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The Dovells in 1962. The Dovells were an American doo-wop group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia in 1957, under the name 'The Brooktones'. [1] The original members were Arnie Silver, Len Borisoff, Jerry Gross (alias Summers), Mike Freda, and Jim Mealey (alias Danny Brooks). Their first single "No, No, No" was a local hit for The ...
In 1962, the Dovells' fellow Cameo-Parkway artist Chubby Checker released his rendition of "Bristol Stomp" on the soundtrack album for the Columbia Pictures movie Don't Knock the Twist. Checker performs lead vocals with the Dovells providing backup. Though not as instrumentally polished as the Dovells' original, this take added more pep.
Among the types of music released were doo-wop, dance hits, popular/rock, rockabilly, big band, garage rock, soul and novelty records. Until 1962, Cameo was also the parent company name for both labels, and Parkway was a subsidiary. In 1962, the parent company was renamed from Cameo to Cameo-Parkway, to give both labels equal status.
The Dovells added dance themed lyrics and vocals to their cover of the song and it was released in 1963 on their album of the same name. Although unrelated to specifically describing the much later music genre of the same name the song has the first known instance of the phrase "hip hop" in a recording, the lyric "...you gotta slop, bop, flip flop, hip hop, never stop".
The band included Gene Barge (sax), Ron "Junior" Farley (bass), Willie Burnell (piano), Leonard Barks (trombone), and Emmet Shields (drums). In 1961, the Dovells reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a song called " The Bristol Stomp ", which refers to Bristol, Pennsylvania, and includes the line "We ponied and twisted and we rocked with ...
Victor Willis, the lead singer of the Village People, is explaining why the long-running disco band has decide to take part in Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration. Willis shared a statement on Jan ...
The Electric Indian was a studio group assembled and produced by The Dovells lead singer Len Barry which included Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates fame. [1] Barry had an interest in Native American history, possibly inspired by watching The Lone Ranger TV series as a child. [2] Their best-known song was "Keem-O-Sabe" which charted in 1969.
Steven Van Zandt (né Lento; born November 22, 1950), also known as Little Steven or Miami Steve, is an American musician and actor.He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin.