The Showmen

The Showmen were a New Orleans–based American doo-wop and R&B group formed in 1961. They are best remembered for their track "It Will Stand", issued on Minit Records. "It Will Stand" reached No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961, and when re-released in 1964 re-charted and reached No. 80. "It Will Stand" was a favorite of Neil Sedaka, who was inspired to set his original arrangement of "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" to a similar beat. They had another hit, the Carolina Beach Music standard "39-21-40 Shape;" the label on the single, however, was mistakenly printed "39-21-46", and this soon supplanted the official title.