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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZFOUR PREPS, TheUSA vocal group formed at Hollywood High School. Lineup: Bruce Belland, Glen Larson, Ed Cobb, Marv Ingram. The clean-cut group were the era's equivalent of a later generation of California soft-rock; their pretty harmonising may have been an influence on the Beach Boys). Signed by Capitol, they had 13 entries in the Hot 100 '56-64, six top 40 including '26 Miles' (no. 2, written by Larson and Belland), 'Big Man' (no. 3), both '58. |