After signing with Red Bird Records, a copyright search found the name 'Bunnies' was in use. "We called ourselves The Bunnies when we began singing publicly. Not only was the choice of releases out of the group' hands, they discovered that right before their first release, they were also given a new moniker. That was recorded at Mars Sound in New York." Our third recording, The Dum Dum Ditty, was our first release. We then recorded a demo of 'Give Him A Great Big Kiss', which was again taken from us and given to the Shangri-Las. Because the Shangri-Las were already established at Red Bird, it was decided by the company that they were to get the song as a follow up hit. "The first demo we cut was for our first single, 'Leader Of The Pack'. Unfortunately, every time Morton's proteges were about to get their shot, the powers that be at Red Bird insisted that the more established Shangri-Las record the actual release. The group readied such future hits as "Leader Of The Pack", "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" and "You Don't Know", the song that Ellie Greenwich would take for her lone Red Bird single.
Morton recorded his demos with The Bunnies at a studio in Hicksville, NY. Morton was already having success with the Shangri-Las, providing them with their first hit single during the summer of 1964, the atmospheric "Remember (Walking In The Sand)".
He subsequently introduced us to George."
Ron had seen us at a local talent show, and wanted to represent us. Maureen picks up the story, "We met George through our first manager, Ron Shubert. Through Ron's contact, the group, originally calling itself The Bunnies, was introduced to producer George "Shadow" Morton. After the show, he approached the group and mentioned that he liked what he heard and was interested in representing them. While singing in a talent show, the girls were spotted by talent man, Ron Shubert. The foursome started singing during their days in junior high and high school. Sisters Maureen and Diane Reiling, Maryann Gesmundo and Susan Gelber were four friends living in the neighboring towns of Seaford, Levittown and Wantagh on New York's Long Island. Between 19 they charted with teen melodramas, and remain perhaps best known for their recordings of "The Dum Dum Ditty" and "Sophisticated Boom Boom" before both songs were made even more popular by another 60's girl group, the Shangri-Las. The Goodies were an American pop girl group of the 1960s.
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