One of America’s First Child Music Groups: The Zamelkani Trio/Corey Trio
One of America’s First Child Music Groups: The Zamelkani Trio/Corey Trio Richard, Robert, & George Zamelkani performed as the Zamelkani Trio. They later became the Corey Trio. Caravan 21 September 1961. Courtesy of Newspapers.com We have highlighted the lives, music, and careers of numerous Arab American music pioneers but few fit in the category of the musicians featured in this blog post. As someone who attempted to gather a group of my own friends aged 10 and under into a band when I was six or seven, after I received a partial drum set from my parents as a Christmas gift, I was riveted to come across the Zamelkani Trio . The group of Arab American children stood as trailblazers on the American music scene. For one, when they started performing in May 1955, the three bothers George, Robert, and Richard Zamelkani were 7, 4, and 2 1/2. Their ages made them one of the youngest singing groups in any language in the United States. To be sure, Frankie Lymon, of Fra...