The Toys got them work doing background vocals for several recording artists. At a talent show in Brooklyn they met Eddy Chase, who in turn introduced them to manager Vince Marc and songwriter/recording executive Bob Crewe. The group became the Toys, and landed their first recording contract on Crewe's DynoVoice Records. Marc introduced them to songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell. Linzer and Randell wrote most of the songs they recorded. They took a piano piece from a Bach exercise book ("Minuet in G major" by Christian Petzold), put a Motown bassline to it, and "A Lover's Concerto" was born; the song
Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 devises a system of hand signals for cheating tests, which are based on certain piano pieces. One of the pieces is the first five notes of Minuet in G major. Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 The Minuet in G major is a keyboard piece included in the 1725 "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach". Until 1970, it was attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV Anh. 114), but it is now universally attributed to Christian Petzold. It is a 32-measure piece primarily in the key of G major. <score raw="1" vorbis="1"> \version "2.14.2" \header { upper = \relative c" {