The decade between 1952 and the early 1960s was the peak period for the style of music we now call doo wop, after which it got dissolved into soul music, girl groups, and within pop music in general.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act Parliament-Funkadelic started in a Plainfield barbership George Clinton, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas, Fuzzy Haskins, and Ray Davis were original members Several ...
A pair of new compilations trace the roots of reggae’s sublime songcraft back to the influence of 1950s crooners, with their close harmonies and swooning romance In late 1961, a young teenager called ...
From The Flamingos to Boys II Men, the Doo Wop Project explores the history of the original boy bands. The Doo Wop Project will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5, part of the 2016 Lakeside Pavilion ...
When some of doo-wop’s finest singers reflected on their craft recently for the new documentary, Streetlight Harmonies, they agreed that they started out performing on the streets in the Fifties for ...
Pop Icon Dion named group "The Belmonts" after street in Bronx. Dion DiMucci recorded some of the most memorable songs of the pre-British Invasion era. Records like "A Teenager in Love" and "Runaround ...
When Dion was approached recently by the owners of a previously unreleased recording of him performing an intimate 1971 show at a New York City club, wanting to release it as an album, the singer says ...
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