Chordcats
The Chords soon appeared on TV shows. (Televisions were still uncommon in U.S. homes.) The band was knocked when it learned there was a more-obscure group already using the name The Chords. They were forced to change their name to the Chordcats. Subsequent Atlantic Record advertisements noted that their group was the creators and originators of "Sh-Boom," even though the Canadian Crew-Cuts' paler pop version by then had knocked the Chords' R&B-styled version off the charts.
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