 The band's most successful moment came with their cover of The Searchers song, "Sugar and Spice".In 1966, upon learning that another band already had the name Tommy and the “Travelers”, they needed to find another name; J.C. Hooke being familiar with Tommy asked him if he would be interested in becoming their still needed lead guitarist but after learning “Tommy Krein” (Last name pronounced Cryan) would not be available, JC having fun with his last name remarked that it was "a cryan' shame," and thus named the band.After signing with Bob Monaco, the promotion manager for Destination Music, their first single was supposed to be George Harrison's song, "If I Needed Someone", but was not released in the US (but included on their debut album) due to publication issues.