Recording for Cincinnati's independent King label, which was home to both great country and great blues and RnB acts in the early 1950's, this white vocal group managed to record an uptempo doo-wop track that's convincingly genuine. Of course, the story behind the record is almost as interesting as the recording itself... Originally intended as a hit for Otis Williams & The Charms, King's plans were undercut by the release of a white cover version by the Crew Cuts on Mercury. Naturally, King and its owner Syd Nathan was furious about this development, and they quickly recorded this version by a house vocal group that was actually known as the Ray Allen Trio in an attempt to compete with the Crew Cuts. Didn't really work, though. The Crew Cuts' version is the one that reached the top 10, and neither the Charms nor the Gum Drops versions charted at all. Really quite sad, since both of the King releases beat out the Mercury cover by a country mile.
