American vocal ensemble popular in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Stone formed Herby Stone And His Pebbles shortly after the end of WWII, which by 1947 had evolved into The Kirby Stone Quintette (later shortened to Quintet). The Quintet had become a Quartet and then simply a Four. The group appeared on television and in nightclubs across the USA (including their own Kirby Stone Fourum club in New York City), and toured overseas.
The group charted once in the U.S. with the song Baubles, Bangles & Beads, which hit #25 in 1958.
Members included:
Kirby Stone - Trumpet (Born April 27, 1918, New York, Died July 13, 1981)
Eddie Hall - Drums (Born Edwin Holzman; April 23, 1921, Died November 16, 2012)
Mike Gardner - Piano
Larry Foster - Impressionist
Gene Thaler - Drums
Art Cow Eyes Engler - Saxophone
Bernie Doc Mandel - Bass
Jimmy Hassell