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'''The El Dorados''' were an American [[doo-wop]] group who achieved their greatest success with the song "At My Front Door" in 1955/56.
==Career==
The group formed in [[Chicago]] in 1952, originally as "Pirkle Lee and the Five Stars". It comprised Pirkle Lee Moses Jr. (lead vocals), Louis Bradley and Arthur Basset (tenors), Jewel Jones (second tenor/baritone), James Maddox and Richard Nickens (both baritone/bass). When Pirkle Lee got out of the Air Force in 1954, they changed their name to The El Dorados
Vivian Carter heard them and signed them to her [[Vee Jay Records|Vee Jay]] label, making their first recordings in mid 1954. After a string of unsuccessful singles, they recorded "At My Front Door" (also known as "Crazy Little Mama") in 1955, and it rose to # 1 on the [[R&B]] charts and # 17 on the pop charts. Their follow-up, "I’ll Be Forever Loving You", also made the R&B top ten in early 1956.
After Basset and Nickens left the group, they continued to record as a quartet
The label dropped The El Dorados in 1958, and Pirkle Lee subsequently toured with a succession of back-up singers. In 1969 he resuscitated the group name with new members, at the same time as a former member of The Tempos, Johnny Carter, also toured with another set of El Dorados. The two competing groups merged in the late 1970s, and subsequently continued to tour and record as The El Dorados until Pirkle Lee Moses' death in 2000.
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All sessions recorded at Universal Studio, Chicago
====Singles====
*VeeJay 115 ''
*VeeJay 118 ''
*VeeJay 127 ''
*VeeJay 147 ''
*VeeJay 165 ''
*VeeJay 180 ''
*VeeJay 197 ''
*VeeJay 211 ''
*VeeJay 250 ''
*VeeJay 263 ''
*VeeJay 302 ''
Discography compiled by slamyogi with information culled from:<br />
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