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The Casinos was a nine-member doo-wop group from Cincinnati, Ohio, [1] led by Gene Hughes and which included Bob Armstrong, Ray White, Mickey Denton, and Pete Bolton. Ken Brady performed with the group, taking over for Hughes from 1962 to 1965 as lead singer. Pete Bolton was replaced at the time by Jerry Baker.
Such composers as Rodgers and Hart (in their 1934 song "Blue Moon"), and Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser (in their 1938 "Heart and Soul") used a I–vi–ii–V-loop chord progression in those hit songs; composers of doo-wop songs varied this slightly but significantly to the chord progression I–vi–IV–V, so influential that it is sometimes referred to as the '50s progression.
Vocal doo wop group from East Harlem, New York. Active between 1959 and 1964. [citation needed] The original members of The Zircons (spelled with a c) included: [2] [3] Jimmy Gerenetski (lead) Neil Colello; John Loiacono; Ken Pulicine; Donald Lewis; Their biggest hit was a 1963 cover of "Lonely Way", The Sky-liner's 1959 recording. They ...
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 ...
"That Crazy Feeling" is the debut single by American singer Kenny Rogers (then known as Kenneth Rogers). It was released in 1957, first by Kix Records and then picked up in 1958 by Carlton Records . [ 2 ]
The Rockin' Chairs were a doo-wop recording group based in Queens Village, New York active in 1958 and 1959. [2] [4] Discography. Title Year Catalog Comments
The Ink Spots are television pioneers when, on November 6, 1936 they were the first musical group to perform live on television, during an NBC test broadcast held at the NBC/RCA Building for the press. [19] In 1948, they were the first black performers to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. [20]
The Flairs performed at the famed tenth Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles which was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on June 20, 1954. They performed along with Ruth Brown, Count Basie and his Orchestra, Lamp Lighters, Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, Christine Kittrell, and Perez Prado and his Orchestra. [6]