![]() "Sometimes (When I'm All Alone)" became a favorite of a lot of street corner groups just starting out who later became successful, including The Capris, The Chimes, The Cleftones, The Rascals, The Del Satins, The Dovells, The Elegants, The Impalas, The Earls, Randy & the Rainbows, The Tokens, The Vogues, and Vito & the Salutations, among others. Payola was not illegal at the time and Singer reluctantly gave Dick Clark half the publishing of "At the Hop", which Clark later sold prior to the payola hearings in 1960. The Juvenaires were renamed Danny & the Juniors, since it was a more contemporary name, and "At the Hop" backed with "Sometimes (When I'm All Alone)" was released on Singular Records, Artie Singer's label with partner, disc jockey Larry Brown. Artie took it back to Dick Clark and gave him half the publishing of the song.” The song was recorded at Reco-Art Studios in Philadelphia, together with a ballad by White called "Sometimes (When I'm All Alone)". We went back into the recording studio and this time, my group recorded the song with Danny singing lead. ![]() Artie changed some of the lyrics and became a co-writer. Artie then took it to Dick Clark, who suggested the title change to "At the Hop". Artie took it to Johnny's label, Prep Records, but they turned it down. White said: "We recorded "Do the Bop" with Johnny Madara singing lead vocals and my group, The Juvenaires, backing him up. ![]() Madara, who had a chart record at the time called "Be My Girl" on Prep Records under the name of Johnny Madara, took The Juvenaires to his vocal coach/record producer, Artie Singer, for an audition. In 1957, White and Madara wrote "Do the Bop" for the group. The other original members were Danny Rapp (lead singer), Joe "Terry" Terranova (baritone), and Frank Maffei (second tenor). In 1955, White auditioned friends and acquaintances from his neighborhood, to form a vocal group that he named The Juvenaires, in which he sang first tenor. ![]()
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