The subsequent singles “Better Use Your Head”, “You Better Take It Easy Baby”, and “It’s Not the Same” all featured on the band’s fifth studio album “Payin Our Dues”, however failed to match the success of its predecessor.įollowing the release the band struggled to regain chart dominance only reaching the Top 50 with the single “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” in 1969. The latter five singles were taken from the Imperial’s fourth studio album, “Goin’ Out Of My Head”, and all enjoyed respectable chart placing. Epitomised by their dramatic, heartfelt pop/soul records, the Imperials enjoyed their peak success in the ‘60s notably with the singles “I’m on the Outside (Looking In)” (1964), “Goin’ Out Of My Head” (1964), “Hurt So Bad” (1965), “I Miss You So” (1965), “Take Me Back” (1965), and “Hurt” (1966). Long dubbed the classic Little Anthony and the Imperials lineup consisting of Gourdine, Wright, Collins, and Sammy Strain, the band began collaborating with producer Teddy Randazzo and signed with Con Costa Productions. This success was short live however and following a series of lineup changes, the Imperials failed to find further success until 1973. Catapulting the group to national notoriety, the singles’ b-side “Two People in the World” also proved a popular release. In 1958 the band signed with End Records who released the Imperials’ debut single “Tears on My Pillow” the same year, which went on to sell over a million copies. Originally comprised of members “Little Anthony” Gourdine, Ernest Wright, Clarence “Wa-hoo” Collins, Glouster Rogers, and Tracey Lord, the Imperials formed following the breakdown of the former doo-wop band the Chesters.
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