Artist Info: Thurston Harris

Thurston Theodore Harris (1931-1990) was a male American singer, briefly popular in the early to mid 1950s. Harris first appeared on record as the featured vocalist with The Lamplighters in 1953. Indeed, he recorded with the Lamplighters, one of the many groups on the early R&B scene in South Central Los Angeles, throughout the early 1950s. The group later evolved into The Tenderfoots, then The Sharps.

He is widely regarded as a one-hit wonder, who popularized the song "Little Bitty Pretty One" [read more...]