"To Know Him Is To Love Him" by The Teddy Bears entered the Billboard Hot 100 
at #88. Lead singer Annette Kleinbard was backed by Phil Spector on guitar, and
Marshall Leib on bass with a last minute addition of Sandy Nelson on drums.The
recording session reportedly lasted only 20 minutes at a cost of just $75.The song reached #1 in early December and sold over 1.4 million copies. Phil Spector wrote
“To Know Him Is To Love Him”, inspired by words on his father’s tombstone.

Phil Spector

Deborah "Debby" Anne Boone is a singer and stage actress who is best known
for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Live”, which spent a record ten weeks at the
top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She won a Grammy Award the following year
for Best New Artist. Debby’s career focused on the country music scene resulting
in the number one country hit, “Are You on the Road to Lovin’ Me again”. In the
1980s, she began recording Christian music which resulted in four Top 10
Contemporary Christian albums along with two Grammys. Debby Boone is
the third of four daughters born to singer-actor Pat and Shirley Boone,
daughter of country music star Red Foley.

 
Debby Boone with her father Pat Boone

“Blue Velvet” held the top spot for three weeks and also spent
eight weeks atop the Middle-of-the-Road charts.

Bobby Vinton today

“Sleep Walk” climbed to the number-one position for two weeks in September of 
1959 (the 21st and the 28th) and remained in the Top 40 until November 9. It 
also reached number four on the R&B chart. The song earned Santo & Johnny 
a gold record.

Santo Farina has retired from active performing, while his
brother Johnny (above) has kept the magical steel guitar
sound alive performing as a solo artist.

“Sugar, Sugar",written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, was recorded by fictional
characters The Archies, spent four-weeks at number one. It was originally
released on the album Everything’s Archie, the result of a group of studio
musicians managed by Don Kirshner with lead vocals by Ron Dante
accompanied by Toni Wine and Andy Kim. The use of multitracking
created the voices of the Archies.

Don Krishner

Toni Wine

Andy Kim