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The Casinos were an anomaly when they reached the Top Ten in early 1967 with "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," a slow-dance smoocher with a swelling organ that was a throwback to the sound of the early '60s. So were the group themselves, both in their doo wop-flavored close-harmony sound and their well-groomed, conservative appearance. The music wasn't bad, though, with a romantic white soul groove that would fit well with the Southeastern beach music scene, although the Casinos were actually from Cincinnati. They recorded a bunch of other singles for Fraternity in the '60s, some in a similar group harmony mold, others in a more updated, upbeat soul-pop vein, but never approached the success of "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" again.
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The Casinos was a nine-member doo-wop group from Cincinnati, Ohio, led by Gene Hughes included Bob Armstrong, Ray White, and Pete Bolton. They are best-known for their John D. Loudermilk-penned song "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," which hit number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, well after the end of the doo-wop era.
The group was based around Hughes and his brothers Glenn and Norman, and they signed a deal with Fraternity Records. "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" was their first single. The track reached number 28 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1967. They tried to follow it up with a Don Everly penned song, "It's All Over Now," but that only hit U.S. number 65.
After his time with the Casinos was over, Gene Hughes became a country music promoter, but he died on 3 February 2004, at the age of 67, from complications following a car accident.
Thomas Robert Armstrong Jr. "Bob", led the installation of the lights on multiple suspension bridges including the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, OH and the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in Memphis, TN. He also worked as the business manager of the St. Bernadette Church in Amelia, OH continued playing with the casinos till his death on 27 December 2011, of cancer at the age of 67, a beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Uncle, and Brother.
