Bill Deal & the Rhondels were an American pop band, formed in 1959 in Portsmouth, Virginia, crossing blue-eyed soul and beach music. == History == William Franklin Deal was born in Portsmouth, Virginia to restaurant propietor Noah Deal, who died on January 1, 1951. His father was a guitarist who introduced Bill to music, and as a child he took piano lessons. Deal played in local bands while attending Woodrow Wilson High School, where he met drummer Ammon Tharp. Because... [more on Wikipedia]