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This is a list of doo-wop musicians. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A The Accents The Ad Libs The Alley Cats Lee Andrews ...
The Colts is the first of two black vocal groups that formed in Bakersfield, California during the early-1950s'. The other group was called The Paradons. The group first began performing as a group while attending L.A. City College in East Hollywood. The Colts is famous for, and remembered as the first group to record the classic doo-wop hit ...
The book "Encyclopedia of Rhythm and Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups" By Mitch Rosalsky, says that Bill Brown died In 1956 and Another Source says Bill Brown died In 1958.(Also according to R&B historian Marv Goldberg, Bill Brown died before the mid-70s) David Baughan died On January 1, 1970, from an accidental fall after a night of drinking.
Many of the classic songs of the 1950s not only defined an era but also paved the way for today’s music. ... Sung by the doo-wop group The Penguins, “Earth Angel” was the group’s biggest ...
The Videos were a short-lived American Doo-wop group. The group was formed in 1957 by five individuals who were each seventeen years old. [1] Charles Baskerville (second tenor) [1] Clarence Bassett (first tenor), previously with The Five Sharps [1] [2] Ronald Cussey (often given as Cuffey) (lead, second tenor), previously with The Five Sharps ...
The Cadillacs were an American rock and roll and doo-wop group from Harlem, New York, active from 1953 to 1962.The group was noted for their 1955 hit "Speedoo", written by Esther Navarro, which was instrumental in attracting white audiences to black rock and roll performers.
When a white group, the Diamonds, covered it in 1958, it reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100. [6] The Solitaires then made some additional sales by re-releasing their version with Argo Records. A last Old Town single, recorded a few years earlier, was released in 1963. [1] The group released three more singles under other labels in 1964.
The Aquatones are an American doo-wop group that started in the 1950s. [1] The group's lead singer was 17-year-old Lynne Nixon, a soprano who had had formal operatic training. The Aqua-Tones had one Billboard Hot 100 hit, entitled "You", for the Fargo label. [1] Their subsequent releases all failed to reach the Hot 100.