The Tune Weavers

The Tune Weavers were a vocal group that originally did not sing R & B tunes, or even rock & roll tunes, or were even called The Tune Weavers. They began as a jazz-pop duo consisting of brother and sister Gilbert and Margo Lopez who favored tunes by Mel Torme, Jackie and Roy, and of course Frank Sinatra. In 1956 the duo added two more voices - Margo's husband John Sylvia and her cousin Charlotte Davis. The newly formed quartet were called The Tone Weavers and now did versions of songs in the style of The Four Freshmen and Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. By now the four members had started to add some R & B tunes to their performances. They soon came to the attention of a local record man named Frank Paul who owned a small local label called Casa Grande Records. He agreed to hear the group and was not too impressed until he heard them vocalize on an original tune written by Margo called "Happy Happy Birthday Baby". She had penned the tune a few years before and nothing had become of this song until now. A recording session was set up and in March of 1957 "Happy Happy Birthday Baby" was recorded along with the Broadway show tune standard "Ol Man River" and soon released on Casa Grande # 4037.