110 Billy Ward (1921-2002) and his Dominoes “Sixty Minute Man” 1951

Billy Ward was a boxer, sports journalist, and a Juilliard trained vocal instructor who formed a group with his own students, the Dominoes. Their risqué “Sixty Minute Man” featuring lead singer Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972) was possibly the “first R&B record by a black group to make the pop chart” (The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll). 

The Dominoes "Sixty Minute Man"