He said, 'I thought you were a member' — meaning, a member of the black race," Beaumont adds with a laugh. The Skyliners in their heyday. Beaumont is at top right.

Skyliners members range in age from 14 to 65 and, while the corps features a number of local musicians and performers, some members travel from other states to take part in the organization.

While the Skyliners has about 100 members, no one else was willing to compete for the title. Historically, there’s been a Miss Tall Portland as well, but the club saw no takers for the tiara ...

Jimmy Beaumont thought Friday, Feb. 13, 1959 – Friday the 13th – was going to be a bad day. Turns out it was quite good.That’s the date that the then-teenage Beaumont and the Skyliners ...

The Pittsburgh Rock Legends enshrined five new members – The Skyliners, Billy Price, Joe Grushecky, radio deejay Sean McDowell and promoter Pat DiCesare – and while their introductions, by ...

The lead singer of the doo-wop group the Skyliners, who co-wrote the iconic ballad "Since I Don't Have You," has died. Jimmy Beaumont was 76.Beaumont's family says he died in his sleep Saturday at ...