As they sang their way to the top of the music charts, "Hilltoppers" Billy Vaughn,Jimmy Sacca, Seymour Spiegelman and Don McGuire made Western Kentucky State College famous. For their appearance on Ed Sullivan's"Toast of the Town" in 1952, they sang "Trying"and wore college sweaters embellished with a big "W."
Advertising poster of the Hilltoppers. Original members clockwise from top: Jimmy Sacca, Don McGuire, Seymour Spiegelman and Billy Vaughn.