Larry Kassman (Lead)
Richie Schwartz (First tenor)
Lew Arno (Second Tenor)
The Quotations (1)
Mike Regal bb The Quotations (1)
The Quotations could often be found singing under the Rainbow Store by the Kings Highway train station, Manhattan Beach, The Brighton Beach boardwalk and at Sid Gordon's Bowling Alley. Most Members attenuated James Madison High School. In 1959 they recorded their first demos "Time Was", "Sunday Kind Of Love" and "September In The Rain". Lew Arno sings lead on "September In The Rain". A songwriter who worked for Don Kirshner and whose brother was a friend of the Quotations heard the group and decided to become their manager. The songwriter, Helen Miller took the group on various auditions but the group was always told o come back with original Material.
In 1961, the Marcels had a number one hit with "Blue Moon" and this gave the idea to take another old standard and give it some outrageous treatment. In 1961, the Quotations first release "Imagination" on Verve Records a division of MGM brought the group Success. Concert appearances followed as far away as Detroit and in the southern states. The flip side "Ala Men Sy" caused problems because many disc jockeys decided to play this side rather than "Imagination". In 1962 the Quotations follow-up release "This Love of Mine" b/w "We'll Reach Heaven Together" received some airily. In April 1962 the group recorded "See You in September" and "Summertime Goodbyes". The Quotations felt that "See You in September" was going to be a big hit for them. Verve Records planned a late spring release for this record but somehow the record didn't get released until the last week in August. Disc Jockeys decided to not play this summer song because the summer was all but over.
The Quotations rarest record was released on Admiral Records in early 1964. These two sides "In The Night" and "Oh No I Still Love Her" were recorded in 1962 and the group themselves were never aware that this record was released. Admiral records was owned by Richard Wolfe who was also the producer and arranger for the Quotations Verve Releases. "Why Not, Why Not You" is a demo recorded by the Quotations in 1962. Hellen Miller brought this tune and the Quotations arrangement of it to the attention of the Dovells and they released their own version of it one of their albums.
