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Guitarist and bass player who was one of the
founding members of The
Royal Guardsmen
.
Balogh was into folk music as a
teenager but when he and his high-school friend Jay
Mayer
went to see A Hard Day's Night, it was
all over for them. They wanted
to be a part of that. The two
of them, along with John
Burdett
, started a group called The Posmen. Balogh's father was a postman,
and for some reason they dropped the "t". It wouldn't be long before the
band would morph into The
Royal Guardsmen
. Balogh knew that they had made it
when he turned on WLS in Chicago and the disc jockey announced "Snoopy
vs. the Red Baron
". It
wound up selling over four million copies worldwide. The
Guardsmen reunited in 2004 and
continue to tour.
The
Royal Guardsmen
recordings
I Needed
You (Chris
Nunley/Barry
Winslow
)
Snoopy
vs. the Red Baron
(Phil
Gernhard/Dick
Holler )
Sources:
1.
http://www.theroyalguardsmen.com/
2.
http://www.crazedfanboy.com/spotlight/guardsmen.html
3.
http://ocalaroyalguardsmen.com/meet.htm
4.
http://www.ocalastyle.com/styleadmin/newsadmin/anmviewer.asp?a=479&print=yes
5.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/06/10/news_pf/Citrus/_Snoopy__singers_to_r.shtml
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