The Lane Brothers

The Lane Brothers' actual surname is Locanto, and they were cousins with composer-arranger Jerry Gray. Peter Locanto, the oldest of ten siblings, was born on October 13, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusett; Francis Xavier Locanto ("Frank") was born in Allston, Massachusetts on March 26, 1931, and Al Locanto was born in 1933. Frank was the chief songwriter, and joined ASCAP in 1961. The young group appeared in Boston clubs and soon added Tex Logan on violin. Adopting the name "Lane Brothers", they appeared on Boston's radio program "The Hayloft Jamboree" over WCOP. By 1953 they were recording on several labels, and eventually on RCA Victor by the mid-1950s and eventually met and worked with Hugo Winterhalter, Joe Reisman and top jazz musicians and vocalists like the De Castro Sisters, Everly Brothers, Connie Francis and Bobby Darin.. RCA canceled their contract, and they signed with a Kapp Records subsidiary. A regular act aboard cruise ships, they appeared in a number of European clubs. By 1984, there was film work; Frank appeared in "Beyond Desire", and the group appeared in a parody of "The Godfather" entitled "The Godmothers".