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Credited to Cathy Jean and the Roommates, and promoted by leading radio DJ "Murray the K", the record rose to #12 in the Billboard pop chart in early 1961. The Roommates then had success with their own record, "Glory of Love", a song first recorded in 1936 by Benny Goodman and an R&B chart hit in 1951 for The Five Keys.
- Jerry Pilgrim, Shelly Wengrovsky, Carlos Rampolla
- Queens, New York, U.S.
- 1960–1965, 1970s, present
- Steve Susskind, Bob Minsky, Jack Carlson, Felix Alvarez, Cathy Jean Giordano
L. Richard Lanham. The Larks. Lillian Leach & the Mellows. Little Anthony and the Imperials. Little Caesar & the Romans. The Little Dippers. Frankie Lymon.
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The Roomates is An English Group not be confused with the American Group from the 50's doing Doo Wop music and also backed up Female singer Cathy Jean. The two groups are often confused because they both sing Doo Wop music just on different sides of the pond. The English group idolized the American Doo Wop groups and have a great following in England. They have a nice smooth sound and are ...
50s chord progression. 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 ROOMATES STORY. From Kew Gardens, Queens New York, the Roommates were fifteen year old Steve Susskind and Bob Minsky of Russell Sage Junior High. Susskind o riginally sang with a local quartet called the Sparklers, but in 1959 he and Minsky became a duo. Later that year they took second place at a Forest Hills High School competition losing ...
Access the complete album info (9 songs) 2020 Valmor Records / Spy Music Group. 20-11-2020. The Very Best Of The Roommates. 01. Come Go With Me. The Roommates. The Very Best Of The Roommates. 02:12.
