Talk:The Cuff Links

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There is indeed more than one. There are three from the fifties alone: The Cuff Links (also listed as The Cufflinks) began, with different personel, as the Smoothtones. The line up during the first session as the Cuff Links was: Robert Truesdale (tenor and piano), John Saxon (first and second tenor), Roger Smith (tenor), Ed Tyson (baritone), and Alfred Gaitwood (bass). They recorded “Guided Missiles” and “My Heart” in October of 1956. The group went through several membership permutations recording several more titles until October 1957 when their contract with Dooto was dropped. The Kuf-linx consisted of: John Jennings (lead tenor), Johnny Woodson (tenor), Gaines Steele (tenor), George McFadden (bass), Leo Z. Manley, Darrell Johnson, and Gwen Johnson. They only recorded three records in two sessions for Challenge, a Los Angeles label, one of whose owners was Gene Autry. Songs included: “So Tough” (a cover of a song by the Casuals), “What'cha Gonna Do”, and “All That's Good”. The Cufflinx were originally called the Rain Drops. They consisted of Henry Houston (lead tenor), Moses “Moe” Walker (first tenor), Jerry Speed (second tenor, baritone, and alto), and Elroy Coleman (bass). The Cufflinx recorded several records for Dooto early in 1958. Songs included: "So Tough” (yes, the same song as recorded by the Kuf-linx), “My Love Is With You”, “A Fool's Fortune”, “Trick Knees, “Eyeballin'”, “Service With A Smile”, “Climb Love's Mountain”, and “All That's Good".

I think that at least a stub shold be created for each of the groups and a dis-ambiguation page should list the several permutations and usages of name. Also the redirect to the 60's group should definately be removed! I don't know how to do the above, but if the stubs are created contact me and I will be glad to edit in some detail. Daffdaemon (talk) 02:35, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

There is more than one American pop music group called "The Cuff Links." Please distinguish between them. The group that had the hit "Tracy" in 1969 is NOT the same as the fifties doo wop group whose top hit was "Guided Missles" (see on Youtube). A new page must be established for this (in my estimation) more important group. I am still trying to see if that group is the same as two other doo wop groups that have alternate spellings: "Cuff Linx" and "Cufflinks." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramehshu (talk • contribs) 17:55, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

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See previous comment posted in 2010. It's now 2023 and NOTHING has been done with this. While I was 'cleaning up' my digital library I noted that the album cover was "The Cuff Links" while both the (internal) title and name were Cufflinks (no "The"). I searched and the CDs, vinyl (records) and digital media are mostly "Cufflinks" - at least on the first page of search hits. For these reasons, I am going to modify the article to include "(also known as Cufflinks)". I have no ability to verify (although I see no reason to doubt it) that a previous unrelated group had that name as well, and will leave that for someone who can dig up a reliable source.40.142.183.146 (talk) 16:00, 14 July 2023 (UTC)