The Essex

[1] Next they added a female lead singer, Anita Humes, another Marine.

[2] The track sold over one million records and received a gold disc award from the R.I.A.A.

12 Billboard hit with the follow-up song, "A Walkin' Miracle" in September 1963.

[1] On the label of this single, the group name appeared as 'The Essex Featuring Anita Humes.'

Being Marines made it hard for the group to take advantage of their hits; for example, before long, Johnson was posted to Okinawa.