The Dreamers was a group of girls from Fremont High School who first recorded in 1954 with Richard Berry. Members of the group later sang with The Pharaohs on several of Berry's later records, including the original "Louie Louie." After singing under various other names, including The Rollettes, the group evolved into The Blossoms, featuring a new singer named Darlene Love. The Blossoms recorded under their own name, recorded for Phil Spector, and performed as backup singers for such artists as Tom Jones, Dick Dale and Elvis Presley.

The Blossoms during their Capitol period. Clockwise from lower left: Nanette, Fanita, Gloria and Annette.

Gloria Jones (left), Darlene Love (right) and Nanette Williams (second from right) party with Bobby "Rockin' Robin" Day (behind Nanette) and his wife Jackie.		The Dreamers visit Johnny Otis in 1954. Left to right: Annette Williams, Nanette Williams, Fanita Barrett, Gloria Jones, Pat Howard and Jewel Cobbs. Cobbs and Howard sang only on the "Bye Bye" and "Daddy Daddy" sessions.

In 1954 Richard Berry, who recorded for Modern/Flair as a solo artist and as the bass singer for The Flairs and The Crowns, brought a new girl group to Joe Bihari, who ran Flair Records. "There were about seven girls, they wanted to sing as a group," Berry told Jim Dawson, "but they didn't really have a lead singer. So I started working with them, writing some songs, and I took them in to record with me. We did 'At Last' and 'Bye Bye,' which sold a lot of records.

"When we went back into the studio later, there were only four of them: Gloria Jones, Fanita Barrett, the twins Nannette and Annette [Williams], and Johnny Coleman from The Crowns was there too. That's him singing bass on those Dreamers records. That's when we did 'Daddy Daddy,' 'Baby Darling' and maybe 'Together.' Flair put out 'Jelly Roll' as a Dreamers record, but that was The Cadets, before they were The Cadets."

"Bye Bye"/"At Last" was released in August 1954 under The Dreamers' name without Richard Berry's name on the label even though he sang lead. Subsequent Flair releases were as by Richard Berry & The Dreamers.

Randy Jones with The Blossoms