- Danny & Juniors Trivia: Initially formed and named "The Juvenairs" in 1955, this Philadelphia quartet included Danny Rapp (lead), Dave White (1st tenor), Frank Maffei (2nd tenor) and Joe Terranova (baritone).
- Danny & Juniors Trivia: They are widely recognized for their hit single "At the Hop", which was released in 1957. They followed it up with "Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay", a similar sounding dance hit, and later "Dottie".
- Danny & Juniors Trivia: They got their big break when they were called to fill in for a group that failed to show up for Dick Clark's American Bandstand show in Philadelphia. They lip-synced "At The Hop",...
- .... which then took off like a rocket to #1 in the US. A few years later, Chubby Checker was invited to make his first TV appearance on Bandstand when Danny and The Juniors didn't show.
- Danny & Juniors Trivia: When 1960 and "The Twist" had arrived, they had a hit with "Twistin USA".
- Danny & Juniors Trivia: John Madara originally recorded "At the Hop" with the Juniors (Juvenairs) singing background. It was titled "Do The Bop" with the B Side, "Sometimes".
- Danny & Juniors Trivia: John Madara wrote "At the Hop" to capture a sound similar to "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" made famous by Jerry Lee Lewis....
- .... According to Madara, " I wanted to do something that had a piano featured like 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.' So, off we go to the recording studio, with me singing lead ....
- .... and The Juniors singing background, and my 45 record 'A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' to set the tone of what I was shooting for....
- I paid for the session, sat in the control room, told the engineer what to do, and played the Jerry Lee Lewis record for the musicians.
- ... and that is how 'Do The Bop' (AKA "At the Hop") was created.
- Danny & Juniors Trivia: Their 1958, Top 20 hit "Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay" was written in response to a rock record smashing party sponsored by St Louis radio station KWK.
- Danny & Juniors Trivia: Dave White left the group in the early 1960s to write and produce. He wrote "You Don't Own Me" (1963), a hit for Lesley Gore stressing female independence before it became fashionable.
- Danny & Juniors Trivia: Thry broke up and regrouped over the years, and split into 2 groups in 1978. One featured Joe Terranova and Frank Maffei,...
- ...while the other featured Danny Rapp with various backing singers. Both groups performed under the "Danny and the Juniors" name.
- Danny & Juniors Trivia: Danny Rapp committed suicide in 1983.
- Danny & Juniors Trivia: As of 2017, "Danny and the Juniors" still tour, with Joe Terry (lead), Frank Maffei and Frank's brother Bobby Maffei.
