THE LETTERMEN - FEAUTURED ARTISTS PART 2 0F 2

In late 1967 Bob Engemann resigned and was replaced by Jim Pike's younger brother, Gary Pike.
The hits continued with the 1967 medley "Goin' Out of My Head"/"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and in 1968 with "Put -
Your Head on My Shoulder", plus 1969's "Hurt So Bad", which reached No. 12 and lasted 21 weeks on the Hot 100, second only to the 22 weeks for The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" within that calendar year.
The last successful single was in 1971, John Lennon's "Love", a solo by Jim Pike.

Going Out Of My Head - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

The Lettermen have had two Top 10 singles (both #7), 16 Top 10 Adult Contemporary singles, including one Adult Contemporary No. 1, 32 consecutive Billboard Hot 200 charted albums, 11 gold records, five Grammy nominations, an Andy Award, and a Cleo Award.
The Lettermen were featured on the TV show Dobie Gillis in the episode "Vocal Boy Makes Good" which originally aired on January 16, 1963.
In 1976, Jim Pike left the group because of vocal problems and sold the Lettermen name to Butala. In 1981 Gary Pike left the Lettermen, and today Jim and Gary Pike, along with Ric de Azevedo, sing The Lettermen hits, billed as "Reunion".
In 1961, The Lettermen started performing live concerts doing over 200 shows a year, an unbroken string that continues to the present.
Over the decades, the group has had various line-ups, replacing members who left for various reasons with new people to maintain a trio.
Tony Butala has stated that the group ethos is that of three strong soloists that harmonize, and that the group encourages individual singing and songwriting.
Butala has also stated that the current combination of members, which includes Donovan Tea (thirty years) and Bobby Poynton (eight years) "is the best combination of voices, and best sounding group since the original trio." Butala also said this of the previous line-up of himself, Tea, and Preston thus highlighting the high standard of vocalists The Lettermen had always had.
They pride themselves in welcoming audience member photographs during the show as they sing Up, Up, and Away.
Among their many songs include renditions of several traditional Filipino kundimans such as Dahil sa Iyo ("Because of You"), Sapagkat Kami Ay Tao Lamang ("For We Are Only Human"). Their enunciation and pronunciation in the language has developed over the decades that they have interpreted these love songs.

On December 9 and December 10, 2012, The Lettermen Society Convention was held at The Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
The members had dinner and breakfast with the current group of Tony Butala, Donovan Tea, and Bobby Poynton.
They attended the soundcheck and Lettermen Holiday Show with ticketed audience members in the casino showroom. This celebration was the 31st annual convention.
The 32nd annual Lettermen convention was a four-day event at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas between October 10, 2013 and October 13, 2013.
Hundreds of Lettermen Society members and fans were invited to attend.

Bobby Engemann died on January 20, 2013 in Provo, Utah, of complications from his December 13, 2012 heart bypass surgery.

Put Your Head On My Shoulder

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