The Heartbeats were a 1950s American

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 doo-wop

Doo-wop

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 group best known for their song "A Thousand Miles Away

A Thousand Miles Away

"A Thousand Miles Away" is a 1957 song recorded by the American doo-wop group The Heartbeats. The song went to #5 on the R&B Singles chart and reached #52 in the US on The Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by James Sheppard and William H. Miller. Sheppard wrote the song after his...

", which charted

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 at #53 in the US

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 Billboard

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listings in 1957.

The Heartbeats were formed in the mid 1950s in Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica, Queens

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. Originally called "The Hearts", they switched in 1955 when a female group by the same name scored a minor Billboard hit. They were signed shortly after James "Shep" Sheppard joined the group, and were shuffled between various production companies over the next few years. The group split up in 1959, and Sheppard later went on to start Shep and the Limelites

Shep and the Limelites

Shep & The Limelites was an American doo-wop group of the early 1960s. They are best known for their 1961 hit recording, "Daddy's Home".-Career:...

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Singles

• "A Thousand Miles Away
  A Thousand Miles Away
  "A Thousand Miles Away" is a 1957 song recorded by the American doo-wop group The Heartbeats. The song went to #5 on the R&B Singles chart and reached #52 in the US on The Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by James Sheppard and William H. Miller. Sheppard wrote the song after his...
  
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• "Crazy For You"
• "I Won't Be the Fool Anymore"
• "500 Miles to Go"
• "After New Year's Eve"
• "Down on My Knees"
• "Your Way"
• "People Are Talking"
• "One Million Years"
• "Darling, How Long?"
• "A Heart Is A House Of Love"