The Huntingtons
The Huntingtons debut album "Sweet Sixteen" was released in 1996 by Flying Tart Records. A few months later, their first attempt at recording Ramones covers, entitled "Rocket to Ramonia" saw limited release via the Burnt Toast Vinyl label. At this point the band added a second guitarist, Tom Rehbein (later in Small Towns Burn a Little Slower). After working with producer Mass Giorgini for the band's next album, "Fun and Games", Tom was replaced by Brad Ber. After the album's release in mid-1997, the band started touring and gained a cult following. Their big break came in 1998, when they signed to Tooth & Nail Records and released "High School Rock".
Gordon Jenkins
After a brief stint with RCA's "X" records, Jenkins later moved to Capitol Records where he worked with Frank Sinatra, notably on the albums "Where Are You?" (1957) and "No One Cares" (1959), and Nat King Cole, with whom he had his greatest successes; Jenkins was responsible for the lush arrangements on the 1957 album "Love Is the Thing" (Capitol's first stereo release, which included "When I Fall in Love", one of Cole's best-known recordings), as well as the albums "The Very Thought of You" (1958) and "Where Did Everyone Go?" (1963). Jenkins also wrote the music and lyrics for Judy Garland's 1959 album "The Letter" which also featured vocalist Charles LaVere, and conducted several of Garland's London concerts in the early 1960s.