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    • Proving they were up to the task, they put 16 hits on the charts of Billboard, three going gold: CBC and Reed was employed by the telephone company. In the fall of Somerville met this unnamed group in the hall of the CBC.

    The group was in its original form, with Stan Fisher as lead singer, and they were going to audition for a CBC show called "Pick the Stars". Being a trained singer, Somerville thought they weren't ready for the show and offered to tutor the guys and help them along. He got them practice time in "unoccupied" studios and also had connections for professional arrangements. Thing were moving along until the group was scheduled to sing at a Christmas party at a local church.

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    As it turned out, lead singer Fisher opted out to study for an exam the next day. Since Somerville knew all the songs, he took the lead--literally--and the group was an overwhelming success.

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    The decision to go professional came quickly. Fisher decided not to continue with the group. With their new lead Somerville, The Diamonds were about to hit the scene. They, like most artists of that day, were not an overnight success. They worked hard, developing their craft, learning "barbershop quartet" singing from Bill's dad, also a bass singer.

    Whenever possible they would get together with a black gospel group called The Revelaires, from Detroit.

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    The Diamonds are a Canadian vocal quartet that rose to prominence in the s and early s with 16 Billboard hit records. The original members were . In THE DIAMONDS released an instant million selling hit called Little Darlin' . The song continues to sell worldwide and has been dubbed “the National.

    As The Diamonds have said, "This was the group that had the most effect on our singing; they taught us not to be so square". After school in the spring of Ted and Phil decided not to go back in the fall. The guys wanted to get serious about their singing, and this gave them more time to practice. Dave's connections introduced them to Nat Goodman, a professional classical musician who took the group under his management. It was at this point that Dave and Bill quit their jobs and the group began to polish its repertoire. With a performance and a win on the Arthur Godfrey show Talent Scouts , and a week guest-starring on Godfrey's radio show, they soon were signed to a four-song contract with Coral Records.

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    A later introduction to Cleveland disc jockey 'Bill Randle', who got them a long-term contact with Mercury Records. In they had four charted hits before their hit, "Little Darlin'". It was then that Bob Duncan formed his version of the Diamonds, Glen Stetson continued The Diamonds that evolved from the original group in the 50's, and Gary Owens formed one as well.

    That left two Diamond groups. Stetson's group that historically had been going since the inception of the group and Duncan's group that evolved from John Felton's group from the 70's. Stetson had joined the Diamonds around as the lead singer. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the Canadian quartet.

    For the Welsh singer-songwriter, see Marina and the Diamonds. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.

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