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Kalin Twins
12+ albums
60spop50sUSAHome collection
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The Kalin Twins (born 16 February 1934, Port Jervis, New York, USA) were a pop music recording duo, comprising twin brothers Hal and Herbie Kalin (d. 24 August 2005 and 21 July 2006, respectively). A classic example of one-hit-wonder syndrome, the Kalin Twins have a more interesting history than many who fall into this age group. They were real life twins (many references give their birth date as 1939 but this was a Decca Records diversion, in an attempt to make them appear younger than they were). Their first public appearance came in just five years at a local Christmas party, and the error stayed with them. They graduated from Port Jervis High School in June 1952, but has plans to break into the music industry was delayed when Hall was drafted in Air Force as a radio operator. They kept in touch during this period, recording and writing songs on a tape recorder and send them back and forth. After Hal's discharge in 1956 they set about resurrecting their double act. During these early struggles a demo single was pressed, combining the compositions "Beggars Of Love" and "The Spider And The Fly." The result was an audition for Decca, and their first single proper, "Jumpin 'Jack" / "Walkin' To School." While searching through piles of writers' demo tapes to find the appropriate monitoring of twins found a song titled "When", written by Paul Evans and Jack Reardon. It became their second single. However, the record company chose to plug its flip side, "Three o'clock
