Danny & the Juniors

Danny & the Juniors were a white rock and roll and doo-wop band of the late 1950s and early 1960s, which at this time with their pretty innocent songs (as opposed to songs like Charlie Brown by the Coasters or Summertime Blues themed by Eddie Cochran, the youth rebellion ) had a few hits.

The band was founded in 1955 in Philadelphia. Danny Rapp, Frank Maffei Joe Terranova and Dave White visited at this time together a secondary school and decided on a rock and roll dance band together. The band performed initially in the vicinity of their school under the name The Juvenairs. A bit later joined saxophonist Lennie Baker added to the band.

The end of 1957 the Juvenairs were then discovered by a rock and roll promoter named John Madara, the band Artie Singer, songwriter and leader of Singular Records presented. Singer was particularly fond of a song that had composed the White. The title was Do the Bop. Singer wrote the song for something and so then began recording to At the Hop. Leon Huff was the producer who oversaw the recording of the band, which had been renamed The Juniors.

Singer brought the single then to Dick Clark, so that the band on his show American Bandstand could occur. First, no vacancy, but after Little Anthony & the Imperials had unexpectedly made ​​a rejection, Danny & the Juniors were chosen as a replacement. At the Hop he soon fell out as a success. After the singular had sold the single upon commercial difficulties at ABC - Paramount, they have reached the beginning of 1958 # 1 on the pop charts. Just a little later also managed Rock'n'Roll Is Here to Stay in the Top 20, Dottie was at least a top 40 hit.

Danny & the Juniors came in 1960 with Twistin 'USA then one last time in the top 40, 1963 in the pop charts at all. They separated in early 1964. 2003 they were incorporated into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.