The Four Preps

Biography

The Four Preps are an American popular music male quartet. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the group amassed eight gold singles and three gold albums. Their million-selling signature tunes included "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)", "Big Man", "Lazy Summer Night", and "Down by the Station".

The four original members were students at Hollywood High School and were signed to a recording contract by Capitol Records, after one of Capitols executives saw them at a talent show at that school in 1956. They had a minor chart hit that year with "Dreamy Eyes" and between 1956 and 1964 reached the Billboard pop charts with 13 different songs. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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