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The Impalas were an American doo-wop group in the late 1950s, best known for their hit, “Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)“. The group formed in 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, and was composed of lead singer Joe “Speedo” Frazier (born September 5, 1943), Richard Wagner, Lenny Renda, and Tony Carlucci. They were a racially integrated group - Frazier was the only black member. They recorded for the small Hamilton record label, before they were discovered by songwriters and promoters Artie Zwirn and Aristides “Gino” Giosasi, who had written the song “Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)“. Early in 1959 disc jockey Alan Freed heard the group, added his name to the writing credits for the song, and secured them a deal with the MGM Records subsidiary label Cub. The record reached... Read on...