James and Jean King and sometimes Grazia Nitzche, I'm told.

Jim replies...

And a few more as well!

The "lineup" at one stage had nine members, including Carolyn Willis, Darlene herself, the Williams twins (cannot remember their first names), Fanita James, Gloria Jones, Grazia Nitzsche and a cast of thousands.

Four of them (not always the same four!) appeared quite frequently on the TV series "Shindig"

I only recall one hit by The Blossoms (as The Blossoms) - an "answer" song called "Son In Law" which parodied "Mother In Law" with Bobby Sheen also on the session (the "Bob B Soxx" of the Blue Jeans fame).

Like a lot of pop producers, Phil Spector never worried too much about the groups - he made records first and then put names on them!

Not all that unusual for the time really.

It was easier to fake it with groups, but Bill Parsons' 1958 US Number 2 solo hit "All American Boy" was actually sung by a totally different singer, Bobby Bare.

But it worked best with groups. Apart from the lead singers, whoever else were in this year's lineup for some of the top vocal gtroups, rarely even sang on the records - it was faster to use session singers.

Take the photo on the front of "Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets" LP - only one of the Crickets was actually at the recording session for the album - the other musicians were all session men.

Same with "That'll Be The Day" by The Crickets - the publicity photo for the single shows different musicians than those who made the record.

The only member of Ronny & The Daytonas to have anything to do their five hit recordings was John Wilkin, who wrote the song. The musicians in the photographs and who appeared on TV as Ronny & The Daytonas, were another group, called The Hombres, who went on to have a Top 10 hit "Let It Out" in 1967 under that name.

So not only can you not always believe your ears - sometimes you cannot believe your eyes either!

• RE: Trying Trivia Weekend - Connect The Two Songs - Pt. 2 - John 05/26/2008 11:15:46 EDT (1)