The Teddy Bears
| The Teddy Bears | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| founding | 1958 |
| resolution | 1959 |
| Last occupation | |
| Phil Spector | |
| Annette Kleinbard | |
| Marshall dear | |
The Teddy Bears was an American pop band formed in 1958 by the American music producer Phil Spector . He worked in the group as a guitarist and background singer. Other members were Annette Kleinbard and Marshall Lieb.
history
After Spector graduated from high school in Los Angeles , he wrote the song "To Know Him Is To Love Him," the title of which was taken from his father's tombstone. After an audio sample on "ERA Records" , a record was recorded in the Gold Star Studios for 75 US dollars . The single was released in August 1958. It took two months for the record to establish itself in the charts.
After all, the song stayed in the American top 100 for twenty-three weeks (including eleven weeks in the top ten) and was number one for a total of three weeks from December 1 to December 15 .
The 17-year-old Spector had written, arranged, played, sang and produced the best-selling record in the USA at the time .
The following recordings of Teddy Bears were qualitatively comparable to their debut, but sold poorly and so Spector broke up the band within a year.
Phil Spector wasn't the only one in the band to start a famous career after that. Annette Kleinbard published a few songs under the name Carol Connors and wrote songs, including the 1977 Oscar nominated theme song ("Gonna Fly Now") by Rocky .
Discography
Albums
- The Teddy Bears Sing! (1959)
Singles
- To Know Him Is To Love Him (December 1, 1958)
Individual evidence
- ↑ For the interpretation of the lyrics and the music-historical relevance of the title, see Werner Faulstich: Traditionalism using the example of Teddy Bears: "To Know Him Is To Love Him" . In: Werner Faulstich: From Rock'n'Roll to Bob Dylan. Tübingen lectures on rock history. Part I: 1955-1963 . Gelsenkirchen: Rockpaed Verlag, 1983, pp. 92-95
- ^ Julia Edenhofer: The great oldie lexicon, 1993, Weltbild-Verlag, page 564
- ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls / Wisconsin: Record Research Inc., 1994, p. 593
For the discography:
- "The Teddy Bears Sing" on discogs.com . Retrieved November 26, 2012.
literature
- Warner, Jay: The Billboard Book Of American Singing Groups. A History 1940-1990 . New York City / New York: Billboard Books, 1992, pp. 303-305