The Fabulous Four - Betty Ann 1961 UT

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The Fabulous Four (Philadelphia) aka The Four J's aka The Four Naturals

Personnel:
Joseph "Junior" Pirollo (Lead)
Bob Finizio (Second Tenor)
Joe Milaro (Baritone)
Jimmy Testa (First Teno

Biography:
In 1957 four fellows from the South Philadelphia area formed a singing group they named The Four J's they took their name, based on the fact that each member's first name began with the letter J. they were Jr. Pirollo, Jimmy Testa, Joe "Judge" Milaro and Joe Paparella. Joe Paparella didn't remain with the group long enough to record and left to personal reasons, being replaced by Jr's. brother-in-law Bob Finizio.

After winning a local talent contest, they were approached by Buddy Greco, who later became their manager. Greco got the group their first recording contract with United Artist Records in 1958. After several releases, Jr. and Bob became part of the Four Naturals.

The group was a studio group and after recording "How Strange", under the name of the Naturals, they didn't want to tour or perform live. Jr. and Bob replaced the two members who were unhappy and were on all the following releases including their hit "The Thought Of You Darling."
In 1960 Bob Marcucci of Chancellor Records approached Jr and asked if his group would be willing to vocally back up Fabian on both recordings and Tours. He also promised them several recordings of their own, a promise he kept proving to be one of the few honorable giants in the fields.

Jr.& Bob once again teamed up with Jimmy Testa and added Ernie Spano to the group (replacing Joe Milano). Ernie was an original member of "the Four Dates", another Chancellor recording act. The group was now backing the famous billed Fabulous Fabian, so Naturally Bob Marcucci came up with the Group's new name "The Fabulous Four."

For the next 3-4 years the group recorded with and without Fabian and toured the entire United States (except Alaska) and most of the world. The group has had numerous appearances on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand".

The Group backed another artist like Sonny Vito, Maureen Gray as the Fabulous Four, John Capri and Johnny Angel as The Four J's. In late 1964-65 the group changed their name back to "The Four J's" and achieved their biggest success recording for Jamie Records "My Love Possessed" and "Here I Am Broken Hearted”.
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