(Dick Glasser)
Australia
#11 Sydney
B-side on His Master’s Voice April 1961 by nationally popular Sydney vocal group featuring the bass of the ironically nicknamed ‘Pee Wee’ Wilson.
Formed by four members of the Bronte Surf Club near the end of the 50s, The Delltones became a fixture of the Australian rock’n’roll and surf music scene, often on the charts and on national TV pop shows Bandstand and Six O’Clock Rock. Their official site is at delltones.com.
The original line-up, heard on this single, was Noel Widerberg, Warren Lucas, ‘Pee Wee’ Wilson and Brian Perkins. In 1962, after a period of inactivity following the death of lead singer Widerberg in a car accident, The Delltones’ recruited Colin Loughlan from The Crescents.
See also, for example, The Delltones’ hits Come A Little Bit Closer (1963) and Hangin’ Five (1963).
Further reading: 1. Delltones in Ian McFarlane, The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (1999), p. 167. 2. Delltones History at their official site.
(Dick Glasser)
USA
Original version
B-side on Columbia November 1958 by vocal trio Ted, Robert and Jerry Glasser.
The Three G’s were brothers of the composer of Wonder, singer-songwriter-producer-label executive Dick Glasser (aka Dick Lory). Another brother was producer-songwriter Pat Glasser (aka Pat Shannon).
Of nine singles released by The Three G’s 1958-1961, the most successful was with another Dick Glasser composition Let’s Go Steady For The Summer (1958, #55 USA).
A sidelight to Dick Glasser’s varied and distinguished career is that he charted in Australia as Dick Lory with Handsome Guy (1962 #9 Sydney, #26 Australia), written by James Marcus Smith before he became P.J. Proby.
Further reading: 1. The brief Discogs.com page on Dick Glasser is a good starting point. 2. The Dick Glasser post at From the Vaults is more detailed and well illustrated.
Thanks to Tony Watson.
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