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Biography
The Kalin Twins (b. February 16, 1934, Port Jervis, New York ) were a pop music sound recording and reproduction|recording Duet (music)|duo , comprising twin brothers Hal and Herbie Kalin (d. August 24, 2005 and July 21, 2006, respectively).
Career
The Kalin Twins remain the archetypal one-hit wonder s. Their only Top 40|Top 10 record chart|chart hit record|hit - " When (1958 song)|When " - may have cruelly prophesied the question of further success. Originally discovered by Clint Ballard, Jr. , the writer of many hit gramophone record|records such as " Good Timin' (1960 song)|Good Timin' " for Jimmy Jones (singer)|Jimmy Jones , and " I'm Alive (Clint Ballard, Jr. song)|I'm Alive " for The Hollies , the sibling duo had a couple of early recording flops.cite book | first= Jo | last= Rice | year= 1982 | title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits | edition= 1st | publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd | location= Enfield, Middlesex | page= 39 | isbn= 0-85112-250-7 However, in 1958, after searching through piles of writers' demo (music)|demo tapes, their management discovered the song called "When", written by Paul Evans (musician)|Paul Evans and Jack Reardon.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2001 | title= British Hit Singles | edition= 14th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | page= 31 | isbn= 0-85156-156-X It topped the UK Singles Chart , got to Number 5 in their United States|U.S. homeland, and sold over two million copies in the process. The track remained in the United Kingdom|UK record chart|listings for eighteen weeks, five of which were at Number One.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | page= 296 | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 They had no further UK chart entries.
Harold (Hal) and Herbert (Herbie) were the first set of twins to reach number one in the United Kingdom|UK as a duo, followed years later by The Proclaimers . They were supported by Cliff Richard on their only UK concert tour|tour . Their second single, "Forget Me Not," reached Number 12 in the US Billboard chart later in 1958. After two further low-ranking entries in 1959, they never reached the charts again.
Family
Herbert Kalin was married and had four children, Suzan Lynn, Kelly Lee, Buddy Ladd, and Jonathan Ray.
Post-music career
Eventually, disillusioned with diminishing returns, the brothers returned to their day jobs, with each pursuing college degrees. They did not perform again until 1977, when a mutual friend booked them to appear at his new nightclub . Sometimes they performed with their younger sibling, Jack, and thus appeared as the Kalin Brothers.
They disappeared again as a performing act, until 1989. Then, their one-time support act, Cliff Richard , invited them to play at his Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium 'The Event' concerts, as part of a sequence paying homage to the 1950s television pop music|pop show, Oh Boy& #33; (TV series)|Oh Boy!
Deaths
Harold "Hal" Kalin died on August 24, 2005, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident , aged 71.
Herbert "Herbie" Kalin died July 21, 2006 from a myocardial infarction|heart attack , aged 72.
Discography
"Jumpin' Jack"/"Walkin' To School" - (1957)
" When (1958 song)|When " - (1958) - UK Singles Chart|UK Number One - Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Number Five
"Three O'Clock Thrill" - (1958) - U.S. jukebox favorite
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