The Drifters first single featuring Charlie Thomas on lead vocal, "Sweets
for My Sweet" reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 10 on the
R&B chart, in October 1961. This was one of the few post-1958 Drifters
singles that did not feature a string section. It also featured Jimmy Radcliffe
and four female backup vocalists, all of whom would later have hit records,
Cissy Houston, Doris Troy, Dionne Warwick, and Dee Dee Warwick. The
recording also features an up in front piano provided by the song’s co-writer,
Mort Shuman. (From Wikipedia)

Buddy Holly and The Cricketts

The song "Peggy Sue" went to number three on the Billboard Top 100 chart in
1957. It is ranked number 194 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2004 list of the
"500 Greatest Songs of All Time". It is also ranked as the 106th greatest song
of all time and the third best song of 1957 by Acclaimed Music. “Peggy Sue”
was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The Rock and Roll Hall
of  Fame and Museum included the song on its list of the "Songs That Shaped
Rock and Roll”.   

Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)

The song “Twist and Shout” was the trio’s first record to
reach a Top 20 position in the Billboard Hot 100 singles
chart. The recording peaked at No. 17 on the pop top
40 charts, and No. 2 on the R&B charts.

Capitol Records, who were looking for a young singer to rival Elvis Presley,
invited Gene Vincent to record the song “Be-Bop-A-Lula” at Owen Bradley‘s
studio in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released in June 1956 and immediately
sold well. The song was successful on three singles charts: it peaked at #7
on the Billboard pop music chart, #8 on the R&B chart, and also made the
top ten on the C&W Best Seller chart peaking at #5. In April 1957, Capitol
announced that over 2 million copies of the record had been sold to date.

Gene Vincent with His Blue Caps.

Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock)
(February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971)

The song "A Teenager’s Romance" is a song written by David Gillam and
performed by Ricky Nelson. It reached #2 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1957
and was ranked #25 on Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of the same 
year. The records A-side, "I’m Walkin’", reached #4 on the Billboard chart  
and #10 on the R&B chart.

Eric Hilliard "Ricky" "Rick" Nelson
(May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985)