The Crew Cuts

The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States of America.

They were Rudi Maugeri (January 21, 1931-May 7, 2004) (baritone), John Perkins

The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States of America.

They were Rudi Maugeri (January 21, 1931-May 7, 2004) (baritone), John Perkins (born August 28, 1931) (lead), Ray Perkins (born November 28, 1932) (bass), and Pat Barrett (born September 15, 1933) (tenor), originally all members of the St. Michael's Boys' Choir in Toronto, which also spawned another famous quartet, The Four Lads. Maugeri, John Perkins, and two others (Bernard Toorish and Connie Codarini) who later were among the Four Lads first formed a group called The Jordonaires (not to be confused with a similarly named group, The Jordanaires, that was known for singing Elvis Presley's hits) and also The Otnorots ("Toronto" spelled backwards being "Otnorot"), but they split from the group to finish high school. When the Four Lads returned to Toronto for a homecoming concert, John Perkins and Maugeri ran into each other and decided that they could themselves have a musical future. They joined with Barrett and Ray Perkins in March 1952. The group was originally called The Four Tones (not to be confused with The Four Tunes, a group on the bordereline between pop music and rhythm and blues).