Facts: - years active: 1955 -- 1962 - past members: brian brad newman -lrb- deceased -rrb- adams -lrb- deceased -rrb- melvyn thomas -lrb- aka - caption: drumbeat album cover - origin: dewsbury , england - label: parlophone - genre: pop - name: the kingpins - background: group_or_band - image: drumbeat.jpg - associated acts: brad newman Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of the kingpins -lrb- pop group -rrb- .
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the kingpins was an english pop vocal group , founded in the 1950s in dewsbury .the group made three appearances supported by tito burns ' 6-5ers on the bbc television series six-five special between 13 december 1958 and 27 december 1958 , and nine appearances supported by bob miller and the millermen on the bbc television series drumbeat between 4 april 1959 and 20 june 1959 , and they contributed two tracks to the lp record entitled drumbeat that accompanied the television series , the tracks were ; a cover of bobby freeman 's shame on you miss johnson -lrb- written by bobby freeman -rrb- , and bobby tempest 's do n't leave me -lrb- like this -rrb- -lrb- written by brian bushby aka bobby tempest -rrb- .the kingpins were managed by tito burns , and in 1959 toured on the dickie valentine show , with the fraser hayes four , and billie anthony .brian adams and john putnam later left the kingpins , and replaced vince hill and johnny worth as members of the raindrops alongside len beadle and jackie lee .