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Leonard Caston
Leonard Caston
American blues pianist and guitarist
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The Danleers
The Danleers
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The Flamingos
The Flamingos
American "doo wop" group
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Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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The Drifters
The Drifters
American R&B band (1953-)
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The Dells
The Dells
American R&B vocal group
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The Zircons
The Zircons
musical artist
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The Tymes
The Tymes
band
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The Jordanaires
The Jordanaires
American vocal group; back-up singers for Elvis Presley
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The Chimes
The Chimes
doo wop group from Brooklyn
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The Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys
American band that plays country music
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The Dubs
The Dubs
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Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
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Lafayette Leake
Lafayette Leake
American musician
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The Chords
The Chords
1950s American doo-wop group
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The Coasters
The Coasters
American band
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Deek Watson & His Brown Dots
Deek Watson & His Brown Dots
American vocal group
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Four Tops
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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The Regents
The Regents
American doo-wop vocal group from New York, operating in the late 1950s and early 1960s
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The Larks
The Larks
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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The Hollywood Flames
The Hollywood Flames
American R&B vocal group
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The Reflections
The Reflections
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The Falcons
The Falcons
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The Cleftones
The Cleftones
American Vocal Group
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The Limeliters
The Limeliters
American folk music group
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Sons of the Pioneers
Sons of the Pioneers
American western singing group
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The Velvets
The Velvets
band
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The Mar-Keys
The Mar-Keys
studio session band
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Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
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The Dynamic Superiors
The Dynamic Superiors
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Lee Andrews & the Hearts
Lee Andrews & the Hearts
American doo-wop quintet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Take 6
Take 6
American a cappella gospel music group
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The Four Preps
The Four Preps
American pop quartet
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Ruby & the Romantics
Ruby & the Romantics
American band
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The Solitaires
The Solitaires
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The Diamonds
The Diamonds
Canadian Vocal Quartet
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The Crows
The Crows
band
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The Innocents
The Innocents
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Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary
American folk band
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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The 5th Dimension
The 5th Dimension
American popular music vocal group
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The Willows
The Willows
American vocal group
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The Penguins
The Penguins
American doowop band, formed in 1953
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Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann
English rock band, formed in London in 1962
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The Mills Brothers
The Mills Brothers
American jazz and pop vocal quartet
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Junior Walker
Junior Walker
American saxophonist
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Fontella Bass
Fontella Bass
American singer
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The Blackwood Brothers
The Blackwood Brothers
American southern gospel quartet
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The El Dorados
The El Dorados
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Billy Stewart
Billy Stewart
American singer
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Tom Archia
Tom Archia
American musician
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The Walker Brothers
The Walker Brothers
American pop band
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Bar-Kays
Bar-Kays
American band
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Harold Land
Harold Land
American musician
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The Radiants were an American doo-wop and R&B group popular in the 1960s.

The group formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1960, where its members met singing in the youth choir of Greater Harvest Baptist Church. They performed both gospel and secular tunes, the latter of which were written by leader Maurice McAlister. While attempting to land a record deal, they found that labels were not interested in gospel groups anymore, and concentrated on secular tunes, eventually landing a deal with Chess Records. Billy Davis produced their early records, including the first, "Father Knows Best" b/w "One Day I'll Show You", which was a regional hit in Cleveland in 1962.

Several more singles for Chess followed, but did not sell well, and by 1964 the group had more or less broken up. McAlister and baritone Wallace Sampson continued on as a trio with new member Leonard Caston Jr. (son of Leonard Caston). With this lineup they had their biggest hit, 1964's "Voice Your Choice". The follow-up, "Ain't No Big Thing", was also a hit.

Caston left the group in 1965, replaced by James Jameson. This lineup recorded only one single, "Baby You Got It", before McAlister departed. At this time, Chess had another group, The Confessions, led by Mitchell Bullock, on its roster, who had recorded the single "Don't It Make You Feel Kinda Bad" but broken up before the album's release. Billy Davis had Bullock join The Radiants with Sampson, Jameson, and Victor Caston, the younger brother of Leonard Jr.. The recording of "Don't It Make You Feel Kinda Bad" made by The Confessions was then issued under The Radiants' name in 1967.

This lineup produced one more hit single, "Hold On", and after several more failed singles the group was dropped by Chess in 1969. They continued to perform together through 1972. McAlister and tenor Green McLauren also recorded as Maurice & Mac.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed The Radiants among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.