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"Sh-Boom" ("Life Could Be a Dream") is a doo-wop song by the R&B vocal group the Chords. It was written by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and William Edwards, members of the Chords, and was released in 1954.
The Chords were an American doo-wop vocal group formed in 1951 in The Bronx, [1] known for their 1954 hit "Sh-Boom", which they wrote. [ citation needed ] It is the only song they created that reached mainstream popularity.
The original recording of their song "Sh-Boom" can also be heard on one of the in-game radio stations in Mafia II. In later years, Rudi Maugeri became a music director of one of the music syndication companies, Radio Arts in Burbank, California. The company supplied music on ten-inch reels of audiotape for use in radio station automation ...
The Chords are a 1970s British pop music group, commonly associated with the 1970s mod revival, who had several hits in their homeland, before the decline of the trend brought about their break-up. They were one of the more successful groups to emerge during the revival, and they re-formed with the four original members for a UK tour during 2010.
Denny Varney and Eugene Johnson are rehearsing for the "Dream of a Lifetime" Talent Search ("Life Could Be a Dream (Sh-Boom)"), hosted by Big Whopper Radio.Denny, a former member of the Crooning Crab Cakes glee club at Springfield High School, grabs the spotlight as Eugene struggles to keep up with him.
After "I've Got You Under My Skin" (1951), he followed with more popular musical satires, such as "Sh-Boom" (1954), a parody of the song recorded by The Chords. At the end, he yells "STELLA!" at a woman, imitating Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire.
The Chords "Sh-Boom" and a subsequent pop cover by The Crew-Cuts help "launch an American fad for amateur black harmony groups" that came to be known as doo wop. [82] By the end of the year, The Penguins' "Earth Angel" established the long-term popularity of doo wop. [83] "Sh-Boom" has also been called the first rock and roll recording. [84]
He also played on "Harlem Nocturne"; on "Money Honey", recorded by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters in 1953; and on "Sh-Boom" by the Chords. During the 1960s, he led a five-piece band, the Blues Chasers. In the 1970s, he frequently played and recorded in Japan. [2] Taylor died in 1990 in Crawford Long Hospital, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age ...