Claim: The group broke up in 1958, and Leach gave up singing and went to work in a factory on 134th Street.
Evidence: Leach gave up singing and went to work in a factory on 134th Street. With almost nothing to show for their years of hard work, the group broke up in 1958. Finally, in 1958, the Mellows recorded two more tracks for Apollo Records, "So Strange" and "Be Mine", which were never released.