The Heartbeats

The Heartbeats

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The Heartbeats were a 1950s American doo-wop group best known for their song "A Thousand Miles Away", which charted at #53 in the US Billboard listings in 1957.The Heartbeats began as a quartet in early 1953 in Jamaica, Queens as "The Hearts", consisting of baritone Vernon Sievers, bass Wally Roker, first tenor Albert Crump, and second tenor Robbie Tatum. When it was later discovered that there was a female group of the same name (who scored a minor Billboard hit with "Lonely Nights"), the male group extended their name to "Heartbeats". They were signed shortly after James "Shep" Sheppard joined the group as lead vocalist and were shuffled between various production companies and record labels over the next few years. The group split up in 1959 and Sheppard went on to form Shep and the Lim

Members

	James Sheppard voc 1935-1970 US
	Wally Roker voc, b US

Popular Tracks

A Thousand Miles Away on All the Hits and More by The Heartbeats

Crazy for You on All the Hits and More by The Heartbeats

Down On My Knees on All the Hits and More by The Heartbeats

Your Way on Doo Wop Classics, Vol. 6 by Various Artists

Darling I Want to Get Married on One Million Years of Doo-Wop by The Inspirations

One Million Years on One Million Years of Doo-Wop by The Inspirations

I Won't Be the Fool Anymore on All the Hits and More by The Heartbeats

Lonely Lover on All the Hits and More by The Heartbeats

Heart & Soul on The Heartbeats in the Twilight Zone by The Heartbeats

Darling How Long on All the Hits and More by The Heartbeats

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
"Daddy's Home": The Great Recordings Of The Heartbeats / Shep & The Limelites	The Heartbeats	2012	Compil.
20 Doo Wop Classics - A Thousand Miles Away	The Heartbeats	2009	Compil.
A Thousand Miles Away	The Heartbeats	2007	Compil.
For Collectors Only	The Heartbeats	1992	Compil.
Daddy's Home	The Heartbeats, Shep & The Limelites	1992	Compil.
A Thousand Miles Away / Gee	The Heartbeats / The Crows	1991	Single
The Best Of	The Heartbeats Including Shep & The Limelites	1990	Compil.
The Best Of	The Heartbeats Including Shep & The Limelites	1990	Compil.
Easy To Remember / After Everybody's Gone	The Heartbeats	1981	Single
The Groups	The Heartbeats / Shep & The Limelites	1972	Compil.
A Thousand Miles Away / Down On My Knees	The Heartbeats	1963	Single
Darling, How Long / Crazy For You	The Heartbeats	1963	Single
A Thousand Miles Away	The Heartbeats	1960	Album
One Million Years / Darling, I Want To Get Married	The Heartbeats	1959	Single
Crazy For You / Down On My Knees	The Heartbeats	1959	Single
One Day Next Year / Sometimes I Wonder	The Heartbeats	1958	Single
I Found A Job / Down On My Knees	The Heartbeats	1958	Album
After New Year's Eve	The Heartbeats	1957	Single
When I Found You / Hands Off My Baby	The Heartbeats	1957	Single
I Won't Be The Fool Anymore	The Heartbeats	1957	Single
I Want To Know / Everybody's Somebody's Fool	The Heartbeats	1957	Single
I Won't Be The Fool Anymore / Wedding Bells	The Heartbeats	1957	Single
Your Way / People Are Talking	The Heartbeats With Al Browne And His Orchestra	1956	Single
A Thousand Miles Away / Oh Baby Don't	The Heartbeats	1956	Album
Hurry Home Baby / Darling, How Long	The Heartbeats	1956	Album
Rockin-N-Rollin-N-Rhythm-N-Blues'-N- / Crazy For You	The Heartbeats	1955	Album
After Everybody's Gone	Russell Jacquet & His Orchestra, The Heartbeats	1955	Album
Remember How Great: The Original Hits, Volume One	The Heartbeats, Frankie Lymon, The Flamingos, The Fiestas, The Monotones, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Chuck Berry, Lee Dorsey, Lee Andrews & The Hearts, Robert & Johnny, Etta James		Compil.
Your Way / One Day Next Year	The Heartbeats		Single

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.