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One of the most influential pop music duos consisted of brothers Don and Phil Everly. The Everly Brothers were raised in a musical family and are members of both The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Cadence and Warner

Tommy James and the Shondells (Eddie Gray, Ron Rosman, Mike Vale and Peter Lucia) "I Think We're Alone Now" (Ritchie Cordell) peaked at number four in 1967. The Tommy James book "Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride" is a most interesting read.

The mid fifties was the era of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, and Empire Records saw a way of cashing in by emphasizing the youth of the singers especially their group The Preludes. They became The Youngsters (Charles Everidge, Herman Pruitt, Robert