337 The Teddy Bears “To Know Him Is to Love Him” 1958

The not-yet legendary producer, Phil Spector (1939- ), formed the group named after Elvis Presley’s hit, “Teddy Bear” and wrote the song to feature Annette Kleinbard’s voice. Record producer Lew Bedell asked Dick Clark to listen to the song. “‘He heard it, thought it over, then put it on ‘American Bandstand’ and boom—we wound up selling 1.4 million copies,’ Bedell said” (Ribowsky, He’s a Rebel, 1989). 

The Teddy Bears “To Know Him Is to Love Him”