Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Jerome "Little Anthony" Gourdine
Jerome "Little Anthony" Gourdine
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| Other authors / contributors: | Little Anthony, 1940- interviewee.
Gines, Denise, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Denise Gines, interviewer.
Recorded Las Vegas, Nevada 2007 April 6.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Singer Jerome "Little Anthony" Gourdine was born on January 8, 1941 in New York City. He was raised in the Fort Greene Projects in Brooklyn, New York. Gourdine's early music appreciation was influenced by his music teacher in P.S. 67 elementary school. Gourdine formed his first doo-wop group, The Duponts, before becoming the lead vocalist for The Chesters in 1957. The Chesters released their hit single, "Tears on My Pillow," in 1958, and changed their name to Little Anthony & the Imperials in 1959. The group had seventeen pop and twelve R&B chart hits. Little Anthony & the Imperials toured together for fifteen years before Gourdine left the group in 1975 to pursue a career in acting and as a solo singer. In 1992, Little Anthony & the Imperials performed their first reunion show in New York City and performed and recorded with a majority of their original members.
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