Beginning with their first TOP TEN hit, "Tears On My Pillow,"  in 1958, the group of five young men enjoyed an impressive string of chart-toppers, including "Going Out Of My Head," "On The Outside Looking In," and "Hurt So Bad."  Appearances on "The Tonight Show" "American Bandstand," "Hullabalu," and "Soul Train," furthered the group's popularity.

   There were personnel changes over the years.   Bobby Wade and Harold Jenkins joined the group in 1968.  Lead singer Little Anthony departed in 1975 to embark on a solo career.  The trio of Collins, Jenkins and Wade continued to perform and record as the Imperials.  Clarence Collins, one of the original five members left the group in 1988.  He was replaced by Sherman James, and the trio became "Bobby Wade's Imperials", performing regularly on the Las Vegas Strip and making Las Vegas their home.  Through it all, the group continued to be an attraction on the concert and club circuit.

   With the regrouping of the Imperials by Little Anthony in 1992 (Wade and Jenkins declined, preferring to remain as a trio), and the formation of a group by Clarence Collins under the Imperials name, the trio of Wade, Jenkins, and recruiting Ron Stevenson to replace Sherman James, Wade relinquished the Imperials name.

   In 1993 the group became "Bobby Wade's Emperors" and with a strong backup band they still deliver the hits that made the Imperials famous.  With their great audience rapport and their theme of songs that people remember, "Bobby Wade's Emperors" continue to deliver a first class high energy show.