The Modern Men

Four young singers from the West Coast discovered by Stan Kenton. Members included: Bob Smart, Paul Salamunovich, Tony Katics, and Al Oliveri. Kenton had decided he wanted to make a vocal album when his secretary Margaret Sharpe, who was a member of the famous Roger Wagner Chorale, knew that four men from the choir had been rehearsing after-hours as a Four Freshmen-styled pop quartet termed the Modern Men, and suggested them to Kenton. Kenton was impressed by them and believed he could groom them into a creative force within the orchestra. Plans for the group to tour with the band were dropped when Kenton with Voices did not sell well.