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Bobby Lester continued to sing lead for his own Moonglows group until he succumbed to complications of cancer in 1980, at the age of 49. He was replaced by Billy McPhatter, son of Clyde McPhatter . Fuqua performed with Bobby Lester's Moonglows at the 1983 Grammy Awards ceremony , and the group toured as Harvey and the Moonglows until 1986.
- 1951–1960, 1964–1968, 1971–1972, 1979–1980,1983-1986, 1990s-2000s
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Sep 21, 2020 · Lester, Bobby [nee Robert L. Dallas] (born: 1930 - died: 1980) Bobby Lester, a tenor singer, was born in Louisville, KY. Lester sang with Harvey Fuqua, playing piano when both were teens in Louisville, KY, first performing in 1949.
the Moonglows, American doo-wop vocal group that was one of the pioneering acts of rock and roll. The principal members were Bobby Lester (b. January 13, 1930, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.—d. October 15, 1980, Louisville), Harvey Fuqua (b. July 27, 1929, Louisville—d.
Sep 9, 2018 · Bobby Lester, the cofounder of the Moonglows, died in 1980 at the age of 49 due to complications from cancer in Louisville, Kentucky. Harvey Fuqua, the other cofounder and the last remaining member of the original group, died on July 6, 2010, at the age of 80 in Detroit, Michigan.
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