Englewood Makes History

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  • The Rivieras was a Doo Wop quartet. The group comprised Homer Dunn, Ronald Cook, Andrew Jones, and Charles Allen. Their second manager was William Fix. They recorded their Coed album from 1958 to 1961.
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  • George McKinley Treadwell (December 21, 1918 – May 14, 1967) was a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and influential artist manager whose career bridged Harlem’s swing era and the rise of rhythm and blues in the postwar recording industry. Though he began as a working musician,…
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  • Edward Benjamin Townsend was a singer, songwriter, and producer. He also had some education in law, although he never practiced officially. He joined the Marine Corps in 1951 and served in Korea. His first record was "For Your Love" in 1958. He was one of the owners of…
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  • Tru-Glo-Town Records was a record company in Englewood founded by Trude Heller, Gloria Toote, and Ed Townsend.
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  • The Ronettes performed a concert at Dwight Morrow High School on November 4, 1966. It was done as a fundraiser for the school's scholarship fund.
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  • Gloria E. A. Toote was a lawyer, entrepreneur, and recording executive whose most distinctive legacy is her creation of Town Sound Studios in Englewood, New Jersey, at 1 Dean Street, the site of the former Scheider's pharmacy, now a Starbucks. Town Sounds Studios was one of the…
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  • Clyde McPhatter was an R&B singer in the 1950s and 1960s. He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey moving to New York City. McPhatter was recruited by the group Billy Ward and his Dominoes. He eventually quit the group in 1953 and created the Drifters. During this time he also served…
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  • Estelle Bennett was a singer and member of the Ronettes with her sister Veronica "Ronnie" Yvette Greenfield and her cousin Nedra Talley-Ross. They began singing at age fourteen. They eventually recorded a No. 1 hit song "Be My Baby" in 1963. The group broke up in 1967 and…
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  • Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell was a musician and record producer who worked with his brother Larry Mizell. The brothers grew up in Englewood and attended Dwight Morrow. He earned a degree in music from Howard University. In the late 1960s, he was a member of The Corporation the group…
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  • Lisa Williamson is an author, rapper, and activist. She moved to Englewood when she was ten and attended Dwight Morrow High School. She won a scholarship and attended Cornell University's Advanced Summer Program. She attended Rutgers, graduating with a degree in American History…
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