The Four Preps are an American popular music male quartet. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the group amassed eight gold singles and three gold albums.[citation...
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Ed Cobb (category Deaths from leukemia in the United States)
begun doing by the Four Preps' breakup. He worked with such acts as the Standells, the Lettermen, Ketty Lester, the Chocolate Watch Band, the Piltdown Men...
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but first sung in January 1967 by the Four Preps. The Four Preps' recording was not a hit, but, later in 1967, the Everly Brothers and Wayne Newton would...
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written by Bruce Belland and Glen A. Larson, and released by The Four Preps in 1958. The song reached No. 5 on Billboard's Top 100 Sides chart, while...
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and the Four Preps. The film is about a teenager's initiation into the California surf culture and her romance with a young surfer. The film was the first...
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Glen A. Larson (category The Interviews name ID same as Wikidata)
industry in 1956 as a member of the vocal group The Four Preps, with whom he appeared in one of the Gidget films. The Four Preps ultimately produced three gold...
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26 Miles (Santa Catalina) (category The Four Preps songs)
song by the 1950s and 1960s pop band The Four Preps. The band's biggest hit, it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, number six on the Billboard...
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(daughters of The Four Preps singer Bruce Belland). They teamed with British musicians Mike Jones, Martin Brett, and Daniel Woodgate, the latter was a...
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Cobb, formerly of American group the Four Preps, which was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964. In 1981, the song attained worldwide fame after...
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Ricky Nelson (redirect from The Stone Canyon Band)
episode "Ricky, the Drummer". About the same time, he made an unpaid public appearance, singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky" with The Four Preps at a Hamilton...
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Dave Somerville (category Canadian expatriates in the United States)
1967, Dave joined The Four Preps as a replacement for Ed Cobb, the original bass singer. In 1969, he and Bruce Belland, the Four Preps's original lead singer...
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Catalina Island to see the Four Freshmen." The Four Freshmen are also credited with influencing The Lettermen, The Four Preps and The Manhattan Transfer,...
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"The Land of Milk and Honey" by The Vogues. They also wrote "Love of the Common People", first recorded by The Four Preps in an arrangement by Leon Russell...
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included the Shirelles, the Diamonds, Patti LaBelle, the Four Preps, the Box Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Georgie Fame and the True Blues, The Crew-Cuts...
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My Special Angel (category The Vogues songs)
Listening chart, where it spent two weeks at number one in October 1968. The Four Preps on their album How To Succeed in Love (If You’re Really Trying) (1958)...
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while four were strictly co-ed. Below is a breakdown of the sports covered. Every year MaxPreps awards an American high school the MaxPreps Cup, signifying...
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The Four Pennies The Four Preps The Four Seasons The Four Tops The Fourmost Frank Ifield Frank Sinatra Frank Zappa Frankie Avalon Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers...
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Want to Hold Your Hand". "The Four Preps | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-04-14. "Capitol Halts Preps' Beatles" Billboard April...
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record producers and songwriters Ed Cobb and Lincoln Mayorga of The Four Preps and The Piltdown Men, who won her a contract with Era Records in Los Angeles...
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British Invasion (redirect from The British Invasion)
1964) and the Patty Cakes' "I Understand Them", subtitled "A Love Song to the Beatles". Disapproving of the pandemonium were US group the Four Preps' "A Letter...
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Soft Cell (redirect from The Night (Soft Cell song))
Gloria Jones (the girlfriend of Marc Bolan at the time of his death) and written by Ed Cobb of the Four Preps. Released in 1981, Soft Cell's "Tainted Love"...
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1950s (redirect from The Fifties)
Aces The Four Buddies The Four Freshmen The Four Knights The Four Lads The Four Lovers The Four Preps The Four Seasons The Four Tunes The Gaylords The G-Clefs...
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Bing's son, performing with the Four Preps. It also featured an appearance by a "mystery guest", comedian Bob Hope. The show was directed by Seymour...
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1960, the Barron Knights took inspiration from American group the Four Preps, known for their comedic and parody songs. Duke D'Mond described the Four Preps...
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trouble getting an erection. The Four Preps parodied the song in "More Money for You and Me". A cover of the song appears in the video game Rayman Raving...
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saxophones. They were the brainchild of Ed Cobb and pianist Lincoln Mayorga of the Four Preps, and their records were issued on the Capitol label. Their...
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Santa Catalina, Uruguay "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)", a 1958 song by The Four Preps SS Santa Catalina Santa Catarina (disambiguation) St. Catherine (disambiguation)...
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and the Belmonts were next with eight appearances each; Johnny Maestro (both solo and as a member of The Crests), Annette Funicello, The Four Preps, Freddy...
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Prep for Prep is a leadership development and gifted education program dedicated to expanding educational access to students of color. The organization's...
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List of 1950s musical artists (redirect from List of musicians of the 1950s)
The Four Knights The Four Lads The Four Lovers The Four Preps The Four Tops The Four Tunes The Gaylords The G-Clefs The Golden Gate Quartet The Harptones...
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