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Who were The Lockets?
The Lockets were a Chicago girl‑group, active in 1963, who recorded for Argo Records, the Chess/Checker/Argo family’s teen‑pop imprint. Everything we know about them comes from their lone documented commercial release:
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The Lockets – “Don’t Cha Know” / “Little Boy” Argo 5455, issued October 1963
They were almost certainly a studio-assembled or local Chicago act, similar to many one‑off girl groups Chess/Argo used during the early‑’60s Brill Building‑influenced period. No evidence suggests they toured or recorded beyond this single.
Their sound, based on collector comments, sits in the Crystals‑style girl‑group lane — upbeat, pop‑harmony, with a “pastiche” feel noted by listeners.
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The Argo version is not the Phil Everly composition.
Collectors on the page explicitly correct this point:
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“This is not the ‘Don’cha Know’ that Buddy Holly produced for Lou Giordano…”
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“Why make such an easily disproved statement…?”
Someone did comment “This song was written by Phil Everly,” but that statement is contradicted by the label scans and by multiple collectors.
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What the page shows
A collector asked “Which side?” Another collector answered: “Both sides.”
That tells us the DJs and promo people treated both tracks as plug sides — meaning Argo pushed both “Don’t Cha Know” and “Little Boy” for airplay.
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Here is a first pressing, no collector wants this one. We’ll keep tracking the rise of this single, chart movement, collector chatter, and any special editions that drop. If you love discovering the next big thing before everyone else, this is the one to watch.