The Crests -- Tears Will Fall DEStereo 1963

DES from a mono recording.
The Crests were an American doo-wop group formed by bass vocalist J.T. Carter in the mid-1950s. On Coed Records, the group had several Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their most famous song, "16 Candles", rose to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1959, selling over one million copies and earning a gold disc status. The group's other hits include "Step By Step," "The Angels Listened In," "Trouble In Paradise," "Six Nights A Week," and "A Year Ago Tonight." The Crests were one of the earliest racially mixed doo-wop groups, consisting of three African American members (one female), one Puerto Rican, and one Italian American.