The Five Sharps

The Five Sharps were a short-lived vocal group from the Jamaica housing projects in Queens, NY, and are best known today for their "Stormy Weather" (Jubilee), which is today considered one of the most collectible doo wop singles ever released. In 1952, this young quintet -- led by first tenor Bobby Ward -- recorded an original "Sleepy Little Cowboy" and "Stormy Weather," a hit ten years earlier for Lena Horne. The Five Sharps' version was much slower in pace, crudely harmonized and recorded, and had cheap sound effects of clapping thunder. The recording session took most of t...