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The Hi-Lo's

American jazz/pop vocal group formed in December 1953. One of the most innovative of all time influenced countless pop, R&B, and doo wop groups from '50s right up to the present. Gene Puerling, Bob Strasen, Clark Burroughs, Bob Morse (the latter two were the vocalists with [a=The Encores], vocal group for [a=Billy May & His Big Band]). Reportedly named because of their extreme vocal and physical ranges [i](Strasen and Morse were tall, Gene and Clark short)[/i], themselves influenced by such artists as [a=Four Freshmen], [a=The Modernaires] and [a=Mel Torme]'s [a=The Mel-Tones].