The Toys

[1] Their most successful recording was "A Lover's Concerto" (1965), which sold more than two million copies and reached the number-two spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The trio consisted of: Barbara Harris started singing in her hometown churches at an early age and moved to Queens, New York, when she was 11 years old.

Bobby Uri, a manager and friend, named the group The Charlettes, and got them work doing background vocals for several recording artists.

At a talent show in Brooklyn, they met Eddy Chase, who in turn introduced them to manager Vince Marc and songwriter/recording executive Bob Crewe.

They took a piano piece from a Bach exercise book ("Minuet in G major" by Christian Petzold), put a Motown bassline to it, and "A Lover's Concerto" was born; the song soon rose to number two on the U.S.