Tony Butala, Who Defied ’60s Rock Rebellion to Mint Hits, Has Died
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His squeaky-clean vocal trio, the Lettermen, survived the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix to pepper the pop charts with lush, retro-tinged songs. He was 87. Tony Butala, a founder of the soothing vocal trio the Lettermen, who became a mainstay of the pop charts, cruising through the rocking 1960s as the …
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