The Mighty Echoes Information

The Mighty Echoes were founded at the Olio Theater in Los Angeles in 1986 at the end of a long running musical by Harvey Shield 1284: The Pied Piper. Shortly thereafter they appeared on Who's the Boss as Tony Danza'a high school group the Dreamtones. This led to subsequent appearances on Murphy Brown, Family Matters, the MTV Superbowl Show, The Suite Life Of Zack and Cody, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia and a featured role as the singing firemen in the Dennis Quaid, Debra Winger film Wilder Napalm. Over the years the Echoes have had the profound pleasure of performing with many greats from the pantheon of Rock and Roll, such as Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry, Richard "Louie Louie" Berry, The Shirelles, Little Anthony, The Coasters, The Penguins, Gene Chandler, The Dixie Cups, The DuPrees, The Crew Cuts, The Chordettes, The Diamonds, Miss Patty Page, The Four Seasons, Tony Orlando, The Moody Blues, Lou Reed and many more. The Echoes, Harvey Shield, Charlie Davis, Jon Rubin and John Lathan consider themselves true brothers in harmony. They feel extremely lucky and blessed to be great friends and to have maintained a family atmosphere all these years. Their true affinity for each other and the authentic Doo Wop style inspire their concerts and recordings in a way that sets The Mighty Echoes apart from the rest of the field. Charlie Davis first heard the sounds of Doo Wop harmony wafting up from the streets of Manhattan while hanging out of his third floor window on a hot summer night. It blew his 8 year old mind. Before becoming a Mighty Echo, Charlie was seen on stages across the nation, and was at various times an award winning producer and director, French fragrance executive, art importer, charter captain, ditch digger, Disco light show operator at Xenon, advance man for the circus, voice of God and Satan, and he was Spiderman. Charlie's unique low voice has become the rock solid "Bass" of the Echoes. Jon Rubin, raised in the raucous Berkeley of the 60s and 70s, left high school to pursue a career as a teen pop star. After scoring several hits with his group, The Rubinoos, Jon appeared on American Bandstand, in many teen mags, and toured the world. The Rubinoos are now considered the elder statesman of Power Pop. His soaring tenor has brought the Echoes wings to lift them to their exalted harmonies.