Posted December 22, 200915 yr Just got this through - a lifetime in some of the top male group harmony groups, then shot and killed at age 70! - RIP "This comes from Bruce Woolf Hi Sorry to have to report another passing. Especially this time of year. Sheridan "Rip" Spencer, tenor of a multitude of Los Angeles area vocal groups was shot and killed Wednesday, Dec 9th. The Homicide Report The Times chronicles L.A. County homicide victims Compton: Sheridan Spencer, 70 December 15, 2009 | 11:15 am Sheridan Spencer, a 70-year-old black man, was shot and killed Wednesday, Dec. 9, in the 1600 block of West Caldwell Street in Compton, authorities said. The shooting occurred shortly after 1:30 p.m. in a residential neighborhood, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. Spencer was pronounced dead at the scene. Anyone with information is asked to call homicide detectives at (323) 890-5500. No details have been released due to the ongoing investigation. Rip was a member of the Squires on Vita Records and their many other group names. Sabers/Chavelles/Gents/Valiants/Untouchables/Alley Cats/Happy Tones/Africa from 1955 into the 70's. I refer you to Marv Goldberg's fine article on the Valiants for more of Rip's vocal group career. https://home.att.net/~uncamarvy/Valiants/valiants.html Our first SOM in Memory Of Rip Spencer is on Cal-West Records from 1955. Rip has the lead as the Sabers give us "Always Forever" Our Second Memeorial SOM is on Shar-Dee Records from 1959. As the Valiants, Chester Pipkin leads the group on "Dear Cindy" May your slayer come to quick justice allowing you to Rest In Peace. Thank you for the decades of wonderful vocal group recordings. You will be missed Sheridan "Rip" Spencer Bruce (DooWopDJ)"
Just got this through - a lifetime in some of the top male group harmony groups, then shot and killed at age 70! - RIP
"This comes from Bruce Woolf
Hi
Sorry to have to report another passing. Especially this time of year.
Sheridan "Rip" Spencer, tenor of a multitude of Los Angeles area vocal
groups was shot and killed
Wednesday, Dec 9th.
The Homicide Report
The Times chronicles L.A. County
homicide victims
Compton: Sheridan Spencer, 70
December 15, 2009 | 11:15 am
Sheridan Spencer, a 70-year-old black man, was shot and killed
Wednesday, Dec. 9, in the 1600 block of West Caldwell Street in Compton,
authorities said.
The shooting occurred shortly after 1:30 p.m. in a residential
neighborhood, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. Spencer
was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anyone with information is asked to call homicide detectives at (323)
890-5500.
No details have been released due to the ongoing investigation.
Rip was a member of the Squires on Vita Records and their many other
group names. Sabers/Chavelles/Gents/Valiants/Untouchables/Alley
Cats/Happy Tones/Africa
from 1955 into the 70's.
I refer you to Marv Goldberg's fine article on the Valiants for more of
Rip's vocal group career.
https://home.att.net/~uncamarvy/Valiants/valiants.html
Our first SOM in Memory Of Rip Spencer is on Cal-West Records from 1955.
Rip has the lead as the Sabers give us
"Always Forever"
Our Second Memeorial SOM is on Shar-Dee Records from 1959.
As the Valiants, Chester Pipkin leads the group on
"Dear Cindy"
May your slayer come to quick justice allowing you to Rest In Peace.
Thank you for the decades of wonderful vocal group recordings.
You will be missed Sheridan "Rip" Spencer
Bruce (DooWopDJ)"