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Some of their hits were included in the anthology Solid Gold Rock 'n' Roll (2-Mer 61371/2). Before disbanding in 1964 the Crew-Cuts also made nine LPs for Mercury and Victor. Their biggest hit, a version of the Chords' 'Sh-Boom,' was listed by Cashbox as the fifth most popular single of 1954. Sh-Boom (Rerecorded) Sweet Memories: 16 Hits from the Fifties 2002. Sh-Boom (Rerecorded) The 50's - A Decade to Remember: At the Hop 2002. Earth Angel (Rerecorded) Doo Wop Love 2004. Although the original Chords version still became one of the first Top Ten rock & roll hits, the Crew Cuts cover outsold it by a wide margin, finding a far easier entrance into established radio formats and mainstream white. One of the first white groups to record rock and roll versions of black rhythm-and-blues hits, they had some success with such singles as 'Crazy 'Bout You Baby' (1954), 'Don't Be Angry' (1955), and 'Earth Angel' (1955). Sh-Boom (Rerecorded) Back to the 50's - 16 Great Hits that Shaped a Decade 2002. Sh-Boom chords Hello dee ling dang Dah lang dah lang gah lang Boom bah loh Bah loom ba loo bah beh Oh life could be a dream If I could take you up in. When the Crew Cuts got a hold of 'Sh-Boom,' they gave the song a far more standard, whiter pop treatment than the Chords had, complete with big-band type orchestration.
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Discovered in 1954 by Mercury Records while appearing as The Canadaires in Cleveland, the group became the Crew-Cuts, adopting the then-popular hair style of that name. The tenors Pat Barrett and Johnnie Perkins, the baritone and arranger Rudy Maugeri, and the bass Ray Perkins, all students of Mgr John Ronan at St Michael's Cathedral Choir School in Toronto, sang together as the Four Tones first in 1952, performing in Toronto church variety shows and on radio station CKFH.