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The Medallions, featuring the bluesy lead vocals of Vernon Green, was the first doo-wop group to record for one of Los Angeles's premiere doo-wop labels, Dootone Records. Owner Dootsie Williams was impressed with Green and asked him to put together a vocal group. The first release, "Buick 59" (based on Todd Rhodes' double-entendre R&B hit "Rocket 69"), backed with a ballad called "The Letter," was a double-sided West Coast hit