The Spokesmen were an American

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 pop music

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 trio

Trio (music)

Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:* A group of three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.* The performance of a piece of music by three people.* The contrasting section of a piece in ternary form...

. They scored a hit single

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 in the U.S.

United States

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 in 1965 with the tune "Dawn of Correction", which was a patriotic answer record to Barry McGuire

Barry McGuire

Barry McGuire is an American singer-songwriter best known for the hit song "Eve of Destruction", and later as a pioneering singer and songwriter of Contemporary Christian Music.-Early life:...

's protest song

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, "Eve of Destruction". The song was written by the group's members, John Medora

John Medora

John Medora , also known as John or Johnny Madara, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, who teamed up with David White and Arthur Singer to write the 1957 hit song "At the Hop"....

, David White

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David White toured the country with his parents prior to attending school in their acrobatic/hand-balancing act called Barry and Brenda and Company....

 and Roy Gilmore. The tune hit #36 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 chart

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Co-composers White and Medora had previously co-written several hit singles, including "At the Hop

At the Hop

"At the Hop" is a hit rock 'n' roll song written by Arthur Singer, John Medora and David White and originally released by Danny & the Juniors. The song was released in the fall of 1957, and reached number one on the US charts on January 6, 1958, thus becoming one of the top-selling singles of 1958...

" for Danny and the Juniors, "You Don't Own Me

You Don't Own Me

"You Don't Own Me" is a popular song written by the Philadelphia songwriters John Madara and David White, and recorded by Lesley Gore in 1963, when Gore was 17 years old. The song reached No...

" for Lesley Gore

Lesley Gore

Lesley Gore is an American singer. She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit "It's My Party", which she recorded at the age of 16. Following the hit, she became one of the most recognized teen pop singers of the 1960s.- Biography :Gore was born in New York City, New York. She was raised in...

 and "1-2-3" for Len Barry

Len Barry

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Members

• John Medora
  John Medora
  John Medora , also known as John or Johnny Madara, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, who teamed up with David White and Arthur Singer to write the 1957 hit song "At the Hop"....
  
  
• David White
  David White (musician)
  David White toured the country with his parents prior to attending school in their acrobatic/hand-balancing act called Barry and Brenda and Company....
  
   (formerly of Danny & the Juniors
  Danny & the Juniors
  Danny & The Juniors were a doo-wop quartet from Philadelphia comprising Danny Rapp, Dave White, Frank Maffei and Joe Terranova. Formed in 1955, they are most widely recognized for their hit single "At the Hop", which was released in 1957...
  
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• Roy Gilmore