The Crew Cuts

The Crew-Cuts (sometimes spelled Crew Cuts or Crewcuts) were a Canadian vocal and doowop quartet, that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States and worldwide. They were most famous for their recording of the Chords' hit record "Sh-Boom".The Crewcuts along with the Four Lads and the Diamonds were inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame in 1984.They all had been members of the St. Michael's Choir School in Toronto, which also spawned another famous quartet, the Four Lads. Maugeri, John Perkins, and two others (Bernard Toorish and Connie Codarini) who later were among the Four Lads first formed a group called the Jordonaires (not to be confused with a similarly named group, the Jordanaires, that was known for singing backup vocals on Elvis Presley's hits) and also the Otnorots ("Toronto" spelled backwards), but they split from the group to finish high school. When the Four Lads returned to Toronto for a homecoming concert, John Perkins and Maugeri ran into each other and decided that they could themselves have a musical future. They joined with Barrett and Ray Perkins in March 1952. The group was originally called the Four Tones.A Toronto disk jockey, Barry Nesbitt, put them on his weekly teen show, whose audience gave the group a new name, the Canadaires. All four of the members were at the time working at jobs with the Ontario government, but quit to sing full-time. They worked clubs in the Niagara Falls area, but saved up their money and drove to New York City, so they could appear on Arthur Godfrey's television and radio program, Talent Scouts, where they came in second to a comedian. While they did get a record with Thrillwood Records and recorded a song titled "Chip, Chip Sing A Song Little Sparrow", this led to no improvement in their fortune, however, and they continued playing minor night clubs.In March 1953, they returned to Toronto and appeared as an opening act for Gisele MacKenzie at the Casino Theatre. She was impressed with them and commented favorably to her record label, but could not remember the group's name.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.