The Flairs

The Flairs were an important West Coast doo wop group, best remembered for being the launching pad for both Richard Berry and Cornell Gunter, who would both go on to success in their subsequent solo careers. The original group -- Arthur Lee Maye (tenor), Thomas "Pete" Fox (2nd tenor), Obediah "Obie" Jessie (baritone), and A.V. Odum (bass) -- formed on the campus of Los Angeles' Jefferson High in 1953 and recorded one single for John Dolphin's Recorded in Hollywood label under the name the Hollywood Blue Jays. (Another group would use the name after them). Maye and Odum then q...