Indeed, Romeo Taylor had a varied business & personal life. In 1958 OHIO there was a YMCA free teens club dance contest.Couples leaving the floor when the period within which their birthday was called, leaving just one couple on the floor. Romeo Taylor for the boys and Gloria Jones for the girls.
During 1969 to 1970 Romeo was also connected by at least 4 shared addresses (albeit temporary) in Los Angeles to John Rhodes, Muriel & William Earl Brown, and Charles R. Green. The later of which was from OHIO and served in the Soutwest Pacific during WW2. All 4 had been exec's in a firm called Southwest Enterrises in L.A. and had shared addresess with Romeo. Muriel M. Brown 'was (had been) in the business' as a director, stager,writer of theatre productions.
As for Marteniques band members.....Donald Revels was a member, and was definitely known to Andy Alonzo because they both got together with Nick Marinelli & Stuart Avig to 'reform' what became a later line-up of Shades of Blue for a valentines concert in 2005.
Tootsie Rollers- 10 Pin bowling teams, candy bars from N.J ( at least Tootsie Roll), clowns, etc...but no sight of a group. (suspect Romeo himself invloved, T.R R.T)