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The Merry Macs
The Merry Macs were a vocal quartet that formed in Hollywood in the early 1940s. They started out as backup singers for artists like Bing Crosby and Fred...
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The Merry Macs were a vocal quartet that formed in Hollywood in the early 1940s. They started out as backup singers for artists like Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire before signing with Decca Records in 1944. Their lineup originally included Cliffie Stone, Ken Carson, Paul Mantz, and Al Rinker.
In 1944, they released "Sentimental Journey," a song written by Les Brown and Ben Homer that became a number one hit on the Billboard charts. It tapped into wartime nostalgia with the group's smooth harmonies and Stone's falsetto. Ken Carson left in 1946 and was replaced by Dale Evans, but tensions led to Stone and Mantz departing in 1949. Evans and Rinker kept going as a duo until they disbanded in 1952.
The group reunited briefly in the 1970s to record and perform on nostalgia shows.
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