Editing Ronny & the Daytonas (section)

==History==
The group was formed in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]] in 1964 when [[Bill Justis]] (best known for his [[hit record|hit]] "Raunchy") became their [[management|manager]] and formed Buckhorn Music with the help of Wilkin's mother, [[Marijohn Wilkin]], a country music writer.<ref>[http://www.gto.vg/default.html]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719112013/http://www.gto.vg/default.html |date=July 19, 2010 }}</ref>  Signed to [[Mala Records]], a sublabel of [[Bell Records]], their primary contribution to [[popular music]] was in injecting [[country music|country]]-sounds into the burgeoning surfrock scene.  Their 1964 debut single "[[GTO (Ronny & the Daytonas song)|G.T.O.]]" reached No.&nbsp;4 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard Pop Singles]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1964-09-12/hot-100 |title=The Hot 100 : Sep 12, 1964 &#124; Billboard Chart Archive |publisher=Billboard.com |date=1964-09-12 |accessdate=2014-05-24}}</ref> It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book
| first= Joseph
| last= Murrells
| year= 1978
| title= The Book of Golden Discs
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd
| location= London
| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/182 182]
| isbn= 0-214-20512-6
| url-access= registration
| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/182
}}</ref>
A subsequent single, "Bucket T" reached No.&nbsp;54 on the Billboard chart that same year.

After an [[G.T.O. (album)|album]] and tour in 1964, Ronny & The Daytonas had another hit in 1965 with a [[ballad]], "Sandy", and an album that reflected a similar country-inflected surfer sound. In 1966 Ronny and The Daytonas switched to [[RCA Records]] and released a romantic ballad called "Diane, Diane" and the upbeat "All American Girl", both of which had some success on the [[record chart|charts]]. The band toured for a short time after this before disbanding.<ref name=second>[http://www.gto.vg/Pages/where.html]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719114343/http://www.gto.vg/Pages/where.html |date=July 19, 2010 }}</ref>

In 1965, [[Buzz Cason]] and [[John Buck Wilkin|John "Bucky" Wilkin]] recorded the single "Bay City" / "Tiger A-Go-Go" as '''Buzz and Bucky'''. The single did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.<ref name="Whitburn2013">{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2013|title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2012|edition=14th|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn= 978-0-89820-205-2|page=722}}</ref>

The mid-1980s saw some interest in re-uniting various band members for a few engagements.  The last known appearances of The Daytonas were at a concert in upstate [[New York (state)|New York]] on July 4, 1995,<ref name=second /> at the Woodward Dream Cruise in Michigan in 2000 and 2002, and at The Baby Boomer Legends concert at "The Factory" in Franklin, Tennessee on April 24, 2015.

{{As of|2004}}, Buck Wilkin Music publishing<ref>[http://www.gto.vg/Pages/bwmusicpub.html]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518203341/http://www.gto.vg/Pages/bwmusicpub.html |date=May 18, 2010 }}</ref> was licensing Ronny & The Daytonas songs for the [[United States|U.S.]] and [[Canada]], and occasionally published their music on [[Gramophone record|180 gram vinyl]] media in limited production runs.