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left the group to start a solo career in 1955. As the owner of the group name, Treadwell was in a position to hire and fire the group's members, who were employees rather than co-owners of the
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group that had been performing as The Five Crowns. Treadwell continued to manage the group and select its members until his death in 1967.
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