The Four-Evers

Brooklyn doo wop outfit the Four-Evers remain best known for their 1964 hit "Be My Girl," a record boasting such ebullient harmonies that many believed it featured the Four Seasons under an alias. Co-founders Steve Tudanger and John Cipriani first teamed as middle schoolers, forming Marty & the Joltineers with classmate Marty Joltin in 1957. After adding Sal Ruggiero, the group renamed itself the Vocal Lords and cut "At Seventeen" for the tiny Argo label. In 1960 Tudanger and Cipriani teamed with Nick Zagami and Joe DiBenedetto of rival Brooklyn quartet the Paladins to create ...