Larry Banks was a New York-born baritone/bass singer (and songwriter) who helped organize and lead the Four Fellows, an RB quartet that also featured Davey Jones (first tenor), Jim McGowan (second tenor), and Teddy Williams (bass), in 1954. They survived well enough, even making some television appearances, and scored a hit with Soldier Boy, authored by Jones. By the early 1960's, Banks had begun to concentrate on the career of his wife Toni -- working as Bessie Banks -- and provided her with a song, Go Now and got her a contract with Leiber Stoller's Tiger Records, which was later folded into their bigger Red Bird/Blue Cat label combination. The record was never as big as it should have been, despite Larry Banks' excellent production, which included a beautiful horn accompaniment; rather, the song was picked up by the Moody Blues and turned into a British Invasion hit for the Birmingham, England-based quintet. Larry Banks later returned to singing and leading his own group, and was a revered presence in the RB vocal world until his death in the early 1990's. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi