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===Professional debut=== Kooper's first professional work was as a 14-year-old guitarist in [[the Royal Teens]], best known for their 1958 [[ABC Records]] [[novelty song]] "[[Short Shorts]]" (although Kooper did not play on that recording).<ref>[http://www.furious.com/perfect/alkooper.html Friedman, Tyler, "Al Kooper: An Appreciation"], ''Perfect Sound Forever'', April 2007)</ref> In 1960, he teamed up with songwriters Bob Brass and [[Irwin Levine]] to write and record demos for Sea-Lark Music Publishing. The trio's biggest hits were "[[This Diamond Ring]]", recorded by [[Gary Lewis and the Playboys]], and "[[I Must Be Seeing Things]]", recorded by [[Gene Pitney]] (both 1965). When he was 21, Kooper moved to [[Greenwich Village]] in [[Manhattan]].
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