- Diamonds Trivia: The original members were Dave Somerville (lead), Ted Kowalski (tenor), Phil Levitt (baritone), and Bill Reed (bass).
- Diamonds Trivia: The group`s first performance was in the basement of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Toronto singing in a Christmas minstrel show.
- Diamonds Trivia: They tied for 1st Place on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. The prize of being guest artists for a week on Godfrey`s show led to a recording contract with Coral Records.
- Diamonds Trivia: Coral released four songs, the most notable being "Black Denim Trousers" & "Motorcycle Boots", written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
- Diamonds Trivia: Switching labels, their first recording for Mercury Records was "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (originated by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers).
- Diamonds Trivia: Contrary to a popular myth, the father of Tom Hanks was never a member of the group.
- Diamonds Trivia: Their biggest hits were 1957's "Little Darlin’" and "The Stroll" (1957), an original song written by Clyde Otis, from an idea by Dick Clark.
- Diamonds Trivia: Billboard ranked "Little Darlin'" as the No. 3 song for 1957.
- Diamonds Trivia: They sang "Little Darlin'" and "Where Mary Go" in the film "The Big Beat", and sang the theme song for another film, "Kathy-O".
- Diamonds Trivia: Bobby Rydell`s "Cherie" used the melody of "Little Darlin", just as his previous hit "Kissin' Time" had also copied "Sweet Little Sixteen".
- Diamonds Trivia: In the late 1950s, Reed, Kowalski and Levitt left the group and were replaced by Mike Douglas, John Felten and Evan Fisher. After Dave Somerville left the group in 1961 to pursue a folk singing career as "David Troy", he was replaced by Jim Malone.
- Diamonds Trivia: At one time, there were at least two groups performing under the Diamonds name, the other being led by John Felten until his death on May 17, 1982, in a plane crash, so the right to the use of the name "The Diamonds" had to be settled in court...
- .... and was awarded to Gary Owens (a member of Felten's group).
- Diamonds Trivia: On July 14th, 2015, David Somerville, lead singer with the Diamonds, passed away in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 81.
- Diamonds Trivia: In 2006 The Diamonds were inducted into The Doo-Wop Hall of Fame.
