The Impalas - wikipedia The Impalas For the girl group initially known as The Impalas, see The Jewels. The Impalas were an American doo - wop group in the late 1950s, best known for their hit, `` Sorry ( I Ran All the Way Home ) ''. The group formed in 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, and was composed of lead singer Joe `` Speedo '' Frazier ( September 5, 1943 -- April 1, 2014 ), Richard Wagner, Lenny Renda and Tony Carlucci. They were a racially integrated group -- Frazier was the only black member. They recorded for Hamilton Records and were found by songwriters Artie Zwirn and Aristides `` Gino '' Giosasi, who wrote the song `` Sorry ( I Ran All The Way Home ) ''. In 1959 disc jockey Alan Freed heard the group, added his name as a writer of the song and got them a deal with MGM Records subsidiary label Cub. In the US, the record reached # 2 on the U.S. pop chart, # 14 on the R&B chart. Outside the US, `` Sorry ( I Ran All The Way Home ) '' peaked at # 28 on the UK Singles Chart. The song sold over one million copies, earning gold disc status. The group recorded follow - ups including `` ' Bye Everybody, '' `` Oh What A Fool, '' an album for Cub, and one further single for the 20th Century label before disbanding in 1961. Frazier went on to sing with Love 's Own in 1973, and in 1980 resurrected the Impalas as a touring act. Joe `` Speedo '' Frazier died on April 1, 2014, at the age of 70. References Jump up ^ Bryan Thomas. `` The Impalas - Biography ''. AllMusic. Retrieved March 25, 2015. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 271. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 268. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Murrells, Joseph ( 1978 ). The Book of Golden Discs ( 2nd ed. ). London : Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 115. ISBN 0 - 214 - 20512 - 6. Jump up ^ `` West Saint Paul Antiques ''. Weststpaulantiques.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` JOE `` SPEEDO '' FRAZIER ``. Rockabilly.nl. Retrieved 26 October 2017. External links Joe `` Speedo '' Frazier biography MusicBrainz : 9238d3e6 - 4d7c - 4457 - 8075 - aa49b2332974 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Impalas&oldid=807254556 '' Categories : Doo - wop groups American rhythm and blues musical groups Cub Records artists MGM Records artists Musical groups established in 1958 Musical groups disestablished in 1961 Hidden categories : Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 26 October 2017, at 21 : 22. About Wikipedia

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