The Dallas Boys

The Dallas Boys were among the most popular male singing groups in late '50s England. Indeed, they were a veritable pop culture fixture as regulars on the two most widely watched music showcases on British television, the Six-Five Special and Oh Boy!. Stan Jones, Bob Wragg, Leon Fisk, and Joe Smith had all grown up in Leicester, and had been friends for years -- with Londoner Nicky Clarke rounding out their lineup, they began making a name for themselves locally in the mid-'50s, doing a brand of vocal pop music that was not far from what acts such as the Four Lovers, the Mints...