What a cool story. How nice those Doo-Wop memories must be fore you. Did your brother record (even if for personal use) any of his singing?
I too love Only You and the Platters. I also remember The Tokens mostly for The Lion Sleeps Tonight. I always thought they were pretty bold using a ethnic slur by singing "a-weina wop..a weina wop....until I looked up the lyrics and its "wimoweh"
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
