Biography

Though "She Cried" is remembered by most as their first recording in 1962, their first single was "Tonight" from the film West Side Story (1961), which received some airplay on New York City radio. Their version eventually lost out to Art Ferrante and Lou Teicher's piano/choral version recorded on the same label (United Artists).

Members have included Sandy Yagoda, John Traynor, Howie Kirschenbaum, Kenny Vance, Marty Coopersmith, Jay Black.

John Traynor was the original lead singer for their breakthrough hit, the classic ballad "She Cried" (1962) and the not-as-successful follow-up, "My Turn To Cry" (1962). By 1963 Jay Black became the lead singer, and these charted hits followed: "Only In America" (1963), "Come A Little Bit Closer" (1964), "Let's Lock The Door" i1965), "Cara Mia" (1965), "Some Enchanted Evening" (1966), "Crying" (1968)--a 1961 hit for Roy Orbison and revived again in 1980 by Don McLean--"Sunday and Me", "Walking In The Rain" (1969) (a remake of the 1964 song by The Ronettes) and "This Magic Moment' (1969), a 1960 hit for The Drifters. These songs are still in request today, wherever the group perform.

On February 11, 1964, in Washington, DC, they were the opening act on the first stop of The Beatles' first US tour.