Biography
There are many bands with this name, including:
1) The Heartbeats was a 1950s American doo-wop group best known for their song A Thousand Miles Away, which charted at #53 in 1957;
2) The Heartbeats was the name on several releases by the American country band the Heartbeats Rhythm Quartet;
3) The Heartbeats was Wily Bo Walker's first band from Glasgow, Scotland;
4) The Heartbeats was a UK 80s new wave 'Mod' trio from Orpington, Kent;
5) The Heartbeats was an 80s German beat/mod band;
6) The Heartbeats was a Spanish power-pop band.
1) The Heartbeats was a 1950s American doo-wop group best known for their song A Thousand Miles Away, which charted at #53 in 1957. Formed in the mid-1950s in Jamaica, Queens and originally called The Hearts, they switched in 1955 when a female group by the same name scored a minor billboard hit. They were signed shortly after James "Shep" Sheppard joined the group, and were shuffled between various production companies over the next few years. The group split up in 1959, and Sheppard later went on to start Shep & The Limelites.
2) The Heartbeats was the name on several releases by the American country band the Heartbeats Rhythm Quartet;
3) The Heartbeats was Wily Bo Walker's first band from Glasgow, Scotland;
4) The Heartbeats was a UK 80s new wave 'Mod' trio from Orpington, Kent, (1979-1982), who recorded their one and only single in 1981: 'Go' became a cult hit during the Mod revival of the early 1980s in the U.K.
5) The Heartbeats was an 80s German beat/mod band;
6) The Heartbeats was a Spanish power-pop band.
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