During their careers, the duo, composed of Joe Gilbert and Eddie Brown, toured the United States and Canada, appeared on more than 20 major television shows, and recorded eight albums.

[3] Around the same time, the two migrated to Berkeley, California, with their respective families, and met in the mid-1950s at Willard Middle School in the a cappella choir.

With the help of their high-school choir professor, Dr. Earle Blakeslee, the two young men formed a partnership and strove to go professional.

Bill Munday accompanied them on his guitar, while in other songs, the Les Baxter Chorus sang back up.

Around the mid-1960s, the duo informed their childhood friend Paul Mooney of an up-and-coming comedian they saw in New York named Richard Pryor.

[6] On August 6, 1966, Gilbert was killed in an automobile accident while driving home after a performance in the Cosmos Club in Seal Beach, California.