Earl "Speedo" Carroll (Born November 2, 1937[1]) is the lead vocalist for the doo wop group The Cadillacs. The group's biggest hit was Speedo, Carroll's nickname. It was released in 1955. He later joined The Coasters. Carroll left The Coasters in the early 1990s to permanently reform The Cadillacs. November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Lauryn Hill single, see Doo Wop (That Thing). ... The Cadillacs were an American rock-and-roll and doo-wop group from Harlem, New York; active from 1953 to 1962. ... See also: 1954 in music, other events of 1955, 1956 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called Operation TNT. The label drops the list price on LPs from $5. ... The classic Coasters lineup. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
EarlCarroll, LaVerne Drake, and Robert Phillips were already singing together in the early '50s as the Carnations, whose lineup also included "Cub" Gaining.
Carroll and Phillips were nearly as close as brothers, Carroll having been taken in by Phillips' family after the death of his own mother.
EarlCarroll left the group that he had founded in 1959; the Cadillacs kept working for a few more years, recording unsuccessfully for a number of labels before packing it in during the early '60s.
Carroll took no steps to secure physical delivery of the certificates to her and, indeed, so far as it appears from the testimony, she has made no such an attempt to this date.
Carroll did not contribute anything to the account, she did not use the account for her own purposes until after decedent's death, and except for the presumption created by our statute and our case law there is no evidence to support her claim of a gift.
Carroll and had dinner with her family, at which time defendant's husband, Lynn Carroll, discussed with decedent the advisability of Earl's receiving medical treatment either at the University of Minnesota Hospitals or at the Veterans Administration Hospital.