America’s Little Darlins In the first half of 1957 the Diamonds went to Hollywood for filming of a segment for an appearance to sing in the  movie, “The Big Beat”. This film was released by Universal International Pictures the following year in 1958. It was  one of a long list of low budget “Rock & Roll” films Hollywood put out to stay with the current culture. If it weren’t for  the recording artists who had cameos, the film would have been a lot worse than it was. I won’t list all the acts here,  however if you’re interested, you can read all about the film at this link, IMDB.  In the movie, The Diamonds appeared in a scene at what was supposed to look like a “club” or hang-out”. Phil  Levitt told me they were surprised of how sparse the set. The fact that this was a b-grade movie no doubt explains  the cheap setting. Ah, the magic of Hollywood.  Along with a version of “Little Darlin’” they sang a new song called “Where Mary Go”, which they recorded for the  film. Their other recording of the song was only released in Australia in mid 1958, and was never included on any  compilation until 2007, when it finally appeared on a CD issued by Canetoad Records, Australia. That same year, ’58, The Flamingos released “Where Mary Go” for Decca Records. Nothing particularly special  about that except that their recording appears to be a “cover” of the earlier Diamonds’ version. The Flamingos’  version was released after the Diamonds’ and has an almost identical arrangement. What a turnaround! - The  Diamonds, who covered many black artists recordings, were themselves covered by the Flamingos, a black group.  A real twist to the normal trends of the time!