The radio host from Nanuet plays doo-wop hits every Friday night on WRCR AM 1700.

It plays mainly doo-wop and rhythm and blues music from the mid-1950s until the late-1960s. It is co-owned by Gaudioso, Joe D'Alessandro and his wife, Olga. The station began playing music in 2005.

New York singer and music producer Hank Medress, best known as the voice behind The Lion Sleeps Tonight by doo-wop group The Tokens, has died.. Medress, who was 68, died June 18 at his Manhattan ...

Pop Music * CD sets and a successful TV special reviving simple harmonic vocals feed the nostalgia of the generation that first enjoyed the genre. Doo-Wop Regains the Ears of American Listeners ...

How Doo-Wop Unlocks The New Album By Dirty Projectors : All Songs Considered Swing Lo Magellan, a new album from a band that always delivers the unexpected, has echoes of a familiar sound.

Compare doo wop to the popular music of the time—Fred Astaire, Doris Day, Mills Brothers. Nothing dangerous or challenging. In the 1950s, there was racial tension, political strife, financial ...

In 1953, some members of another doo-wop act, the Skylarks, merged with some from the Winfield brothers’ group, forming a new group, which they first called the Harps and, soon after, the Harptones.

Philly Cuzz brought his special brand of Neo Doo-wop music to the airwaves back in 2004, scoring great success on satellite radio and launching his Vegas career as well. He joins Rollye James to talk ...

Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! A sequel to the successful 2018 "Doo Wop Generations" special, “Doo Wop, Pop And Soul Generations” (MY MUSIC ...

From street to radio, doo-wop ruled. Alonzo Kittrels; Apr 14, 2013 Apr 14, 2013; 0; Facebook; Twitter; ... It is hard to appreciate doo-wop music if one has no understanding of this a cappella style.