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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 Camelots (doo wop group) The Capris; The Capris (Philadelphia group) The Casinos; The Castelles; The Channels; The Chantels; The Chaperones; The Charades; The Charts (American group) The Checkers (American band) The Chevrons; The Chiffons; The Chimes (American band) The Chips; The Chords (American band) The Classics; The Cleftones; The ...
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 Dubs formed from the merging of two short-lived vocal groups in Harlem, New York, The Five Wings and The Scale-Tones. The Five Wings (originally "The 5 Stars") were an up-and-coming group with members Jackie Rue (lead, later of Jackie and the Starlites ), Frank Edwards (tenor), Billy Carlisle (second tenor), Melvin Flood (baritone), and ...
Pages in category "Doo-wop songs" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 16 Candles (song) A.
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 ...
The band became popular in mid-to-late 1950s and are best known for their 1959 cover version of "I Only Have Eyes for You". They have since been hailed as being one of the finest and most influential vocal groups in pop and doo wop music history. [1] [2] In 2001, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Crests are an American doo-wop group, formed by bass vocalist J.T. Carter in the mid 1950s. The group had several Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s on Coed Records . Their most popular song, " 16 Candles ", rose to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1959 selling over one million copies and earning a gold disc status ...