It was a catalyst for appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show on May 6, 1956. The Four Lovers had managed one minor hit in 1956 titled “You’re The Apple Of My Eye”, which peaked at #62 on the Billboard pop chart. But not before he wrote “Believe Me”, a Top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and a #3 hit in Vancouver (BC) in 1959. Gaudio left the Royal Teens to join the Four Lovers. That year Gaudio met Frankie Valli who was a member of the Four Lovers. The Royal Teens appeared on Alan Freed’s Big Beat show, and in the 1958 film Let’s Rock. The Royal Teens went on tour with Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Frankie Avalon. The song reached #2 on the R&B charts and #3 on the Pop charts in March 1958. The group changed their name to the Royal Teens and appeared on American Bandstand on February 3rd and Dick Clark’s Saturday Night Beechnut Show on February 15th. They were also given a chance to record a song.īob Gaudio was fifteen years old when he co-wrote “Short Shorts”. On the strength of their musical skills, Rogers invited The Royals to be session musicians for numerous recording artists in the building. It was there The Royals met The Three Friends manager, Leo Rogers. After the Fort Lee concert, The Three Friends invited The Royals to come to New York to be the session musicians for their upcoming recording date in the Brill Building at 1650 Broadway. The Royals opened for a local New Jersey doo-wop group named The Three Friends who had a hit in New York and Baltimore in the winter of 1956-57 titled “Blanche”. Gaudio was born in November 1942 in Bergenfield, New Jersey. Gaudio had been playing piano since he turned eight in 1950. At 14 years of age he co-founded The Royals. Pianist Bob Gaudio was born in The Bronx in 1942.
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