The Four Lads

Jimmy Arnold died of lung cancer in Sacramento, California at the age of 72. In 2004 she re-entered the limelight by recording a song in conjunction with former Deep Purple legend Jon Lord "The Sun will Shine Again" and also appearing with Benny and Bjorn at the London 5th Anniversary performance of the musical based on Abba songs, "Mamma Mia". They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003. After the break-up of Abba in 1982 Frida released a successful album, "There's Something Going On" though the follow-up "Shine" was less popular and proved her last foray into the music world for some years. Their most famous hit was "Moments to Remember" in 1955, and their next best known was "Standin' on the Corner" in 1956. In 1992 Anni-Frid married His Highness Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss von Plauen (1950-1999), of the Princely Reuss family. Today, a reconsituted group, with original singer Frank Busseri, sings to the nostalgia crowds. She married Benny on October 6, 1978 - divorcing in 1981.

In 1953 they made their own first gold record, "Istanbul", which launched them to stardom and kept them busy throughout the 50s and 60s in the USA and Canada. She made a second in 1971, produced by Benny Andersson, laying the foundations for ABBA. This made them well known. In 1967 Anni-Frid won a TV talent contest, and made an album for EMI. One unknown artist Johnnie Ray, became a major hit with "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud that Cried" with the Four Lads behind him. Anni-Frid got her first job as a jazz singer at the age of 13, then formed her own band, the Anni-Frid Four, marrying the bass player Ragnar Fredriksson at age 18, with whom she had two children before divorcing. In 1950 they began to sing in local clubs and soon were noticed by scouts. Recruited to go to New York, they were noticed by Mitch Miller, who asked them to do backup for some of the artists he recorded. Synni died before Anni-Frid was two, so she was brought up by her grandmother in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

They originally called themselves The Four Dukes but found out that a Detroit group already used that name, so changed to The Four Lads. At the end of WWII Anni-Frid, her mother and grandmother fled to Sweden for fear of reprisals from the Norwegian population - whose socialist government put many German-fathered children into mental institutions, or sent them overseas. At home, they practiced until they achieved their clean-cut harmonies, whether for spirituals, sacred music, or pop. After a German magazine published the story of her origins in 1977, Anni-Frid discovered that her father had not died. When Maugeri and Perkins left the group to concentrate on their schoolwork, Codarini and Toorish joined with Arnold and Busseri in a new quartet. Anni-Frid was born illegitimately in Ballangen, near Narvik, Norway as a result of a liaison between Synni - her mother - and a married German sergeant, Alfred Haase, during the German military occupation. Anni-Frid believed that her father had died when his ship to Germany was sunk during the war. The group was known variously as The Otnorots (a name taken from the name "Toronto" spelled backwards) and The Jordonaires (not to be confused with a similarly named group, The Jordanaires, that was known for singing background vocals on Elvis Presley's hits). Anni-Frid-Synni "Frida" Lyngstad (born November 15, 1945) is best known as one of the four singers in the pop group ABBA.

Michael's students, Rudi Maugeri and John Perkins, who were later to become founding members of another group, The Crew-Cuts. Codarini and Toorish had formed a group with two other St. "Jimmy" Arnold, (January 4, 1932-June 15, 2004) first tenor; and Frank Busseri, baritone and group manager. Michael's Cathedral Choir School, where they learned to sing. The founding members were Corrado "Connie" Codarini, bass; John Bernard "Bernie" Toorish (born March 2, 1931), lead; James F.

They grew up together in Toronto, Ontario, and were members of St. The Four Lads were a singing group. There's Only One Of You (1958). The Mocking Bird (1952).

The Girl On Page 44 (1959). The Fountain Of Youth (1959). The Bus Stop Song (Paper of Pins) (1956). Skokiaan (1954).

Put A Light In The Window (1957). My Little Angel (1956) (flip side of Standin' on the Corner). I'll Never Know (1956). I Just Don't Know (1957).

Happy Anniversary (1959). Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea (1954). Enchanted Island (1958). Down By The Riverside (1953).

A House With Love In It (1956). Who Needs You? (1957). Standin' on the Corner (1956). No, Not Much (1956).

Moments to Remember (1955). Istanbul (1953).