Decades before Luis Fonsi, Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin made Puerto Rican music mainstream in American culture, there was an all-Puerto Rican doo-wop group that broke into the top music charts. And ...
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, ...
On Saturday, The Doo Wop Project, one of America’s premier vocal groups, will take the stage at the American Music Theatre in Lancaster. Comprised of Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway stars, the ...
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 ...
The enduring doo-wop hit was featured prominently in films 'Dirty Dancing' and 'The Irishman.' By Steve Knopper, Billboard Fred Parris, frontman for The Five Satins, the doo-wop group whose smash 1956 ...
It’s easy to see why Bill Reicher of Butler wants to keep the tradition of doo-wop music alive. Reicher has certainly done his part over the years to popularize it, having performed at Madison Square ...
Fred Parris, the lead singer of the 1950s doo-wop group the Five Satins, who wrote the hit "In the Still of the Night," died Jan 13. He was 85. The group made the announcement on its official Facebook ...
Larry Chance, a doo-wop singer whose hits with the Earls included “Remember Then,” “Life Is But a Dream,” “I Believe” and “Never,” died Sept. 6, his daughter said. He was 82. Chance died at a hospital ...