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Johnny & the Hurricanes

Johnny and the Hurricanes, an American instrumental rock band from Toledo, Ohio, were formed in 1957 as the Orbits by saxophonist Johnny Paris. The group initially consisted of school friends who played on recordings behind local rockabilly singer Mack Vickery. In 1958, they signed with Twirl Records and were renamed Johnny and the Hurricanes. Their breakthrough came with "Crossfire", recorded in a vacant cinema to achieve an echo effect, which reached number 23 on the US chart in spring 1959. The band's most notable success was "Red River Rock", an instrumental version of "Red R...