The Monotones

The Monotones. Soundtrack: Stand by Me. The 1950s R&B group The Monotones was formed in 1955 by a group of friends living in the Baxter Terrace housing project in Newark, NJ. The original group consisted of Warren Ryanes, John Ryanes, Charles Patrick, Warren Davis, George Malone, Frankie Smith and Charles Patrick's brother James, who left the group shortly after it formed. They began singing together in the local New Hope...