Fact #120571
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Short story:
The Boy From New York City by The Ad Libs, on Blue Cat Records, peaks at No8 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA.
Full article:
Bill Downs (manager) : I met John Taylor who was rehearsing with this group on a song called The Boy From New York City. The next week I took them into Variety Recording Studios, where we did a demo. I signed the group up for management and took them up to Red Bird/Blue Cat. They wanted to call them The Cheerios after the breakfast cereal, but I wanted to call them the Ad Libs, after this famous New York nightspot.
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