Initially created as a mythical act as a vehicle under which Swan records could release Gerry Granahan's Click Clack, Granahan subsequently recruited a quartet -- Harvey Davis (bass), Al Ways (sax), Ray Gangi (guitar), and Dave Alldred (drums) -- to back him as Dickey Doo & the Dont's; Granahan was referred to on their recordings as Richard A. Doo. The quintet proved extremely popular in concert and charted more singles, including Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu, Leave Me Alone, and Teardrops Will Fall, over the next year and a half. By the 1960s, the group had left Swan and moved to the United Artists label, where they cut two albums and remained under contract until 1965.