They had another hit, the Carolina Beach Music standard "39-21-40 Shape;" the label on the single, however, was mistakenly printed "39-21-46," and this soon supplanted the official title.
They all came from Norfolk, Virginia, moving to New Orleans in May 1961 and April 1962, to record fifteen titles under the studio supervision of Allen Toussaint.
General Norman Johnson, at the age of twelve, formed the group the Humdingers that would eventually become the Showmen.
[citation needed] In 1968 Johnson amicably left the group, to begin his association with Holland-Dozier-Holland's Invictus Records.
The Showmen (once managed by the now deceased Johnson) presently consists of Warren Brown, Rubin Collick, Michael Spratley, and Bill Talley.