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During the first half of the 20th century, Milwaukee was the hub of the socialist movement in the United States. Milwaukeeans elected three Socialist mayors during this time: Emil Seidel (1910–1912), Daniel Hoan (1916–1940), and Frank Zeidler (1948–1960), and remains the only major city in the country to have done so.
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. [3][4] It features vocal ...
C. Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans. Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. Chippewa Valley Symphony. The Chordettes. Circus Lupus. Conveyer (band) Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons.
The Robbs were an American 1960s pop and rock band from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. [1] They are best known for being the house band on Dick Clark 's mid-1960s show Where The Action Is. They are also known for placing the most singles on Billboard magazine's "Bubbling Under" chart (five as The Robbs, plus a final single as Cherokee) without ever ...
This category includes musical groups associated with the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the US. For individual singers and musicians, see Category:Musicians from Milwaukee . Pages in category "Musical groups from Milwaukee"
In 1965, the Milwaukee-based group consisted of Peter Barans (lead guitar), Greg Jeresek (bass), Jesse Roe (keyboards), Jeff Taylor (vocals), and Augie Jurishica (drums). This group released a cover of "In the Midnight Hour" that charted at No. 116, and shortly after signed with Motown Records. They then moved to Detroit where they had a few ...
Rock & Roll began to dominate popular music starting in the mid-1950s with origins in a variety of genres including blues, rhythm & blues, country, and pop. Major rock artists of the 1950s include Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Bill Haley, and ...
Louis Bashell. Eric Benét. Lamont Bentley. BoDeans. Robert Bonfiglio. Yolanda Brown (singer) Tom Brusky. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. Michael Burks.