Jim Pike after The Lettermen, See: reunionthesingingroup.com

In 1974 Jim developed voice problems so he called on his younger brother Donny to fill in for him for their next tour. Jim had used Donny in the studio to sing on numerous Lettermen recordings so that he could sit in the booth and produce the sessions, so he was a natural replacement. In late 1976 Jim sold his interests in the Lettermen name to Tony Butala and left the group for good. This video shows some of things Jim Pike became involved in with his departure from The Lettermen. After several years of producing other artists Jim's voice began to return and he wanted to sing again, so The REUNION was born. About the last 10-12 Lettermen albums for Capitol were recorded at Producers Workshop which was owned and run by Ed Cobb of the Four Preps singing group. Ed and Jim became close friends and since The Reunion were formed from ex Lettermen and Ed saw how very successful they were he wanted to put the Four Preps back together for a Four Prep reunion. The only problem was, not all of the Preps wanted to come back so Ed asked Jim Pike to become a Prep. Jim said ok as long as it didn't interfere with Reunion. So then Jim was sharing time between Reunion and the Preps. After he helped put the Preps together and recorded their CD's in his studio it did eventually become too difficult for him to share time between the two groups on the road and so Jim left the Preps and was replaced by Jim Yester of the Association. Last in the video is the award given to Jim for the preservation of harmony. Visit: reunionthesingingroup.com (One g between singing and group)

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[ebutyouou]

where is tony butala please include him.....

[degarmome]

@ebutyouou This video is about Jim Pike, creator of the famed Lettermen !! Where are you ??

[hari081868]

what happened to bob engeman? Is he still alive? Can he still sing? Why won't they reunite? Even just for a short time..while they are still alive!

[1956etol]

I saw Kelly sing this in person...truly amazing. So touching.



[Bobbytoo]

This is fantastic!

[getdusty1]

...such a classy video. Never thought I'd watch the whole fourteen plus minutes, but as a former barbershopper, it sure did put more than just a few tears in my eyes. You did an excellent job in putting this together.

[crackersplat]

@etol56 My aunt and uncle. Sweet of you to say.

[etol56]

Jim Pike is 'the Lettermen'. What a classy guy. And Sue is an angel!

[motorcitymiguel]

I Love Him.. Class....

[dwsingrs]

You may notice on the credits on the back of several albums in the late 60's/early 70's, "special thanks to Doug Curran." Check out.Pat fullerton's website for more info.