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Brian "Frosty" Forst (guest vocal)
Harry Walker (lead vocals)
Freddy Carotenuto (saxophone)
Tab Shori (guitar)
Bill Papuc (bass)
Red Lewis (drums)
Larry Krashin (drums; replaced Lewis)

The Hi-Fives were a Vancouver blues band signed to London Records and released "Mean Old Woman" b/w "Cold Wind" in Canada and managed to hit #7 in Los Angeles after being released by Era Records in the US.

But with no follow up release, they were approached by Vancouver radio station CFUN on-air personality Frosty Forst who had an idea for a novelty song called "Fujikami The Warrior" written with fellow CFUN DJ Andy Laughland.

The band agreed to back Forst's grunts, shrieks and howls on the novelty record as a means to gain exposure. The single was released on HITT Records which charted on CFUN December 9, 1961.

The Hi-Fives were together six years and, in that time, won several 'Battles of the Bands' in Vancouver including playing to capacity crowds in Vancouver night clubs like the Blues Palace where they opened forth Ike and Tina Turner.




Singles
1961 Mean Old Woman/Cold Wind (London) M-17200
1961 Fujikami The Warrior/Mo-Shun (HITT) 45-0003

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Compilation Tracks
1985"Fujikami The Warrior" and "Mean Old Woman" on 'History Of Vancouver Rock, Volume 1' (VRCA) VRCA-003