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Trump administration widens availability of skimpy shorts
In honor of the thread in LBN, Trump administration widens availability of skimpy, short-term health plans
Hit it, The Royal Teens:
Much better quality, but same performance:
The Royal Teens
"Short Shorts", the hit song of 1958, redirects here. For shorts which are very short in length, see Short shorts.
The Royal Teens
Origin: Bergenfield, New Jersey
Genres: Rock - pop - Rock and roll
Years active 1956–1965
Labels: RCA, Epic/CBS, Capitol/EMI, Musicor, Jubilee
Associated acts: The Four Seasons
Website: http://theroyalteens.com
Members: Tom Austin - drums
Bob Azzara - piano
Flip Cesario - guitar
Bill Crandall - saxophone
Bill Dalton - bass
Bob Gaudio - piano
Al Kooper - guitar
Larry Qualiano - saxophone
Dan Sabatino - vocals
Joe Villa (Joe Francavilla) - vocals
Vince Cautero - vocals
The Royal Teens was a New Jersey rock and roll band that formed in 1956, which was composed of Bob Gaudio on piano, Tom Austin on drums, Billy Dalton on guitar, and Billy Crandall on saxophone. The group is best known for its single "Short Shorts", which was a #3 hit in the United States in 1958. The follow-up single, 1959's "Believe Me", hit #26. They never recorded an album, and broke up in 1965.
History
The term "Short Shorts" was a description Bob Gaudio and Tom Austin had given to the cutoff jeans teenage girls were wearing during the summer of 1957. On that musically fateful afternoon, Gaudio and Austin were driving up Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, New Jersey in Tom Austin's red and white 1957 Ford Fairlane 500, trying to figure out what to call the latest song they had written for their rock and roll band then known as the Royals, later renamed the Royal Teens by record producer and owner Leo Rodgers. Just then, two girls came strutting out of Luhmann's (the local teenage sweet shop) wearing cutoff jeans that were cut so short they were almost illegal. At that point, the song "Short Shorts" was born.
On the original recording, Tom Austin did the wolf whistle, Billy Dalton mimicked the whistle on guitar, and Billy Crandall said “Man, dig those crazy chicks.” With Tommy on drums, Bobby on piano, Billy Dalton on guitar, and Crandall on sax, along with the female vocal provided by Diana Lee, a girl from Leo's stable of talented youngsters, the Royal Teens became a success.
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"Short Shorts", the hit song of 1958, redirects here. For shorts which are very short in length, see Short shorts.
The Royal Teens
Origin: Bergenfield, New Jersey
Genres: Rock - pop - Rock and roll
Years active 1956–1965
Labels: RCA, Epic/CBS, Capitol/EMI, Musicor, Jubilee
Associated acts: The Four Seasons
Website: http://theroyalteens.com
Members: Tom Austin - drums
Bob Azzara - piano
Flip Cesario - guitar
Bill Crandall - saxophone
Bill Dalton - bass
Bob Gaudio - piano
Al Kooper - guitar
Larry Qualiano - saxophone
Dan Sabatino - vocals
Joe Villa (Joe Francavilla) - vocals
Vince Cautero - vocals
The Royal Teens was a New Jersey rock and roll band that formed in 1956, which was composed of Bob Gaudio on piano, Tom Austin on drums, Billy Dalton on guitar, and Billy Crandall on saxophone. The group is best known for its single "Short Shorts", which was a #3 hit in the United States in 1958. The follow-up single, 1959's "Believe Me", hit #26. They never recorded an album, and broke up in 1965.
History
The term "Short Shorts" was a description Bob Gaudio and Tom Austin had given to the cutoff jeans teenage girls were wearing during the summer of 1957. On that musically fateful afternoon, Gaudio and Austin were driving up Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, New Jersey in Tom Austin's red and white 1957 Ford Fairlane 500, trying to figure out what to call the latest song they had written for their rock and roll band then known as the Royals, later renamed the Royal Teens by record producer and owner Leo Rodgers. Just then, two girls came strutting out of Luhmann's (the local teenage sweet shop) wearing cutoff jeans that were cut so short they were almost illegal. At that point, the song "Short Shorts" was born.
On the original recording, Tom Austin did the wolf whistle, Billy Dalton mimicked the whistle on guitar, and Billy Crandall said “Man, dig those crazy chicks.” With Tommy on drums, Bobby on piano, Billy Dalton on guitar, and Crandall on sax, along with the female vocal provided by Diana Lee, a girl from Leo's stable of talented youngsters, the Royal Teens became a success.
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