The Regents were an American doo-wop vocal group from New York, operating in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Group members included Guy Villari on lead; Sal Cuomo, first tenor-lead on "Laura" & “I'm So Lonely"; Chuck Fassert, second tenor; Don Jacobucci (who co-wrote "Barbara Ann" B-side "I’m So Lonely" with Cuomo) sax player/baritone; Tony Gravagna on bass; Ron Hunerberg on drums.
An earlier version of the group from 1957 was called The Monterays, and included Villari, Cuomo, Fassert and Ernie Maresca (who later had a hit with "Shout!
His group, the Consorts, lacked original songs for an audition, so they recorded a version of "Barbara-Ann".
The owner of Cousins Records heard the track and decided to release the original version by the Regents.
They were soon joined by guitarist and vocalist Jamie Bannon who remained with group throughout its lifetime as musical director.
The group enjoyed success in personal appearances and toured extensively across the United States.
This version of the group along with original member Chuck Fassert appeared on the TJ Lubinski PBS music series in 2007.
And there was another 9th grade students band call Regents from Dearborn Township Michigan 1962 - They went on to change their name to "Bobby Dayton and The Daytona's' and played for the next two years in south east Michigan area - they were pretty popular - They played and was booked by all the DJ's from CKLW and WKNR Keener Radio and their secret manager was Gary Steven's number 1 DJ at WKNR.