The Starlites released this one 45 on Zap, a Nashville, Tennesee label affiliated with Belle Meade Records.
The 45 labels list them as the Starliters, but the R is crossed out on at least some copies, so they’re generally known as the Starlites. They were a mystery group until comments came in from Steve Dodson and lead guitarist Alan Wait. The band was from Danville, Illinois.
Members were:
Alan Wait – lead guitar
Harold Hannon – rhythm guitar
Ron Meeker – sax
Jim Crystal – drums
Steve Ransom – keyboards
“Wait for Me” was written by Alan Wait. Though repetitive, the song features a frantic fuzz guitar solo. The flip is “You’ll Never Find Me”. Alan comments below that Vickie Porter wrote the lyrics for both songs.
Gene Vanderport comments below that he played keyboards with the Starlites after the single.
There’s no connection to the Starliters who have a 45 “I Cry Alone” (written by Lloyd Faust) / “Don’t Ever Leave Me” on the 4 Sons label from Paris, Tennessee.
Does anyone have a photo of the group?
that is one hell of a record! One of my favoroite Tennessee discs!
i’ve been trolling around on your site and listening to tons of great music- just wanted to say thank you for this amazing resource. it’s especially cool when you’re able to post original material from the bandmembers themselves. thanks again!
The Starlights were a group from the Danville, Il area. Alan Wait, who wrote the song, now lives in Perrysville Indiana and still plays and teaches guitar in the Danville, Il area.
Steve Dodson, Nashville, Tennessee
The Starlites were Alan Wait lead guitar.Harold Hannon rythem guitar,Ron Meeker sax, Jim Crystal drums. and Steve Ransom key boards. The two songs were witten by Vickie Porter and the music by me,Alan Wait. For some reason Vickie”s name got left off the label but she was the reason the song ever got recorded. Thanks for all the good comments.
I have 2 pictures of The Starlites, one is from the skating place, and one is from the Channel 3 TV program “The Hop.” I was the Starlites’ keyboard player AFTER “Wait for Me” came out.