Crew-Cuts

Line-Up:
Rudi Maugeri / Pat Barrett / Roy Perkins / Johnny Perkins - all from Toronto/Canada

Started singing in the same school choir in Toronto +++ Formed group The Canadaires in 1952 +++ Changed their name and signed with MERCURY records in 1954 +++ Reached no. 1 on the US charts with their second release on MERCURY, "Sh-Boom" a cover of an earlier Chords hit in Los Angeles +++ They scored again in 1955 with another cover, "Earth Angel", originally a hit for the Penguins in 1954 +++ Group split up in 1963 +++ Cover version pioneers of the early Rock'n'Roll era +++