| Please allow two to four weeks for the packages to arrive.Lettermen CD ReleasedThe Lettermen are pleased to announce that the recently reissued "Why I Love Her" CD is now available for Lettermen fans.Box 151, McKees Rocks, PA 15136.The Lettermen GuestbookTHE LETTERMEN GUESTBOOK is available now by request.Sign today and tell us your favorite Lettermen memories!Notice: Absolutely no portion of materials contained on the Lettermen web site may be downloaded or copied by any means.To request official professional photos for promotion, please contact the Lettermen Society at 724.The Lettermen are an American pop music vocal group.They were popular mainly with adult audiences during the 1960s.They landed the part to impersonate The Rhythm Boys, the vocal group that traveled with Paul Whiteman and his orchestra in the late 1920s, and gave Bing Crosby his initial fame.Barnett and Russell were replaced by Gary Clarke and Jerry Paul.Pike and Butala decided to leave the Upstarts and resume the Lettermen although they had not yet decided to use the Lettermen name.Both had come to Los Angeles, California, and sang together in different combinations until Engemann had go into the National Guard for 6 months.At that point, Pike joined Bill Norvis and met Butala.Records through Bob Engemann's older brother, Karl Engemann, who was a record producer there, and for whom Pike had released a record earlier called "Lucy D", which was not successful.Pike, Butala and Engemann as "The Lettermen" released two singles in 1960."Two Hearts" and "There Hearts Were Full Of Spring".They were not successful.He got them out of their contract at Warner Bros.There was also a group in the mid 1950s called The Lettermen Trio, but had no record success.The Lettermen were unknown until they signed with Capitol Records in 1961."Can't Take My Eyes Off You", and in 1968 with "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", plus 1969's "Hurt So Bad".The last successful single was in 1972, "Love" a solo by Pike.The Lettermen have had 32 consecutive Billboard Magazine chart albums, 11 gold records, five Grammy nominations, an Andy Award, and a Cleo Award.In 1976, Jim Pike left the group and sold the Lettermen name to Butala.In 1981 Gary Pike left the Lettermen, and today Jim and Gary Pike, along with Ric de Azevedo, sing The Lettermen hits, billed as Reunion.In 1961, The Lettermen started performing live concerts doing over 100 shows a year, an unbroken string that continues to the present now amounting to 46 years.In 1984, Butala called again, and at that time, Preston joined the group.Along with Donovan Tea (who started the same day) the trio released several singles, and two albums.Time Greatest Hits (1974)
There is no Greater Love (1975)
Make a Time for Lovin' (1975)
The Time Is Right (1975)
The Lovin' Touch of The Lettermen (1975)
Kind of Country (1976)
With Love From The Lettermen (1977)
To A Friend (1977)
Love Is...This page was last modified 15:19, 5 December 2007.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.The Lettermen
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moonlight."Through all these
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have a universal appeal and will continure to stand the test of time.Although they have had more than their share of recording successes, The
Lettermen pride themselves on their live performances.Each show is a
valentine to every audience as they maintain a whirlwind touring schedule
throughout the United States and abroad.For over 30 years, the popular
singing trio has been capturing the interests of individuals at public
events, private conventions, and special benefits such as the American
Lupus Society of which The Lettermen are the national spokespersons.The
universal appeal of The Lettermen sound has resulted in successful world
tours in Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, France,
Mexico and Saudi Arabia.In addition to playing in theatres and concert halls in every corner of the
globe, The Lettermen have also appeared in many sports arenas with their
touching acappella rendition of the national anthem.People Magazine
honored The Lettermen's version of "The Star Spangled Banner" by voting the
group, "one of the biggest anthem singing groups in baseball."One critic
even said, "They sing the national anthem the way it was intended to be
sung."The Lettermen
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Not playing in Las Vegas at this time.We chose the wrong name!They chose the name The Lettermen and wore letter sweaters.By the time those names became passe in the early sixties, The Lettermen had already had a few hits and were a tremendous success.They did pack away the sweaters, and fortunately, their fans have gotten past the name.Paul Whiteman, silent film comic Buster Keaton, singers Rudy Vallee and Harry Richmond, film star Fifi D'Orsay and the sneezing comedian Billy Gilbert.Butala played the part of Bing Crosby, who sang lead in the Rhythm Boys the vocal group that had hits and toured in the 1920's with Paul Whiteman's Orchestra.The vision for The Lettermen was of three very strong soloists who also had the ability and showmanship to perform and entertain an audience, but who also had the discipline needed to be group singers.Flamingos and the Platters.While in the choir, he appeared in such classic films as White Christmas, Peter Pan, War of the Worlds and On Moonlight Bay.Mitchell Boy Choir friends and a female classmate, Concetta Ingolia.The Lettermen as the most romantic singing groups of the sixties.The Lettermen's debut album, A Song for Young Love, hit the Top 10, their first of 32 straight Top 40 Albums.Once Upon A Time and Jim, Tony and Bob, the latter an effort to segue away from The Lettermen name.Among those 32 consecutive albums, which charted in the Top 100 in the United States, four were certified gold: The Lettermen!!!...Goin' Out of My Head (1968), Best of The Lettermen (1969) and Hurt So Bad (1970).At the same time, The Lettermen toured with George Burns, Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Bill Cosby; performed on bills with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Jimmy Durante, Debbie Reynolds, Sam Cooke, and Sammy Davis, Jr.The Lettermen have also enjoyed international success touring Japan, Philippines, China, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Germany, France, South America, Canada, Mexico and even Saudi Arabia.The Lettermen stood by it.Even as the British Invasion dimmed American artist record sales in the 60's, television and concert appearances sustained The Lettermen career.The Lettermen stage wardrobe is comprised of denim jeans for outdoor festivals and fairs, casual dress for colleges, tuxedos for hotels and glitzier garb for the casino showrooms.The Lettermen have also appeared in most of the major sports arenas in the U.They have continually recorded, averaging at least one album a year.They formed their own Alpha Omega Records in 1979.Jim left the group and was replaced by his even younger brother, Donny Pike.Since then, Mark Preston, Ernie Pontiere, Bobby Poynton, Don Campeau, and Chad Nichols have each had stints as members of The Lettermen.Donovan Tea joined The Lettermen in1984 and his tenure of over twenty years has been the longest other than Butala's.Tea was born in Houston, Texas, and started singing professionally at 17 when he won an international vocal competition in Guilford, England.At 22, Tea became a solo act performing in nightclubs and on cruise ships before he was featured in two main showroom extravaganzas at The Dunes and Stardust hotels in Las Vegas.It was during this time when he first crossed paths with The Lettermen.He became a member of The Lettermen in the fall of 1984.American from Pennsylvania, he has always been a most avid fan of the Notre Dame Football Fighting Irish.Variety Magazine named him one of the finest entertainers in show business.It was on this show that he met The Lettermen when they made a guest appearance.Tony Butala was so impressed with Mark and his voice that he mentioned if a vacancy should happen in The Lettermen, he would want Mark to fill the vacancy.Vocal Group Hall of Fame and Museum, in Sharon, Pennsylvania.Lettermen group, they will be singing good, quality, and positive harmony music that the whole family can enjoy. |
