The Truetones’ manager was Vivian Mills, and she was instrumental in arranging gigs for group. Through her network, she booked one of their early dates on a program with Count Basie. The Truetones had an impressive performance history, at venues like the Howard Theatre in D.C., the Apollo in New York, and the Uptown in Philadelphia. Following up on the steady success that they had performing, the group then sought to record. The Truetones' membership when they first recorded is still unsettled, but their first commercial recording was "Honey, Honey" backed with "Whirlwind", released on Monument Records in 1958. Jimmy Griffin's Orchestra provided the instrumentation on those songs. Likely the year before, a demo of “Honey, Honey” was recorded by The Capitols, the DC group that Ron Henderson is believed to have been part of initially.
Three years later in 1961, the group – still led by Henderson - recorded for New York City-based Felsted Records based in New York City, releasing the songs "Blushing Bride" and “Singing Waters." In 1966, they recorded "Girls are Sentimental” and "One More Time" for the LSP label. (They also made recordings for Soulville Records in Atlanta and Josie Records in New York City.) Due to insufficient marketing, none of The Truetones' records reached the charts.
Another interesting note about the group is that Ron Henderson named Andrew Lawyer, Gene Williams, Johnny Johnson and Kenny Willis as original Truetones. However, it appears that these vocalists were part of a later configuration of the group alongside Henderson. In the early 1970’s, Gerald Gregory, who was the bass singer for The Spaniels, heard The Truetones in a club on 14th Street and was impressed. As a result, Gregory hired the group and formed a spin-off of The Spaniels that performed for a number of years, capitalizing on the name.