Not long after the formation, Mary Archer left the group and her replacement was Herman Green.
[2] One day Weldon ran into Atlantic Records promo man Jerry Ross.
The backing band on the session was called The Manhattans and included keyboardist Ruben Wright, guitarist Johnny Stiles, sax player Harrison Scott and drummer Norman Conners.
[6] Jerry Ross arranged for the group to appear on American Bandstand to sing their song.
[8] It was reported in the May 15, 1965, edition of Billboard that McDougal along with John H. Stiles, Luther Randolph and James Bishop had set up Stilran Music which was located at the offices of Universal Record Distributors.
[9] In October 1967, he joined Motown Records as their regional promotion man, based in Philadelphia.