Doo Wop 50 was a PBS pledge drive special created and produced for PBS member station WQED-TV by TJ Lubinsky, grandson of Herman Lubinsky. The special was inspired by a 1994 CD box-set of doo wop ...
Aspiring a cappella and vocal group harmony singers are invited to audition for The Next '50s & '60s Pop, Soul and Doo-Wop Star, an ongoing worldwide talent search. The effort will culminate with a ...
Filmmaker, DJ, and music scholar Beverly Lindsay-Johnson had an idea around a year ago: Create a pop-up museum to display photos and memorabilia of 1950s doo-wop musicians that have sat in her Fort ...
If you’re looking for a one-stop history of rock and roll — ladies and gentlemen, meet Kenny Vance. The longtime musician was one of the ‘60s hitmakers Jay and the Americans, with the Brooklyn band ...
Doo Wop music, with its smooth harmonies, heartfelt lyrics and nostalgic vibe, continues to captivate audiences decades after its golden era. With roots in the African American vocal traditions of the ...
Die-hard music fans can correlate the sound of a popular song to the specific decade from which it came. When modern artists recycle old sounds, the adjectives used are: ’50s doo-wop, ’60s soul, ’70s ...
Lee Andrews, lead singer of the '50s doo-wop group, Lee Andrews and the Hearts, and father to musician Questlove, has died at 79. The Roots' band leader broke the news via Instagram on Wednesday in a ...
Vroom, Pu-Pu Platter and Phony Colonee: Now there are some highfalutin architectural terms for you. They're just a few of the styles known as doo-wop, the '50s and '60s throwback look that was once ...
It started out as an ordinary winter day at the Glenner Center in Hillcrest, where people with dementia come for adult day care. But then four women showed up in 1960s bouffant wigs and started ...