[1] The group included Len Dresslar (better known as the Jolly Green Giant in General Mills commercials),[2] Bonnie Herman, and Don Shelton.

Members of the vocal group Take 6 often give credit to him and the Singers Unlimited as innovators in a cappella,[5] claiming they "went to school" on his arrangements.

Puerling took advantage of cutting-edge, multi-tracking techniques of German studio engineer, Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, to create his harmonic concepts and the group's signature sound.

He was president of the Chicago branch of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) for several years in the mid-to-late 1980s.

Bonnie Herman was the singer of the original "Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm Is There" commercial jingle, which ran for several years.