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The Coasters alternated lead singers and featured clever arrangements, including amusing bass replies and tenor saxophone solos by King Curtis, who played a crucial role in creating Atlantic’s rhythm-and-blues sound. With further personnel changes they continued performing in “oldies” shows into the 1990s.
Mar 7, 2024 · Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1990) the Four Seasons, American rock-and-roll group that was among the best-selling recording artists of the early and mid-1960s. Best remembered for lead singer Frankie Valli’s soaring falsetto, the Four Seasons had a string of more than 25 hits over a five-year period that began with “Sherry” in 1962.
Jul 14, 2002 · WHERE'D WE GET THE NAME DOO-WOP? We know that thanks to deejay Alan Freed, the old blues term "rock and roll" became the official euphemism for marketing R&B to white kids in late 1954. We know that the term rockabilly, or rock-a-billy, a hybrid of rock and hillbilly, was coined by the music industry in 1956. But where did the term doo-wop come ...
Nov 7, 2022 · By James Barron. Nov. 7, 2022. Good morning. It’s Monday. Hurricane Sandy did billions of dollars’ worth of damage, but it didn’t destroy everything in its path. We’ll find out about a ...
The Ink Spots were an American vocal pop group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Their unique musical style predated the rhythm and blues and rock and roll musical genres, and the subgenre doo-wop. The Ink Spots were widely accepted in both the white and black communities, largely due to the ballad style introduced to the ...
Ten Questions: Jerry Blavat. When it comes to the music industry, Jerry Blavat has a rockin’ history and a rollin’ future. Better known as the “Geator with the Heater” or the “Boss with the Hot Sauce,” legendary disc jockey Jerry Blavat has kept the oldies alive and well. At 71, the Geator’s Legends of Doo Wop show continues to ...
Nov 29, 2009 · November 29, 2009 457 Views. There was a time, from the late 1950s until the early ’60s, that if you saw a group of young black men standing together on a street corner in their neighborhoods, they were only singing. They were singing the music of the time. Music which became known as “doo wop.”. At the time of its popularity, it was ...
