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
Johann Ludwig Bach a sacred cantata for the second Sunday after Trinity, "Kommet, es ist alles bereit", JLB deest, with a manuscript dated 1719. Compositions that are sometimes attributed to Johann Ludwig Bach: In 1852 "Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen", JLB 21, was published as J. S. Bach's 15th cantata by the Bach-Gesellschaft. Carus Verlag published the Kyrie-Gloria Mass (JLB 38), the Suite in G major (JLB 20), the motets, and a few cantatas (JLB 5, 8 and 9). Facsimiles of several 18th-century manuscripts containing Johann Ludwig Bach's works are available at the Bach Digital website. Ulrich Leisinger's