Little Anthony & the Imperials
Photographs (photos) of Live concert of
July 9, 2004 Hamden, Connecticut

This Little Anthony & the Imperials concert provided me the opportunity to do some night / low light photography. The concert was held outdoors in Hamden, CT and the photos were taken from the 'audience level' on the grass.
Little Anthony & the Imperials is one of those groups that brings back great memories of a time long ago (in a galaxy far far away?). Being a product of the sixties all of their music was of my generation. The night concert held at the Meadowbrook Golf Course of Little Anthony & the Imperials was like reliving those times. Other than some 'age enlargement' the group looked terrific and put on a very great show. Their voices are still straight out of the early 60's! From their official Website:

After high school, Anthony Gourdine, originally with "The Duponts", left to join "The Chesters", a group founded by Clarence Collins who were looking for a lead voice. In early '58, Richard Barrett and Lou Gally (A&R and PR men from End Records, respectively) spotted the group and signed them to a contract and named them "The Imperials".
Their first record for End Records was a double-sided ballad smash. The "A" side, "Tears on My Pillow", instantly launched their career into musical history. This would be one of their biggest-selling hits, with over one million copies sold, and has been one of the most enduring love ballads of the '50s. The flip side hit, "Two People In The World" made this one of the most popular double-sided ballad records in vocal group history. Anthony was sitting on a Brooklyn park bench one evening, listening to WINS radio DJ Alan Freed, coming over the radio. As he announced the next record, Anthony heard, ... "and here's a new record that's making a lot of noise ... Little Anthony & The Imperials...singing 'Tears On My Pillow'...". The nickname Little Anthony stuck, and the new group name was official.

All photographs were taken with a Canon 1D Mark II and either a 200mm f1.8 or 70-200mm f2.8 IS lens.
Post processing was done with Photoshop CS

Copyright 2004 Jerry Molaver
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