The Zircons

The Zircons
Also known as	The Zirkons
Years active	1959 (1959)–1967 (1967)

The Zircons were a vocal-based, doo-wop style musical group from Harlem and later the Bronx, New York, in the late 1950s and 1960s.^[1]

Vocal doo wop group from East Harlem, New York. Active between 1959 and 1964.^{[citation needed]} The original members of The Zircons (spelled with a c) included:^[2][3]

• Jimmy Gerenetski (lead)
• Neil Colello
• John Loiacono
• Ken Pulicine
• Donald Lewis

Their biggest hit was a 1963 cover of "Lonely Way", The Sky-liner's 1959 recording. They followed it up with "Your Way" on Mellomood Record Co.

In 1964, six singers from the Bronx, New York, formed an a cappella (or doo-wop) group. The Zirkons (spelt with k) had the following line-up:^[4]

• Mario Ibañez (lead)
• Carlos Infante (baritone)
• Leo Perez (1st tenor)
• Robert McInerney (2nd tenor)
• Neal Stuart (Schoenberg) (1st/2nd tenor, falsetto lead)
• Barry Zakir (baritone/bass)

The Zirkons recorded on various record labels, including Old Timer / Cat-Time / Catamount / Amber (as The Zirkons) and on Snowflake Records (as The Zirkons). ^{[citation needed]}

Their repertory included:

• 1964: "You Are My Sunshine", "Silver Bells" and "Stormy Weather" [Old Timer Records]
• 1965: "Blue Moon", "Remember Then", "Unchained Melody", "You Baby You" [Catamount Records]
• 1966: "One Summer Night", "Lone Stranger"
• 1967: "Here in My Heart"

Other songs included "Come Dance With Me", "Crazy For You", "Glory of Love", "My Own True Love", "Never", "Blue Moon", "Once In A While", "Sincerely", "Smile", "Sunday Kind Of Love", and "The Wind.”^{[citation needed]}

• J. Santiago, Steven J. Dunham, and Jerry Lawson, Capella Street Corner Vocal Groups: A Brief History and Discography of 1960s Singing Groups, Mellow Sound Press (2006), ISBN 0-9612752-1-9
• Dr. Anthony J. Grebin & Dr. Matthew M. Schiff, The Complete Book of Doo Wop, Collectables (2006), ISBN 0-9773798-4-1