- Had a #1 hit record on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in 1960 with "Plese Mr. Custer", a song in which he plays a soldier in Gen. George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry unit begging Custer not to take him and the others to the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He also had the #75 follow up hit, "Mr. Livingston".
- Hit #113 on the Billboard Singles Charts in 1961 with "Abdul's Party" (Era 3044)
- His song "Mr. Livingston" hit #75 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1960.
- After growing tired of the music industry, Verne quit to become a successful builder of Hollywood film sets, which he did for 35 years before retiring.
- He had long suffered from Alzheimer's disease and had suffered three strokes.
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