Laurel Records

In 1957 "John Ropers"(Bass) and "Ralph Garone"(2nd Tenor) with "Charlie Licata" and "Tony Darrow" were part of the Brooklyn vocal group "The Dolphins".later when "Bobby Bovino"(Lead) and "Paul Ferrigno"(1st Tenor) joined the group they changed their name to "The Bobby Dells" and recorded many demos songs as
"I Wish I Knew Why".

In 1960 Tony and Charlie left the group,this signed with Tony Sepe owner of Laurel Records,Tony wanted the group to song So Long.he recorded proviously in 1959 by a group called "The Corvets" Tony also change their name to "The Bob Knigh"t Four.in September 1961 the group recorded "So Long". under the new title of "Good Good By" and the B side "How Old Must I Be".

Actually Good Good By. by The Bob Knight Four was the take recorded by the Corvets as So Long. (Tony used this take as A side with a new B side recorded by The Bob Knight Four).

After two more releases on Laurel "For Sale" / "You Gotta Know" and the one side DJ copy "Well I'm Glad".
In late 1961 the group back up to "Eddie Delmar" on Madison Records releases "Garden In The Rain" / "My Heart Beckons You". and "Love Bells"/" Blanche". In early 1962 they backed to "Bob Gerard"i of "The Rockin Chair's" in the Recorte recording sides "You're Everything To Me" / "Nobody Wants You Anymore". these sides were released under the name of "Bob Gerardi & The Classic Four". Finally the group back up to "Vinny Monte" on his "One Of The Guys".

In this time the group moved to Josie / Jubilee Records where they release in April 1962 "The Chaperones" unreleased tune "Memories". and "The Four Aces" side "Somewhere".

A year late in May 1963 they recorded on Jubilee Records "Two Friends"(inspired in The Moonglow's tune Sincerely) and "The Royaltones" side "Cazy Love". Somewhere in 1962 "Laurel Records" release "Hurry Hurry Home" by "Sandy Lynn" this is again "The Corvets" / "Bob knight Four" "Good Good By" vocal and instrumental track with "Sandy's" lead added.Laurel also lease this to "Challenge Records" and were released as by "Linda & The Tears" finally some masters of the group were sale to "Taurus Records" by the owner of "Laurel Records" of course without any knowledge of "The Bob Knight Four"."Taurus" released the master "Good Good By" as "So Long" and "Well I'm Glad" master as"You Tease Me" and "For Sale" as "I'm Selling My Heart"

The music scene was changing with the british invasion and members of the group go their separate ways.

In late 1964 "John Roper" and "Ralph Garone" with new members "Frank Lovino","Snooky Rizzo" and "Charlie Licata" of "The Bobby Dell's" Days recorded "Tomorrow We'll Be Married"/ "Willingly" on the "Laurie Records" subsidiary label "Goal Records"."Eddie Delmar" was to be part of this session.

After they recorded several demos in the mid 60's the group finally disbanded .In 1973 with the doo wop revival the group back, they recorded some acappella sides and "Kape Records" released an album. The group are present in the doo-wop circuit until early 90's. (From 45 Cat)