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After 49 years of service, the VS-22s, also known as the Checkmates, checked out of the Navy.
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But Mr. Miller has been recording a side project with the newest member of his band, the soul singer Sonny Charles, formerly of the Checkmates.
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His first project was "Black Pearl," a Top 20 hit for Sonny Charles and the Checkmates.
Legend with a Bullet Anson, Robert Sam 2003
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The mood was a little less cozy on a recent Friday night at Checkmates, a swingers 'club on East 56th Street.
Naked Ambition 2002
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The mood was a little less cozy on a recent Friday night at Checkmates, a swingers 'club on East 56th Street.
Naked Ambition 2002
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In the beginning Ike hated the Creedence Clearwater Revival song, but then he heard the version by the Checkmates and took notice.
I Tina Turner, Tina 1952
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They were quickly followed by Handy Man by Jimmy Jones, on MGM (yellow), and Slow Boat to China by Emile Ford and the Checkmates - Pye (maroon).
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After five months at he requested conversion to active duty and was transferred to the Checkmates of VF-211 in San Diego where he served as a F-14A plane captain, trouble shooter and airframes technician.
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Smirnoff knew Wiley before he was a member of The Checkmates.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Carabello and Checkmates singer Sonny Charles (now a member of the Steve Miller Band) fortify the performances, and longtime Miller fans will also soak in some of the last recordings by the late harmonica ace Norton Buffalo.
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