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 ...

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In the broader context of music history, “Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow” is emblematic of the novelty and doo-wop trends of the 1960s, showcasing how music can reflect cultural shifts and societal values.

Indianapolis lost one of its most notable voices. Vocalist Jimmy Guilford is known by music fans worldwide for the doo-wop ...

Kiss Me,’ big songs with big arrangements with big endings, but they have a rock ‘n’ roll flair to them as well. “In my show, I don’t sing doo-wop anymore. It’s stuff of the ’60s and ...

On 4 October 1957 the USSR launched Sputnik - the first man-made object in space. As the Sputnik satellite orbited the Earth it sent back a radio signal that was picked up around the world.

On Sunday, April 8, pop music critic John Soeder ... the east side of Detroit in the 1950s was a living, breathing jukebox, with groups singing doo-wop and R&B on every corner.

It was covered internationally by many 1950s pop and folk revival artists ... In 1961, it became a number one hit in the U.S. as adapted by the doo-wop group The Tokens.

taking us from a pioneering use of a vocoder for a Stanley Kubrick soundtrack to a Grace Jones synth hit, via some early American Doo-wop.

A special photographic exhibition entitled The Dream of the City: Warsaw of the 50s and 60s in Zbyszko Siemaszko’s Photography from the Forum Agency archives is on display at Ks. Jan Twardowski Square ...

Beverly is able to alchemize with his music in a poem from 2015 titled ... Beverly was so heavily influenced by the doo-wop of the 1950s and ’60s, he started to go by Frankie, after the ...