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The record labels, record distributors, and nightclub owners of Chicago all had a part in developing the vocal potential of the doo-wop groups, but Chicago doo-wop was "created and nourished" on the street corners of the city's lower-class neighborhoods.
Genres found on Collectables include doo-wop, rockabilly, rock and roll, pop, rock, funk, jazz, comedy, and blues. Collectables Records released recordings by Johnny "Guitar" Watson, the Cleftones, and other doo wop albums. [2] Collectables Records publishes the 'Priceless Collection' series of budget compilations.
Rama Records was a record label founded by George Goldner in 1953 in New York City.It recorded doo-wop groups such as The Crows and The Harptones. [1]Its third release was the one-hit wonder, the song "Gee," by the doo-wop group, The Crows [2] Goldner was able to improve production techniques without destroying the innocent sounds of the early groups.
Nov. 15—Every day is record store day for Taylor Swift. However, the ubiquitous pop star isn't issuing a new release for Black Friday. That's not music to retailers ears. However, there is a ...
Winley released doo-wop by The Paragons and The Jesters, and hip hop records by Paul Winley's daughters, Tanya and Paulette, produced by Winley's wife, Ann. The label can lay claim to a number of firsts: one of the earliest rock and roll compilations, one of the earliest breaks compilations, an early solo female rap artist and an early instance ...
Slim assured his angry customer that he would replace the broken record. He put up a sign in his store offering $25 in credit for a 78 of the song and $50 for a 45 rpm single. When weeks went by without any takers on his offer, Slim raised the rewards. [4] Slim then went to the owner of Jubilee Records, Jerry Blaine, to get him to reissue the ...
Two members of the Puerto Rican doo-wop group The Eternals, popular in the late 1950s with Billboard chart hit, talk of the group's contributions to the genre.
Apollo Records was a record company and label founded in New York City by Hy Siegel and Ted Gottlieb in 1944. A year later it was sold to Ike and Bess Berman . Apollo was known for blues ( Doc Pomus ), doo-wop ( The Larks ), gospel ( Mahalia Jackson ), jazz, and rock and roll.