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Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, [2] mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
The Solitaires formed in Harlem in 1953. They started as a street-corner singing group, one of many that used to congregate on 142nd Street. [2] The original lineup consisted of Eddie "California" Jones (lead singer), Nick Anderson (first tenor), Winston "Buzzy" Willis (second tenor), Rudy "Angel" Morgan (baritone), and Pat Gaston (bass).
This is a list of doo-wop musicians. A The Accents The Ad Libs The Alley Cats Lee Andrews & the Hearts The Angels The Aquatones The Ardells The Avons B Hank Ballard The Belmonts The Blue Jays The Bop Chords The Bobbettes The Bosstones The Buccaneers C The Cadets The Cadillacs The Capitols The Capris The Cap-Tans The Cardinals The Casinos The Cavaliers Jimmy Castor Gene Chandler The Channels ...
Two members of the Puerto Rican doo-wop group The Eternals, popular in the late 1950s with Billboard chart hit, talk of the group's contributions to the genre.
Boulden now performs as the front man for "The Del-Vikings Doo-Wop Revue" which is named such, as being based on "The Truth in Music Act" - Int. CT. 41 - Class 41: Entertainment services in the nature of live performances by a vocal group Principal Register - The mark consists of standard characters without claim to any particular font style ...
The Students were an American doo-wop vocal group, which formed in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, in 1957. [1] Although they only released four sides, two of them – "I'm So Young" and "Every Day of the Week" – became doo-wop standards.
[1] [3] Hendrson arranged a record deal with Philadelphia's Casino Records, and their first release "Trickle Trickle" is considered a doo-wop classic. [1] [2] The record did not chart on Billboard, but did hit #90 on Cashbox. [3] Before the next single could be recorded, Ronald Cussey had been diagnosed with leukemia and Ronnie Woodhall had died.
Maurice Williams, the frontman of the doo-wop group the Zodiacs and singer-songwriter behind their 1960 hit song "Stay," has died. He was 86. The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame announced ...