Alley-Oop

Dante & The Evergreens

Danté and The Evergreens were an American pop group formed at Santa Monica College in California in 1959. Dante & the Evergreens came to the attention of Dean Torrence (Jan & Dean), who took them to his managers, Herb Alpert and Lou Adler. The group's vocals were arranged by Tony Moon. The group hit the U.S. pop chart in 1960 with the song "Alley Oop", written by Dallas Frazier. Their version of the tune hit No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went No. 1 on Cashbox; while The Hollywood Argyles' version went to No. 1 on the Billboard chart, the Evergreens recording was a bigger hit on the East Coast. A follow-up single, "Time Machine", hit No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. All of its members were white, and the group became one of the first all-white vocal grou… more »