The Crew-Cuts a group called "The Jordonaires" (not to be confused with a similarly named group, The Jordanaires, that was known for singing backup vocals on Elvis Presley's hits) and also "The Otnorots" ("Toronto" spelled backwards being "Otnorot"), but they split from the group to finish high school. When the Four Lads returned to Toronto for a homecoming concert, John Perkins and Maugeri ran into each other and decided that they could themselves have a musical future. They joined with Barrett and Ray Perkins in March 1952. The group was originally called "The Four Tones" (not to be confused with The Four
The Who Tour 1971 in the year. 1971 was also the first year the group performed with backing tapes, which allowed them to include the synthesizer tracks from both "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley" onstage. Recorded backing tracks would be used more extensively during the "Quadrophenia" tours in 1973–1974 and in later years for songs like "Who Are You", "You Better You Bet", and "Eminence Front". Live material from 1971 (excluding TV appearances where the band mimed to pre-recorded material) has appeared on a number of different releases: The band played at least six shows at London's Young Vic theatre between 4