Cardinals

The Cardinals were an American R&B group of the 1950s. Sharing a legacy with the Orioles, The Cardinals are remembered as one of the best R&B ballad acts to come out of Baltimore. The Cardinals’ career began in 1946 (one year before The Orioles) when Leon Hardy and Meredith Brothers convinced Donald Johnson to join them in harmony on the corner of Gay Street and Forest. 
Johnson drafted his friend Ernie Warren to round out a quartet and the new group on the block became The Mellotones. They did the usual round of Baltimore bars and nightclubs for experience, singing the songs of black and white pop groups such as The Fortunes, The Ink Spots, And The Ames Brothers. 
They picked up a fifth member, Jack Aydelotte, when he and they were separately scheduled to perform on The Major Baumgartner Show, a local TV talent show. They never got on the air as the show ran overtime, but thanks to the booking they now had five members including an accompanist (Jack also played guitar).
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==Links to Peel==
Peel played a track from the group in 1991 called Shouldn’t I Know, which came from a compilation album named Classic Selection Volume 2. 
==Shows Played==
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*17 February 1991: Shouldn’t I Know (Album, Comp.: History Of Rhythm And Blues) Atlantic
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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