I Wish That We Were Married

Ronnie & the Hi-Lites

Ronnie & The Hi-Lites was a doo-wop musical group from the United States formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in the early 1960s. On March 31, 1962, their song "I Wish That We Were Married" charted and rose to number 16 nationally on the Top 20 on Billboard Hot 100 chart spending 12 weeks on the charts. Selling over half a million copies, the song put 14-year-old Ronnie Goodson and company on the map, paving the way for performances alongside Stevie Wonder, Major Lance and Ronnie's girlfriend Eva Boyd, better known as Little Eva ("The Locomotion"). They subsequently appeared on American Bandstand, at The Apollo and numerous venues throughout the east coast. The group originally called the Cascades, initially consisted of tenors Sonny Caldwell and John Whitney, … more »