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Years before there was Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, there was another “kid group.” But what a difference! Whereas, by their very name, the Teenagers were directed at the ever-increasing “teenagers with money to spend” market, the Mello-Moods were singing adult songs aimed at an adult market. However, just like with the Castelles, we’ve tended to lower the age of the lead singer until he fit into our conception of the “Frankie Lymon” mold.
There must have been youthful singers, even groups, before the Mello Moods, but they never attained any popularity in the “Race” music, or early R&B field. Among vocal groups, mature men, such as the Mills Brothers and Ink Spots, dominated the scene until the somewhat younger Ravens and Orioles emerged in the late forties. But even these groups, who were defining the R&B sound, were mature-sounding in comparison to the relatively childlike quality of the Mello Moods. Says bass James Bethea: “We were the youngest professional group out there.”
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