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The Lettermen are an American pop music vocal group. The Lettermen’s trademark is close-harmony pop songs with light arrangements. They were popular mainly with adult audiences during the 1960s.
The group was formed in late 1950s by Mike Barnett, Dick Stewart and Tony Butala. They auditioned for Jackie Barnett, chief comedy writer for the Jimmy Durante TV show. They landed the part to impersonate The Rhythm Boys, the vocal group that traveled with Paul Whiteman and his orchestra in the late 1920s, and gave Bing Crosby his initial fame. The “Newcomers of 1928” review opened on 28 February 1958 at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, Nevada. This review also starred Paul Whiteman, Buster Keaton, Rudy VallĂ©e, Harry Richmond and Fifi D’Orsay. They played to sell-out audiences and were held over for many weeks. This review also played a six week review at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, with Butala being the only consistent Letterman. Barnett and Russell were replaced by Gary Clarke and Jerry Paul. When the review ended, Butala landed a job as singer/bass player in a lounge group, “Bill Norvas and the Upstarts”, with Gary Clarke. After a few months, Clarke left the group and was replaced by Jim Pike. Pike and Butala decided to leave the Ups...
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Top 10 The Lettermen Songs
When i fall in love
The Way You Look Tonight
Put Your Head On My Shoulder
Theme from "A Summer Place"
Shangri-La
Hurt So Bad
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
I Only Have Eyes For You
It Feels Like Christmas
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Top 10 The Lettermen Albums
All-Time Greatest Hits
All Time Greatest Hits
Capitol Collectors Series
Greatest Movie Hits
Love Songs
The Best of the Lettermen
It Feels Like Christmas
For Christmas This Year
When I Fall In Love
Best of the Lettermen: 36 All-Time Greatest Hits! (disc 2)
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