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The Royal Teens were an American rock and roll band that formed in New Jersey in 1956 and originally consisted of Bob Gaudio on piano, Tom Austin on drums, Billy Dalton on guitar, and Billy Crandall on saxophone. [1] The group is best known for its single "Short Shorts", which was a number 3 hit in the United States in 1958. [2]
"Short Shorts" is a song written and performed by Tom Austin, Bill Crandell, Bill Dalton, and Bob Gaudio, members of The Royal Teens. It reached #2 on the U.S. R&B chart and #3 on the U.S. pop chart in 1958. [1] The group originally released the track on the small New York label Power Records in 1957.
The Royal Teens: 36 "Great Balls of Fire" Jerry Lee Lewis: 37 "Lollipop" The Chordettes: 38 "Splish Splash" Bobby Darin: 39 "Who's Sorry Now?" Connie Francis: 40 "My True Love" / "Leroy" Jack Scott: 41 "Endless Sleep" Jody Reynolds: 42 "Do You Want to Dance?" Bobby Freeman: 43 "When" The Kalin Twins: 44 "To Know Him Is to Love Him" The Teddy ...
May 1957 “Young Blood” The Coasters 8 May 1957 "Short Shorts" The Royal Teens: 3 February 1958 [32] "Witch Doctor" David Seville: 1 April 1958 [33] "Splish Splash" Bobby Darin: 2 May 1958 [34] "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley (sax solo by Plas Johnson) [35] 1 June 1958 [36] "Yakety Yak" The Coasters (sax solo by King Curtis) 1 June ...
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1958 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1958. [1] Due to the extent of cross-over between the R&B and pop charts in 1958, the song's rank, if any, in the year-end pop chart is also provided.
And it resulted in one of our favorite photos of the royal -- ever. Prince William, then 21, had just made cut as one of a 13-man group that was set to play in the Wales and Ireland Celtic challenge.
Born in Newark in 1930 [1] and raised in Belleville, New Jersey, Crewe demonstrated an early and apparent gift for both art and music. [citation needed] Although lacking in formal musical training, he gravitated to learning from many of the great 19th- and 20th-century classical romantic composers as well as giants of jazz and swing, including Stan Kenton, Harry James, Duke Ellington, Benny ...
The royal teen has rarely been in the spotlight, but we do know that she's the youngest granddaughter of the late Queen Elizabeth and 16th in line to the British throne. Still, we're curious to ...