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Reputed to be Mamie Eisenhower’s favorite group, the Three Suns are the leading small group in exotica. Brothers Al and Morty grew up in Brooklyn, where they joined with their cousin, Artie Dunn, as a trio, Al switching from violin to guitar to pick up more gigs. After a year or two working around New York City, they got their first serious show at the Adelphia Hotel in Philadelphia in 1939 and then moved on the Circus lounge of the Hotel Picadilly in New York in 1940, where a two-week engagement turned into a seven-year stay.

They had their first hit in 1944, with “Twilight Time,” and their cover of “Peg O’ My Heart,” released just after the Harmonicats’ version came out, contended with it for the #1 spot.

The Three Suns were a concept as much as a group, since Al Nevins dropped and added players to suit the material. In the late 1940s, the group was a quintet, with a rhythm guitar and bass added. Their first big hit, “Twilight Time,” written by Morty Nevins, went on to have over 3 million air plays, according to BMI. In 1951, they recorded as a quintet with Marty Gold on organ and Larry Green on piano. They also recorded as a quartet with Ray Bohr on pipe organ (and later, on “Swinging on a Star,” with R&ampB sax legend King Curtis!), as a sextet, a septet (with Billy Mure on second guitar), a combo of 13 (on “Perdido,” 1954), and with orchestral accompaniment. Nevins himself stopped performing live in 1954 and concentrated on producing and publishing.

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  • IamFlood

    Music doesn't get much sexier than this. Neither do elevators.

    17 Mar 2012 Reply
  • ParadiseCove

    ...I play them in my elevator, everytime I go home...except on Sundays of course !

    25 Aug 2011 Reply
  • herbeard

    Theirs is one of my very favorite Christmas albums, especially suited to pre-Christmas cleaning and decorating.

    24 Dec 2010 Reply
  • lifeingeneralfm

    why stop at elevators?!!! play them in every street -it would decrease crime rates, for one... i mean, wouldn't it?...

    27 Mar 2010 Reply
  • captainDread

    Every elevator all over the world should play these guys non stop!

    26 Mar 2010 Reply
  • Chiaroscurist

    :-)

    12 Jan 2010 Reply
  • MamaLuigi

    Yeah. DevilsAngel54, you're soooo boring

    16 Aug 2009 Reply
  • Pands

    these dudes are about as boring as lounging in a hammock in Jamaica, whilst mildly yet properly intoxicated

    14 Aug 2009 Reply
  • DevilsAngel54

    i hate when my mom listens to these guys they sound soooo boring

    10 Apr 2009 Reply
  • arturoarpa

    desde siempre y para siempre. imprescindible en colección!

    21 Jan 2009 Reply
  • L3dd1

    My new favorite band! Now I know what I'm gonna listen to all summer.

    28 Apr 2008 Reply
  • Bazon_B

    Oh, look at the weekly charts: The people are obviously in x-mas mood and listening to the coolest x-mas album aver!

    10 Dec 2006 Reply
  • SixShooterSam

    rofl, those 2 comments = gold.

    30 Nov 2006 Reply
  • koopatroopa_

    Yeah, only Tatooine can come close to that.

    30 Mar 2006 Reply