Diamonds, The - Little Darlin' - 1957

Their biggest hit was a cover of The Gladiola's "Little Darlin'." The Gladiolas version came out in the first week in February, 1957. In less then two weeks the Diamond's version was out.

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The Gladiolas went on to become Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs who hit big a few years later with "Stay". I hope that Maurice was able to profit by the songwriter credits for the Diamonds' recording, as was the case with Fats Domino from Pat Boone's cover of his "Ain't That a Shame".