The Gateway Singers were an American folk music group who achieved national prominence in the US in the late 1950s.
[1] The group was included in the Smithsonian's Folk Song America compilation.
[2] They are best known for their song "Puttin' on the Style", which sold one million copies and was later used in a beer commercial.
[3] Gateway Singers member Lou Gottlieb left the band,[4] obtained his PhD in musicology from the University of California and then formed The Limeliters.
[3] The group split in 1961, although three of the members—Milt Chapman, Betty Mann, and Jerry Walter—continued performing as the "Gateway Trio",[4] and released albums for Capitol Records.