Il Divo to recreate the quality of Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo. Cowell conducted a worldwide search for young singers who were willing to embark on the project, a search that lasted nearly three years, from 21 January 2001, until 16 December 2003, when the fourth member, American tenor David Miller, was signed. Prior to "Il Divo", Miller and his European counterparts Spanish baritone, Carlos Marín, Swiss tenor Urs Bühler and French pop singer, Sébastien Izambard were each enjoying moderate success in their own right. The first album ""Il Divo"", was recorded in February 2004 in Sweden, with the Quiz
The Colts (vocal group) to sign a record label, and the first black R&B, and Doowop vocal group coming out of the Central Valley from Bakersfield that formed around the same time period as the Bakersfield Sound, during the early-to-mid 1950s. The Colts (vocal group) The Colts: also known (as Four Colts & a Filly), is an American vocal group from Bakersfield, California. The group's founding members consisted of a four-man line-up: lead singer Ruben Grundy, his brother Joe Grundy, Carl Moland. In 1955, while attending "L.A. City College", in Los Angeles, New Jersey native Leroy Smith had joined the group. The following year