Effective period / Period of releases: 1958

Members: Raymond Martinez (4)

The Van Dykes were originally called The Temptations under which name the New York group - Tommy Rivera, Benny Ortiz, Mike Cruz, Junior Garcia and Ray Martinez- were signed to king records of Cincinnati and made their debut with a Rock'n'Roll novelty "Roach's Rock" in 1958. Another group as The Temptations (5) who recorded for Savoy, staked a prior claim to the name obliging the King Group to change its name to the Van Dykes in time for their next release, "The Bells Are Ringing".