high school in '56. They were
originally called the Mellotones and went around all the record labels
in the Brill Building in NYC looking for a label to record them. Al
Silver of the Herald & Ember label, liked the group and signed them to
his Herald label. Their first record "Tonight,Tonight" was released as
the Mello-Tones and the first pressing showed that name but Silver was
alerted to the Mellotones on the Gee label so they  pressed the next
batch with the Mello-Kings. Some records showed a tape over the old name
(DJ copies)or a new label hand glued over the old. The group led by Bob
Scholl recorded nine releases on Herald and had only one hit. In '61
with oldies station  hitting the 50's records as oldies started  playing
this record steady and next thing the record was climbing the charts
again.