Baby Huey and the Baby Sitters

Baby Huey and the Vets in Chicago, 1963. From left: Pete Foster, Dale Harper, James Ramey (Baby Huey), Melvyn Jones and Butch Whited. Baby Huey and the Baby Sitters are a famous Chicago band, but their roots are in Richmond, Indiana, where they formed in high school as Baby Huey and the Vets in 1962. The members attended Richmond High School, most of them graduating in 1964. Earliest gig notice I can find for Baby Huey and the Vets in Richmond, Indiana, November 23, 19621962 November 23 – National Guard Armory, Richmond December 8 – Richmond High School “Mistletoe Mash” at Civic Hall December 29 – teen holiday dance at the Conservation Park lodge December 31 – American Legion hall, 400 North Eighth St. 1963 May 17 – Hagerstown, IN prom, followed by “appearances on the Northwestern university campus at Chicago, Ill., immediately after playing for the prom at Hagerstown.” June 13 – Senior’s all-night party at the YWCA: “Beginning at 4 a.m. Baby Huey and the Vets, a high school…