And there were The Lafayettes, a clean-cut band from Towson that made the rounds, won acclaim and, against the odds, waxed a disc for RCA that charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The song ...

Marsha Lafayette Aleem, the youngest daughter of the Lafayettes, spoke to the media from notes on flowered stationary. "You've gotten to know a lot about James Earl Reed," she said. "Now it's time ...