This Brooklynite broke into the Top 40 with 1966's "Cherry, Cherry"
[DOC] [TLE] oral history of the Brill Building - David Kamp.com [PAR] Sep 4, 2006 ... HAL DAVID: I think once rock 'n' roll broke throughby the mid-50s, .... Shuman 
into the picture, because a cousin of ours was dating him.