- The String-A-Longs
The String-A-Longs were an
instrumental group fromPlainview ,Texas , produced byNorman Petty onWarwick Records . They consisted of Richard Stevens,lead guitar ,Keith McCormack and Jimmy Torres,rhythm guitar s, Aubrey de Cordova,bass guitar and Don Allen,drum s.Their biggest
hit single was "Wheels" in 1961, which was revived later the same year by theJoe Loss Orchestra as "Wheels Cha Cha". The tune peaked at #3 on theBillboard Hot 100 and was the number 8 single of 1961 according to "Billboard ". [cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1961|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1961|accessdate=2008-06-20] "Wheels" was followed by "Brass Buttons" (U.S. #35), "Should I", "Replica" and others.References
Joel Whitburn , "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits". 7th edn, 2000External links
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0pfrxqe5ldfe~T1 All Music Guide]
*http://www.euronet.nl/users/wvbrecht/string.htm
*http://www.superoldies.com/pettystudios/stringalongs.html
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