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"FOUR...TOO
SOON" is the true life story
of the inter-racial pop vocal group,
Everywhere
this multi-talented ( two black and two
white) group performed
during
the 50s(before Martin Luther King Jr. , the
Civil Rights Movement,
JFK,
RFK ) striving for fortune and fame , they
were met and blocked by a
When
"THE FOUR GUYS" performed at
"THE EL CORTEZ (1955 Downtown
Las
Vegas..." they were taboo on the strip),
the manager of the hotel
said
it all, "You guys are great , but you're
"50 YEARS TOO SOON "!
It is
now exactly 50 years since that statement
was made. If those were
"the
words" of a prophet, then now
is the time, at last , for "THE FOUR GUYS"
to
take their deserved" PLACE IN THE
SUN" through the "black on white"
pages
of .....................
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Bert
Carroll Klamkin was an original member of
"THE FOUR GUYS"
His
background was strictly musical. He attended
the Juilliard Conservatory
of
Music, majoring in piano and composition.
Eventually,
Bert devoted six "tumultuous,
heart and gut wrenching,
but
loving every moment of it, wonderful years as
a member of
Subsequent
to this"fantastic journey",
Bert became a full time composer and
recording
arranger-conductor for many well known
artists during
the
late 50s through the mid 60s. His huge claim
to fame as a composer, was
ELVIS
PRESLEY'S PLATINUM HIT....
"WEAR
MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK".
(Note
in the book ...page 210, Elvis takes the
place of The Four Guys
on the
summer replacement for the Jackie Gleason
show "STAGESHOW"). Now in
"psuedo-retirement",
when Bert is asked,
"What was the highlight of your career",
"LIVING
, PERFORMING , AND LOVING EVERY
MOMENT WITH ........
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