Also known as: What's New, The
Origin: Long Beach, CA, USA
This L.A. area outfit can be traced way back to 1959 and a folk group known as the Yachtsman, which became a popular, long-running act at Disneyland and, after appearing on The Benny Goodman Show , released an LP ( High And Dry ) on Disney's Buena Vista label in 1961. Original members included their leader Carl Berg (vocals, guitar), along with Jay Huling (vocals, guitar, bongos), Ray Jordan (vocals, banjo, string bass) and Bill Reed (vocals, bass). About four years later in the fall of 1965, French actress Line Renaud, the star of Casino de Paris in Las Vegas, toured Disneyland and saw the Ya…