FIVE CROWNS 45: I WANT YOU/HILLUM BAY -DE'BESTH 1123/24 -PROMO- R&B DOO-WOP-RARE

$

5,100

Five Crowns D.J. Copy 45

The Five Crowns were an R&B vocal group formed in Harlem in the early 50s Although they never hit it big or charted nationally under their own name, they regularly charted in New York and were stars in Harlem. Their late-50s incarnation, which included Ben E. King, replaced the entire Drifters group, and went on to score numerous hits under the Drifters banner.

This is a very rare, hard to find Promo Copy of a Five Crowns record released in 1959 on the obscure De'Besth label out of Hammond, Indiana. 

Here's What You'll Get: (grading is for vinyl first, then jacket)

I Want You/Hillum Bay      De'Besth   1123/24    (D.J. Copy)    1959     VG

Rare Copy - Don't Pass It By! 

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