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'50s Gold (formerly The '50s on 5 or just The '50s) is a commercial-free, satellite radio station on Sirius XM Radio channel 72, as well as on Dish Network channel 6005.. From 2001 to 2008, the program director for XM's The '50s on 5 was Ken Smith, and its music director was Matt "the Cat" Baldassarri.
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.
WFTL (850 AM) is a commercial radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida, serving parts of Palm Beach County, Broward County, and Miami-Dade County. [2] The station airs a News/talk format and is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, through licensee WPP FCC License Sub, LLC.
WVLT (92.1 FM, "Cruisin' 92.1") is a radio station licensed to Vineland, New Jersey. [3] The station is owned by Clear Communications, Inc. (not to be confused with Clear Channel Communications, Inc.) It airs an Oldies music format. [4] This station had the call letters WKQV and WKQV-FM in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Kenny Vance expresses the heart and soul of doo wop." [25] In 2009, Brooklyn Paper called Vance the "Dylan of Doo-Wop". [26] Radio disc jockey Jerry Blavat said in 2011 that Vance has "the ability to take a song, which was a hit in the '50s or early '60s and with his style make it fashionable for a new audience that hears it in a different way ...
In 1981, after years of receiving airplay on “oldies” format radio, six of their songs would be released as an album by Lost Nite Records produced in red vinyl. [2] The group continues to receive airplay on “Oldies” format radio stations and their songs have appeared regularly on Doo-wop and 50’s Oldies compilations.
The Quin-Tones were an American doo wop group from York, Pennsylvania, United States. They had one hit record, "Down the Aisle of Love" in 1958. [1] History.
The "5" Royales was an American rhythm and blues (R&B) vocal group from Winston-Salem, North Carolina that combined gospel, jump blues and doo-wop, marking an early and influential step in the evolution of rock and roll. Most of their big R&B hits were recorded in 1952 and 1953 and written by the guitarist Lowman "Pete" Pauling. [1]