The Birds (band) The Birds (band) The Birds were an English rhythm and blues band, formed in 1964 in London. They recorded fewer than a dozen songs and released only four singles. Starting out with a hard R&B sound, they later began infusing it with Motown-style vocal harmonies. The best known former member of The Birds is Ronnie Wood, who went on to join the Jeff Beck Group, The Creation, Faces and later The Rolling Stones. Several members of The Birds grew up in the same neighbourhood in Yiewsley, west London, and began playing together in 1964, while still in their teens. At
Gregory Carroll (R&B singer) Vernon Palmer. The group recorded, with Johnny Otis among others, for Savoy Records, and changed their name, first to the Four Buds and then the Four Buddies. Carroll was the second tenor voice in the group. In 1951 they had a no.2 national hit on the "Billboard" R&B chart with the song "I Will Wait". He left the Four Buddies in 1953 and replaced George Nelson as second tenor in the Orioles, shortly before the group recorded their biggest hit, "Crying in the Chapel". The song reached no.1 on the R&B chart and no.11 on the pop chart. After the