The Bay Bops - Joannie

The Bay Bops
Rarely had a group formed as spontaneously and in such a moment of tension as the Bay Bops of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn. Anticipating a group called the Starlighters, the dance crowd at St. Mark's church got a surprise when Danny Zipfel and Barney Zarzana came on stage to announce their group's demise only days earlier. As is typical of teen crowds, this one woulddt take no for an answer. When Zipfel and Zarzana declined to become an on-the-spot singing duo, two members of the audience, George Taylor, Jr. and Bobby Serrao, asked if they could sing with the remaining Starlighters. A short rehearsal in the men's room and the four were on stage harmonizing to a wildly enthusiastic reception. Even the quartet was surprised at the hard-edged doo wop, sound they had so quickly created. So it was that on a night in September 1957 one more vocal group was born.
In March 1958 the group recorded "Joannie"