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There Are Two Artists With Similar Names The Teddy Bears And Teddybears. The Teddy Bears Was An American Pop Music Group. They Were Record Producer Phil Spector's First Vocal Group The Only One Of Which He Was A Member. Following Graduation From Fairfax High School In Los Angeles California Phil Spector Became Obsessed With The Song "To Know Him Is To Love Him " A Song He Had Written For His Group The Teddy Bears. After A Hasty Audition At ERA Records Who Offered To Finance A Studio Session The Teddy Bears - Phil Spector Marshall Leib Harvey Goldstein Who Left The Group Early On Lead Singer Annette Kleinbard 1 And Last Minute Recruit Drummer Sandy Nelson - Recorded The Song At Gold Star Studios At A Cost Of $75. Released On ERA's Dore Label In August 1958 It Took Two Months Before "To Know Him Is To Love Him" Began To Get Airplay. The Record Stayed In The Billboard Hot 100 For 23 Weeks In The Top Ten For 11 Of Those Weeks And Commanded The #1 Chart Position For Three Weeks. At 19 Years Old Spector Had Written Arranged Played Sung And Produced The Best-Selling Record In The Country. Although Subsequent Releases By The Teddy Bears On The Imperial Label Were Well-Recorded Soft Pop They Did Not Sell And Within A Year Of The Debut Spector Disbanded The Group. Spector Was Not The Only Teddy Bear Who Went On To A Career After The Group Broke Up. Harvey Goldstein Became A Certified Public Accountant. Annette Kleinbard Continued To Write And Record Songs And Changed Her Name To Carol Connors. Among Her Credits Are The Rip Chords Hit "Hey Little Cobra" And The Academy Awards Nominated Rocky Theme Song "Gonna Fly Now " Co-Written With Ayn Robbins. Teddybears Began As Skull A Grindcore Group. The Band Initially Consisted Of Singer Patrik Arve And The Brothers Joakim Åhlund And Klas Åhlund Before Drummer Olsson Joined Them. They Released Their Debut Album You Are Teddybears In 1993 And Their Second Album Titled I Can't Believe It's Teddybears STHLM Followed In 1996. Their Third Album Rock'n'Roll Highschool Came Out In 2000 And Consisted Of Electronic Elements Which Were A Departure From The Band's Previous Hardcore Music. A Fourth Album 'Fresh' Was Released In 2005 And Included The Singles Cobrastyle And Hey Boy. As For The Name "If You're Familiar With The Swedish Or Norwegian Black Metal Scene You Know Back Then Every Band Was Called Things Like 'Corpse Grinder From Hell ' Åhlund Says. "So We Called Ourselves The Teddybears As An Anti Thing." Band Members Wear Large Bear Masks In Album Art And Promotional Photographs. Joakim Åhlund Is Also The Lead Guitarist And Songwriter For The Caesars Who Are Best Known For Jerk It Out A Song Used In An IPod Commercial. Klas Åhlund Has Also Produced Most Of The Caesars' Albums. The Two Brothers Also Direct Television Ads And Music Videos Through Production Outfit Spader Knekt. The Group Has A Global Music Publishing Deal With BMG Music Publishing. They Have Signed To Atlantic Records And Big Beat/Atlantic Records Released Their First North American Album Soft Machine On September 12 2006 Under The Shortened Monniker Teddybears. The Album Includes Appearances From Iggy Pop Annie Ebbot Lundberg Of The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Mad Cobra And Neneh Cherry. read less