The Nylons overview
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight(03:12)
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Happy Together(02:52)
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Up on the Roof(03:41)
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(All I Have to Do Is) Dream(02:03)
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Up the Ladder to the Roof(02:29)
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Bop Till You Drop(03:09)
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- Oo Wee, Oh Me, Oh My(03:24)
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The Stars Are Ours(03:27)
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Eli's Coming(04:42)
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Poison Ivy(03:24)
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A Touch of Your Hand(03:49)
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Ain't No Sunshine(03:54)
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God Only Knows(03:34)
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Heavenly Bodies(02:58)
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Drift Away(04:06)
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The Nylons bio
The origins of the Nylons date back to 1978 when four experienced Toronto stage actors, Connors, Cooper, Morrison, and Simpson, used to get together in the back of a delicatessen to sing doo-wop together. They took their ensemble to parties and friend's houses and constant comments from people convinced them to take their unique a cappella act into the clubs. An acquaintence met at a party was abo... ut to open a new cabaret and invited them to debut there. They played there for six weeks, garnering rave critical and audience reviews. In 1979 Simpson retired from the group and Cole was brought on board. They very quickly established themselves as one of the area's classiest and most original ensembles and caught the attention of Attic Records. Their first album eventually went platinum in Canada (100,000 copies), and there followed four more releases on Attic that all sold at least gold in Canada (50,000 copies). They received the equivalent of a Dutch Grammy award and a gold disc for the One Size Fits All album and the Best Singer Award at 1986's Tokyo Music Festival. In 1987 Disney used their song That Kind Of Man in their feature The Tin Man, and their version of Up The Ladder To Th Full bioRead more
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