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Four Deuces
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<p>The Four Deuces were an <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">American</a> <a href="/facts/Rhythm_and_blues/UT5v5rXb">rhythm and blues</a> vocal <a href="/facts/Quartet/f95VLMLf">quartet</a>, formed in the mid-1950s in <a href="/facts/Salinas,_California/eqcvPQV8">Salinas</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a>. The band was started by <a href="/facts/Lead_singer/tGyTlaQe">lead singer</a> Luther McDaniel, and recorded several songs before they broke up around 1957. While active, the Four Deuces had moderate but short-lived popularity, mainly along the West Coast, mostly due to the frequent radio airplay of their hit song, "W-P-L-J". </p>