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
Works by J. G. A. Pocock and reviews. Below are the main categories of his articles/essays and their constituents. Pocock's many monographs are listed within the main article, "J. G. A. Pocock: Monographs". Pocock used many of the following as research and preparation for "Barbarism and Religion" : Pocock is a New Zealand expatriate, but he retains his citizenship and maintains an interest in his country's past, present, and future: Works by J. G. A. Pocock A scholar of the history of British political discourse, J. G. A. Pocock, the Harry C. Black Chair of History Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University, has enjoyed over 60 years