Cecil Altman Boone (born June 1, 1935,

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, Florida, United States), known as Nick Todd, is an American pop singer. He is the younger brother of pop singer

Pat Boone Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer and actor. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in mo ...

. He had two

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s called "Plaything" and "At The Hop", which reached No. 41 and No. 21, respectively, on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100

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. "Plaything" debuted in October 1957 and "At The Hop" debuted in December 1957, the same month

Danny & the Juniors Danny & the Juniors are an American doo-wop and rock and roll vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania originally consisting of Danny Rapp, Dave White, Frank Maffei and Joe Terranova. Formed in 1955, they are most widely recognized for the ...

' version reached No. 1 on the chart. The president of

Dot Records Dot Records was an American record label founded by Randy Wood (record producer), Randy Wood and Gene Nobles that was active between 1950 and 1978. The original headquarters of Dot Records were in Gallatin, Tennessee. In 1956, the company moved ...

, Randy Wood, did not want him using the same last name as his brother, so he made up "Todd", which is basically "Dot" (Records) spelled backwards. Both

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were backed by

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and his Orchestra. Nick Todd earned a master's degree in social work from the

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and during the 1970s was executive director of West Tennessee AGAPE, a family service organization. He later moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he continued work as a social worker, song leader among the churches of Christ, and instructor in Social Work at David Lipscomb University.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Todd, Nick 1935 births American male singers Living people Musicians from Jacksonville, Florida Boone family (show business)