The Clovers are an American rhythm and blues/doo-wop vocal group who became one of the biggest selling acts of the 1950s. They had a top 30 US hit in 1959 with the Leiber and Stoller song "Love Potion No. 9".
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- Mar 18, 2016
18:46 PM--Much-covered song but this is the original version. - Jan 16, 2015
18:24 PM"Sometime around 1948, neighborhood friend Matthew McQuater was returning home from football practice at Howard University, when he spotted the Clovers practicing on the street. Hearing something wrong with their harmony (his "ear" had been formed by singing in church), he stopped to offer some advice. He was invited to some rehearsals, and soon Billy Shelton was out and Matthew was in." - According to Marv Goldberg's R&B Notes - Jan 2, 2015
20:23 PMThe Clovers were one of the biggest-selling vocal groups of the 1950s. - May 16, 2014
18:19 PMThey were one of the biggest-selling vocal groups of the 1950s.