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The Casinos was a nine-member doo-wopgroup from Cincinnati, Ohio, led by Gene Hughes and which included Bob Armstrong, Ray White, and Pete Bolton. Ken Brady performed with the group, taking over for Hughes from 1962 to 1965 as lead singer. Pete Bolton was replaced at the time by Jerry Baker. Brady left the group to perform as a solo artist and Hughes returned, at which time the Casinos became a nine-piece group. They are best known for their John D. Loudermilk-penned song 'Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye', which hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100chart in 1967, well after the end of the doo-wop era.^[1]

The Casinos were playing in a Cincinnati club where WSAI disc jockey Tom Dooley liked to visit. Dooley had a song he wanted to record but needed a band to provide the music. The Casinos had been getting great reaction to 'Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye' at the club and wanted to record it. Dooley offered to pay for studio time at Cincinnati's King Records Studio for the group to record their song if they would back up Dooley on his song. While Dooley's song didn't see success beyond WSAI, the Casinos' tune quickly became a national hit.

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The group was based around Hughes and his brothers Glenn and Norman, and they signed a deal with Fraternity Records. 'Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye' was their first single. The track reached #28 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1967.^[2] They tried to follow it up with a Don Everly-penned song, 'It's All Over Now,' but that only hit U.S. #65.

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After his time with the Casinos was over, Hughes became a country music promoter, but he died on February 3, 2004, at the age of 67, from complications following a car accident.

Thomas Robert 'Bob' Armstrong Jr. led the installation of the lights on multiple suspension bridges including the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee. He also worked as the business manager of the St. Bernadette Church^[3] in Amelia, Ohio, and continued playing with the Casinos until his death of cancer on December 27, 2011, at the age of 67.^[4] Ken Brady then returned to the Casinos as their lead singer and still performs nationwide.

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1. ^Unterberger, Richie. 'The Casinos biography'. Allmusic. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
2. ^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 97. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
3. ^'> Parish > Home'. St. Bernadette Amelia. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
4. ^'Thomas Robert (Bob-T-Bob) ARMSTRONG Jr. 1944-2011'. legacy.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.

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In 1962, from the Ensley Highlands section of Birmingham, Alabama, Robert Alexander (rhythm guitar), Ned Bibb (song writer, vocalist and lead guitar), and Bobby Marlin (drums) started playing together as a band while they were still in high school. The group started out as The Counts and grew in numbers to include Henry Lovoy doing vocals and maracas and Jimmy LaRussa on bass.

During the years of l964 through 1966, they backed Travis Wammack, a rock – rockabilly recording artist and guitarist, who had earlier recorded a hit entitled “Scratchy.” The group took the name The Distortions from Wammack’s recording of “Distortion Part 1.” Their first 45 was recorded at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama under the SEA label (Southeastern Attractions). A Ned Bibb original, “Can You Tell,” was featured as the A side and a slow, loopy take on “Hound Dog” on the flip side. The band later added Roy (Zac) Zachry on keyboard and along with Travis Wammack recorded “Take This Ring/You Know I’m On My Way,” at Roland Jane’s Memphis Studio, also on the SEA label.

After Ned Bibb left the band in 1966, Eddie Rice joined the group on guitar and played with the Distortions for about a year. They recorded “Smokestack Lightning/Hot Cha” on the SEA label. Another Distortions favorite, “Thank You John,” was recorded under the Malcolm Z. Dirge label and reached the charts on WSGN radio, broadcasting out of Birmingham. The Malcolm Z. Dirge name was coined by Zac Zachry, the keyboardist and vocalist for the group. On the flip side, they recorded a fine version of the Rascals’ oft-covered “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore” with both songs featuring Robert Alexander, Zac Zachry, Bobby Marlin and Eddie Rice. After Eddie left the band, Bo Fowler played guitar, followed by Joe Rudd.

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When their next 45- “Behind My Wall”- was picked up for national distribution by Smash, the Distortions had their biggest hit, selling 12,000 to 15,000 copies according to their producer, Ed Boutwell. It was written by Robert Gregg. They had great success with a good Bill Haney original, “I Found a Girl;” the flip side was a version of “I Don’t Really Like You,” originally done by Baton Rouge’s Canebreak Singers on Montel and written by Mike Crespo. It was produced by Haney and Richie Becker, recorded at The LeFevre Studio in Atlanta and released on Casino, a subsidiary of the Dover Records Company of New Orleans.

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In 1967, the Distortions added Dale Aston on guitar, Roy Alexander and Steve Saylord on saxophone. Henry Lovoy took over on drums in 1972. Their last release was a cleaned up version of the Stone’s “Let’s Spend the Night Together,” retitled “Let’s Spend Some Time Together.”

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Several other musicians, including Barry Beckett, and Eddie Hinton were players over the years. Zac Zachry, Roy Alexander, Clif Payne and Ed Finn continued to play college and club shows as the Distortions into the 1970s.