Steve Miller was born in California and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated alongside his friend, Keith Austin, in 1962 from Las Vegas High School. The pair built and operated Teenbeat Club on 4416 Paradise Road. They hosted the Teenbeat Club television show every Saturday on KLAS. In 1998, Miller was inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame. On May 1, 2011, Miller and Austin were inducted into the Las Vegas Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as concert promoters and founders of the Teenbeat Club.

Keith Austin was born in Santa Barbara, California on May 11, 1944. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947 to live with his grandparents on the Rocking Horse Ranch. At the age of 13, he fell in love with rock n' roll after attending Elvis Presley's press conference at the Frontier Hotel.

Frank Rollie Gibbs was born September 9, 1935, in Las Vegas. A lifelong Nevadan, Gibbs began bull-riding in high school and as an adult became a professional rodeo bull rider. When not participating in rodeo, Gibbs operated a successful crane service in the city. Gibbs died on September 22, 2022.