The Four Lads, in a '50s nostalgia concert which aired on PBS.

The Four Lads were a singing group. They grew up together in Toronto, Ontario, and were members of St. Michael's Cathedral Choir School, where they learned to sing. The founding members were Corrado "Connie" Codarini, bass; John Bernard "Bernie" Toorish (born March 2, 1931), lead; James F. "Jimmy" Arnold, (January 4, 1932-June 15, 2004) first tenor; and Frank Busseri, baritone and group manager. Codarini and Toorish had formed a group with two other St. Michael's students, Rudi Maugeri and John Perkins, who were later to become founding members of another group, The Crew-Cuts. The group was known variously as The Otnorots (a name taken from the name "Toronto" spelled backwards) and The Jordonaires (not to be confused with a similarly named group, The Jordanaires, that was known for singing background vocals on Elvis Presley's hits). When Maugeri and Perkins left the group to concentrate on their schoolwork, Codarini and Toorish joined with Arnold and Busseri in a new quartet. At home, they practiced until they achieved their clean-cut harmonies, whether for spirituals, sacred music, or pop. They originally called themselves The Four Dukes but found out that a Detroit group already used that name, so changed to The Four Lads. In 1950 they began to sing in local clubs and soon were noticed by scouts. Recruited to go to New York, they were noticed by Mitch Miller, who asked them to do backup for some of the artists he recorded. One unknown artist Johnnie Ray, became a major hit with "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud that Cried" with the Four Lads behind him. This made them well known. Image File history File links Thefourlads. ... Image File history File links Thefourlads. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... A basso (or bass) is a male singer who sings in the lowest vocal range of the human voice. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is an article on the voice type. ... The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States of America. ... The Jordanaires are an American singing group formed in 1948 in Springfield, Missouri. ... Elvis Presley Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock n Roll (sometimes shortened to The King) was an American singer and actor. ... See: Spirituality Spiritual music Spiritual dance The Age of Spiritual Machines Spiritual possession This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... City nickname: The Motor City, Motown Location Location in Wayne County, Michigan Government Country State County United States   Michigan    Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (Dem) Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 142. ... See also: 1949 in music, other events of 1950, 1951 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Malcolm Sargent becomes chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Mitch Miller (born July 4, 1911) is remembered as one of the best-selling recording artists of the 1950s and early 60s. ... John Alvin Johnnie Ray (January 10, 1927 - February 24, 1990) was one of the most popular American singers of his day. ...

In 1953 they made their own first gold record, "Istanbul", which launched them to stardom and kept them busy throughout the 50s and 60s in the USA and Canada. Today, a reconsituted group, with original singer Frank Busseri, sings to the nostalgia crowds. See also: 1952 in music, other events of 1953, 1954 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Arthur Bliss replaces Arnold Bax as Master of the Queens Musick. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the the baby boom from returning GIs who... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

Their most famous hit was "Moments to Remember" in 1955, and their next best known was "Standin' on the Corner" in 1956. A gospel album with Frankie Laine took them back to their roots and produced the hit single "Rain, Rain, Rain." See also: 1954 in music, other events of 1955, 1956 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called Operation TNT. The label drops the list price on LPs from $5. ... See also: 1955 in music, other events of 1956, 1957 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Cameo-Parkway Records formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe. ... Frankie Laine on the cover of The Mercury Years collection. ...

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Gold records

• "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" (recorded August 12, 1953)
• "Moments to Remember" (recorded June 21, 1955)
• "No, Not Much" (recorded November 16, 1955)
• "Standin' on the Corner" (recorded March 1, 1956)
• "Who Needs You?" (recorded October 18, 1956)

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Other records

• "A House With Love In It" (recorded July 17, 1956)
• "Down By The Riverside" (recorded January 30, 1953)
• "Enchanted Island" (recorded February 16, 1958)
• "Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea" (recorded February 27, 1954)
• "Happy Anniversary" (recorded September 23, 1959)
• "I Just Don't Know" (recorded April 4, 1957)
• "I'll Never Know" (1956)
• "My Little Angel" (recorded February 29, 1956) (flip side of "Standin' on the Corner")
• "Put A Light In The Window" (recorded October 27, 1957)
• "Skokiaan" (recorded August 4, 1954)
• "The Bus Stop Song" ("Paper of Pins") (recorded July 17, 1956)
• "The Fountain Of Youth" (1959)
• "The Girl On Page 44" (recorded November, 1958)
• "The Mocking Bird" (recorded April 16, 1952)
• "There's Only One Of You" (recorded February 16, 1958)

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External links

• The Four Lads home page
• Vocal Group Hall of Fame page on The Four Lads
• VH1.com page on The Four Lads
• Jam! page on The Four Lads
• Moments To Remember : The Four Lads
• Biography from the Jakewood (Ohio) Sun-Post
• Canadian Encyclopedia article on The Four Lads