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Gene Chandler: Early Years
Not much is known or widely acknowledged about Chandler's early life. He seems to have sprung into being in 1962, when he introduced himself to the world as "The Duke of Earl".
It is known that he joined a rock and roll/doo wop group called the Dukays with James Lowe, Shirley Jones, Earl Edwards and Ben Broyles in 1957. He served a hitch in the US Army, returned to Chicago in 1960, and rejoined his bandmates. Through music industry contacts, The Dukays were offered a recording contract by Chicago based Nat Records. The first single was titled "The Girl Is Evil." In 1961, Nat Records released a song titled "Nite Owl", and the band went back to the studio to record one more.
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