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"Sh-Boom" ("Life Could Be a Dream") is a doo-wop song by the R&B vocal group the Chords. It was written by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and William Edwards, members of the Chords, and was released in 1954.
The original members of the group were Janet Ertel Bleyer (née Buschmann), Alice Mae Buschmann Spielvogel, Dorothy "Dottie" (Hummitzsch) Schwartz and Jinny Osborn (née Lockard). Originally they sang folk music in the style of The Weavers , but eventually changed to a harmonizing style of the type known as barbershop harmony or close harmony .
Denny Varney and Eugene Johnson are rehearsing for the "Dream of a Lifetime" Talent Search ("Life Could Be a Dream (Sh-Boom)"), hosted by Big Whopper Radio.Denny, a former member of the Crooning Crab Cakes glee club at Springfield High School, grabs the spotlight as Eugene struggles to keep up with him.
That track was "Sh-Boom", which quickly became the more popular side. [3] The record reached the top 10 of the U.S. pop chart, which was then a unique occurrence for an R&B number. [3] The track was covered by The Crew-Cuts, who took the song to the top of the charts, arguably registering the first U.S. rock and roll number one hit record. [2]
They all had been members of the St. Michael's Choir School in Toronto, [3] which also spawned another famous quartet, The Four Lads.Maugeri, John Perkins, and two others (Bernard Toorish and Connie Codarini) who later were among the Four Lads first formed a group called The Jordonaires (not to be confused with a similarly named group, The Jordanaires, that was known for singing backup vocals ...
"Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)" 21 1956 "A Crazy Little Palace (That's My Home)" 49 1957 "The Pied Piper" 50 "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" 3
Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1: The Chordettes "Mr. Sandman" 1954: US: US Billboard 1 – Oct 1954 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 – Nov 1954 (8 weeks), US 1 for 4 weeks – Dec 1954, US CashBox 1 – Oct 1954 (23 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 6 weeks – Jan 1955, Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Apr 1955, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 (1954), Peel list 1 of 1954, US BB 5 of 1954 ...
Jinny Osborn (born Virginia Cole; April 25, 1927 – May 19, 2003) [1] was an American popular music singer. She founded the group the Chordettes with three friends in 1946, which became one of the longest-lasting American vocal groups of the mid-20th century. [2]