The Four Aces

Its million-selling songs include "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing",[1] "Three Coins in the Fountain",[2] "Stranger in Paradise",[2] "Tell Me Why",[3] and "(It's No) Sin".

The original members, responsible for every song made popular by the group, included Al Alberts, Dave Mahoney, Lou Silvestri, and Rosario "Sod" Vaccaro.

[4] Alberts went to South Philadelphia High School and Temple University and served in the United States Navy, where he met Mahoney.

[4] It sold a million copies, and Decca Records soon signed the group, billing them as The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts.

He was replaced as lead singer by Fred Diodati, who had attended South Philadelphia High School a few years after Alberts.

[4] The court allowed the founding members to tour as "The Original Four Aces, Featuring Al Alberts", which they did, finally retiring the act in 1987.