The Casinos was a nine-member doo-wop group from Cincinnati, Ohio, led by Gene Hughes. They are best-known for their John D. Loudermilk-penned song "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," which hit number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, well after the end of the doo-wop era.[1]
The group was based around Hughes and his brothers Glenn and Norman, and they signed a deal with Fraternity Records. "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" was their first single. The track reached number 28 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1967.[2] They tried to follow it up with a Don Everly penned song, "It's All Over Now," but that only hit U.S. number 65.
After his time with the Casinos was over, Gene Hughes became a country music promoter, but he died on 3 February 2004, at the age of 67, from complications following a car accident.