Formed in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, the Poni-Tails – Toni Cistone, LaVerne Novak and Patti McCabe (Patricia Ann McCabe, 1939–1989)[1] – started singing at Brush High School, which they all attended.

The B-side was the one that caught the attention of radio DJs and became the group's biggest hit, reaching #11 on the U.S. R&B singles chart and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958.

[3] In 1991, LaVerne (Novak) Glavac was working for a real estate agent in Mentor, Ohio, and had five grandchildren.

Toni (Cistone) Costabile was working at a high school in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Tom Illius subsequently became a top executive with the William Morris Agency in Los Angeles.