Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Decades before Luis Fonsi, Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin made Puerto Rican music mainstream in American culture, there was an ...

In the 1950s, vocal groups in American cities began emphasizing harmony and the voice in backing music, building on existing traditions of small-group harmony. From there, a distinctive genre emerged, ...

THIS EVENING is the first of three free summer concerts that the Weekend section is sponsoring at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre. This week's program features doo-wop pioneers the Legendary Orioles, ...

Exploring the tale of The Precisions, the failed Detroit soul and doo-wop band who were given a second chance at stardom by ...

Two members of the Flamingos, a Chicago doo-wop group popular in the 1950s, are seeking more than $1 million in damages from PepsiCo Inc., which they allege used their recordings in commercials… By ...

Every member of the five-man Doo Wop Project is much too young to have been part of the first-generation doo-woppers. “Every guy has his own journey to this music,” founding member Dominic Nolfi said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Larry Chance, who became a legend of doo-wop with his Bronx group The Earls—also known as Larry Chance and the Earls—has passed ...

It may be overly ambitious to bring four singers together and expect them to match the smooth and close harmonies of the doo-wop groups of the 1950s in just three weeks of rehearsals. The four male ...

The lead singer of a successful New York 1950s and ’60 doo-wop group will headline the fifth annual Nazareth Jazz Festival, it was announced. Ron Coleman, who fronted the Long Island, N.Y.-based ...

Earlier this fall, an 83-year-old doo-wop legend named Fred Parris was watching television at home when he saw an interview with Robert De Niro. The actor was promoting The Irishman, his ...

CD1: The Cardinals: Come Back My Love; The Five Keys : The Glory Of Love; The Five Keys: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind; The Flamingos: Love Walked In; Platters: Twilight Time; The Moonglows: Blue Velvet; ...

Larry Chance, who became a legend of doo-wop with his Bronx group The Earls—also known as Larry Chance and the Earls—has passed away. He was 82. Chance died on Sept. 6 in a hospital in Orlando, ...