Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are the biggest songwriters you've never heard of, penning over 70 chart hits and establishing ...

Sure, he’s most ardently remembered for his teen idol days in the late 1950s and beyond, both fronting the Belmonts and on ...

Doo-wop, one of my favorite genres of music, was beyond popular in the ... With the Crests, he sang lead on the 1950s and ...

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But It’s Alright (J.J. Jackson) (1966) 2. 98.6 (Keith) (1966) 3. Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) (Barry Mann) (1961) 4. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Steam) (1969) 5. Love […] ...

For me, the traditional songs I learned as a child from the 19th and early 20th century; gospel, doo wop, rhythm and blues songs — these were the sounds I liked and used as a freedom singer.

If you want a rollicking ride through the good old days of rock and roll, don’t miss the Corvettes Doo Wop Revue when they perform at 7 p.m., Oct. 4 in the Bainbridge Town Hall Theatre, at 15 North ...

While many of his generation listen to pop, hip hop, country or electronic dance music, 25-year-old Chris Ruggiero embraced the singers and pop ballads of the ’50s through ’70s. “When I grew up, I ...

These sad country songs are stone-cold classics. In the 1960s, heartbreak looked a little different than it does today: There were no breakups over text or email, no obsessively scrolling through ...

Maurice Williams, the singer and songwriter best known for his seminal 1960 doo-wop hit “Stay,” died on Aug. 6. He was 86. Williams’ death was announced by the North Carolina Music Hall of ...

Maurice Williams, the frontman of the doo-wop group the Zodiacs and singer-songwriter behind their 1960 hit song "Stay," has died. He was 86. The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame announced ...