8+1=9 Grew uup in Bergenfield, still have the 45 of short shorts and a tape of Open the door by the royal teens. I left BHS 62 joined the navy Still have great memories of the group.
Short Shorts is the ultimate 50's rock song. Assume the group still performs?
Ed
In July, 1963 Billboard wrote these: "Englewood Cliffs is the home town of a new disk firm, Sylese Records. First sides are by the Three Pals, former members of the Royal Teens."
This is the only information I have found on the subject of The Three Pals. I have not been able to find any info on Sylese Records either.
Who were these former members of the Royal Teens?
Were their 45 ever released and did they have more releases.
Would you please confirm who played the tenor sax on the original recording of "Short Shorts". Was it BILLY CRANDELL or Larry Qualiano. I know that your history indicates Billy and some websites refer to Larry. Thanks!
Great group. I grew up in the area and remember seeing Billy Crandall around. Why is he not listed as an original member of the Royal Teens? He recorded their first and biggest hit.
I'm the girl who sang Shorts Shorts and Big Name Button with the Royal Teens. I toured with the group, did the American Bandstand shows, The Dick Clark Show at the Little Theatre in NYC, made the movie Let's Rock from which the video on You Tube was copied...but no mention of me on your "history" page. It's my voice and my likeness over 50 years later that's still seen. I started singing with them in late 1957, as we all were in Leo Rodgers "stable" of teenage rock 'n' roll hopefuls...and we were working on a song I wrote
called "L-O-V-E Love" I have the 45 with the Royal Teens as the backup band on the record. Then the idea for "Short Shorts" came up and was released. It became popular very fast and I forgot about my career and my songs and joined the Royal Teens and toured througout Florida, and the mid west for many weeks, did appearances on local radio shows etc. I left the group after we recorded "Big Name Button"4. I was in touch with Bobby before he died, and I'm still in touch with Tom Austin the drummer. We appeared at a block party in New Jersey in 1957 before the group took off in early 1958.
It is with great sadness that I have just learned of the passing of Bill Dalton. Bill and I had a friendship from the mid fifties in Fort Lee ,thru the years. Unable to reach him, I guess I feared the worst. I am blessed to have many of his tapes, which I will treasure. Bill was a great guy, who will be sadly missed by all who knew him. My condolences to all his family.
Hi, I'm from Dumont, NJ and a really big fan! I went to my prom with Barry Christianson, a drummer in 1966. He always said he was a friend of the bands...who knows.
Anyway, thanks for the great tunes.
Cindy
I grew up in Bergenfield, NJ and was photo guy for the Bee Hive, the HS paper. We had a sock hop, and featured the Royal Teens. In 7th grade Bob Gaudio was the buzz word of sucess. He was then in 10th or 11th grade when we heard he left BHS. I recall doing photo shoots at the gym. Bob Gaudio I think drove a 1950 olds? I was too young to drive and now I'm 70. Super memories.
