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In 1999, Lubinsky blended his passion for Doo-Wop, Motown, classic Philly Soul, and '60s Rock and Roll oldies into one of PBS's most successful fundraisers, "Doo-Wop '50". [5] He would go on to produce over 75 national television specials from PBS which archive America's soundtrack from the '50s, '60s and '70s through his "My Music" series. [5] [6]
Doo Wop 50 is a television and DVD special created and produced by TJ Lubinsky. The special was inspired by a 1994 CD box-set of doo wop music which was also a development and production partner WQED in the program and dvd. It aired in December 1999.
Lubinsky used to play Steve and Eydie songs when he was deejaying summer parties at the Deal Casino swim club before he started his My Music Presents series on PBS. "I knew their beautiful legacy ...
On December 12, 2017, J.T. Carter's Crests performed at The Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, New Jersey, along with over 40 other groups from the 1950s and '60s, as part of TJ Lubinsky's new PBS TV Special, "Doo Wop Generations" (part of the "My Music" series). The special aired nationally in the US on PBS on March 3, 2018.
An R&B/soul group of the 1950s, The Channels formed in 1955 around the singers Larry Hampden, Billy Morris, and Edward Dolphin, "Joe"(Bass) and "Rico"(Lead). But soon after Joe and Rico Departed, with Earl Michael Lewis and Clifton Wright formerly of The Lotharios replacing them. Lewis was the group's main songwriter. [1]
The Diamonds received national attention once again in 2000, when the original members were invited to sing in TJ Lubinsky’s PBS production of Doo-Wop 51, and again in the PBS production entitled Magic Moments - The Best of '50s Pop in 2004. Stetson received a heart transplant in 2000, and died in 2003.
NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series, which began almost 15 years ago as a niche online platform mainly highlighting rock and folk musicians, has established itself as one of music’s premiere platforms.
The duo released about a dozen singles for Old Town Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [2] Two of them charted: "We Belong Together", which hit number 12 on the U.S. R&B Singles chart and number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958, [1] and "I Believe In You", which hit number 93 on the Hot 100 later that year.