Original The Standells band was formed in 1962 by lead vocalist and keyboard player Larry Tamblyn was born on Lawrence Arnold Tamblyn, February 5,1943, and guitarist Tony Valentino was born on Emilio Bellissimo, May 24,1941, and bass guitarist Jody Rich, and drummer Benny King.
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The Standells is the brother of actor Russ Tamblyn and the uncle of actor Amber Tamblyn.
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Dodd was a former Mouseketeer who had been the original drummer for The Bel-Airs, known for the surf rock song "Mr Moto", and eventually became the singer who sang lead on all of the Standells hit songs.
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The Standells performed incidental music in the 1963 Connie Francis movie Follow the Boys, which coincidentally co-starred Larry Tamblyn's brother, Russ Tamblyn.
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The Standells played the part of the fictional rock group the "Love Bugs" on the television sitcom Bing Crosby Show in the January 18,1965 episode "Bugged by the Love Bugs".
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The Standells were asked by Art Linkletter to debate with McLendon on his House Party TV show in 1967.
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The Standells continued to perform with a varying line-up thereafter, briefly including guitarist Lowell George who went on to play with Little Feat.
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In 1984 the Standells played at the Club Lingerie on Sunset in Los Angeles and did some casino shows in Reno, Nevada.
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The Standells completed an extensive national tour from April 27 through May 21,2014.
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At short notice, at the invitation of the Red Sox, The Standells played "Dirty Water" before the second game of the 2004 World Series at Fenway Park.
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In 2007, the Standells performed the National Anthem at the first game of the 2007 American League Division Series, at Fenway Park.
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