The Cadillacs were a "doo-wop" group that formed (as The Carnations) in New York City's Harlem area in 1953, with Earl Carroll as lead vocalist. The group almost immediately started going through personnel changes, a problem that would plague it for many years (at one time Teddy Pendergrass joined the group, eventually leaving to join Harold ...
Members have included Earl Carroll, Bobby Phillips, Lavern Drake, Gus Willingham, James "Poppa" Clark, Earl Wade, Charles Brooks, J.R. Bailey, Roland Martinez, Bobby Spencer, Jesse "Tex" Powell, Milton Love, Reggie Barnes, Kirk Davis, Ronnie Bright, Curtis Williams, Ray Brewster, Irving Lee Gail, Bobby Baylor, Fred Barksdale, Leroy Binns, Steven Brown, Teddy Pendergrass, Johnny Brown, Gary K. Lewis.