Three high-school friends, Barbara Harris (b. 18 August 1945, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA), Barbara Parritt (b. 1 October 1944, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA) and June Montiero (b. 1 July 1946, New York City, USA) formed the Toys in Jamaica, New York. The group is best recalled for their 1965 hit "A Lover's Concerto", a Supremes-influenced performance adapted from Bach's "Minuet In G". "Attack", another piece appropriated from a classical theme, also reached the US and UK charts but further releases, "May My Heart Be Cast To Stone" and "Baby Toys" were only minor US pop hits. Although a 1968 single, "Sealed With A Kiss" returned them to the US soul Top 50, the trio split up soon afterwards.

Listen to The Toys at Finetune.

• A Lover's Concerto

• Petula Clark
• The Paris Sisters
• The Murmaids
• Raindrops
• Ellie Greenwich
• The Vogues
• THE HONEYS
• The Caravelles
• Wayne Fontana
• Robin Ward
• Gene Pitney
• Peter & Gordon
• The Seekers
• Kyu Sakamoto
• Jewel Akens
• We Five
• George Fame & The Blue Flames
• Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
• The Mindbenders
• The Brooklyn Bridge