But the Ames Brothers - Ed, Joe, Gene and Vic - had a unique tone: they were basses and baritones, not tenors. He also was the center of a bit on “The Tonight Show” that - thanks to his painfully uncanny aim with a hatchet - became one of the show's most memorable surprise moments.Īmes had guest roles in TV series such as “Murder, She Wrote” and “In the Heat of the Night,” and toured frequently in musicals, performing such popular songs as “Try to Remember” and the song that became his biggest hit single, “My Cup Runneth Over.”Īs part of the 1950s music scene, he and his brothers were one of numerous pop quartets that included the Four Aces, Four Lads, Gaylords, Hilltoppers, Lancers, Four Knights, Ink Spots and, still around from a previous era, the Mills Brothers. On television, Ames was likely best known for his role as Mingo, the Oxford-educated Native American in the 1960s adventure series “Daniel Boone” that starred Fess Parker as the famous frontiersman.
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