1950s Group
The second iteration of The Foggy River Boys formed in Springfield, Missouri about 1954 with Charlie Hodge as lead vocalist, with brothers Bill and Monty Matthews and one other member. Hodge was replaced by Les Robertson in 1956. They were signed to Decca Records and also recorded on the Mercury, Starday and Foremost Records labels. They backed Fess Parker, Homer and Jethro, Red Foley and Bobby Lord.
George Richardson, replacing one of the Matthews brothers, joined in 1957. That year they changed their name to The Marksmen, which by then consisted of Robertson (lead), Richardson (baritone) Earl Terry (tenor) and Don Taylor (bass). Robertson, Richardson and Terry were from Los Angeles; Taylor was from Lakeland, Florida. They were regulars on ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee from 1955 to 1960, and also appeared on The Eddy Arnold Show in 1956 and NBC's Five Star Jubilee in 1961. In May 1957 they performed on NBC-TV's Tennessee Ernie Ford Show and Cliffie Stone's Hometown Jamboree in Los Angeles.
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