DJ Tommy Shannon was on air at WKBW in Buffalo in the fifties when he met "The Rebels" (named after Duane Eddy and the Rebels) at a local high school. They entered a recording studio together and started fooling around with a jingle composed for the Shannon radio show.

It was released in 1959 as "Wild Weekend". The track was re-released in 1962 and hit world-wide. The group's name became The Rockin' Rebels, The Buffalo Rebels and even The Hot Toddys. Tom retired from a noted radio career after a half-century.