Karl Hammel Jr.

Karl Hammel, Jr. was born and raised in New Rochelle, NY and was a contestant winner on Ted Mack's Amateur Hour. He was then part of a trio called Karl and the K-Men, which was absorbed into a group out of Yonkers, NY called Kevin and the Rocking Saints. They split from that group in 1960 and were joined by a four member who played sax.

The group was then approached by Jim Krondes, a successful song writer, who wanted to write and record an instrumental for the group, which was done in 1961.

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