Doo Wop Hall Of Fame News

 
Doo-wop group drifts through the decades
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
They will perform Saturday at Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington. Charlie Thomas knows he is the real deal, and doesn't care what anybody else thinks. Decades after Thomas and the doo-wop and R&B group The Drifters' smash hit “There Goes ...


 
Son of Rock and Roll Legend Records in Nashville
PR.com (press release)
Bobby Brooks Wilson, the son of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Jack Leroy “Jackie” Wilson, Jr., is recording a project with producer Tony Mantor for Mantor's Plateau Music. The twelve cut album will mix some of Jackie's biggest hits (he recorded ...


 
RollingStone.com
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP
RollingStone.com
By Will Hermes This covers record, a mash note following their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, shows the Chilis as surprisingly mutable. The jokers who once grunted "Catholic School Girls Rule" nail "A Teenager in Love" with startling tenderness, ...


 
Experience Legendary Doo Wop Artists for Free at the 7th Annual Philadelphia ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 01, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The 7th annual Philadelphia Doo Wop Festival returns to Penn's Landing on Sunday, September 9, 2012 from 12:00-6:00 pm To celebrate the music, there will be a spectacular line-up of local and ...

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2Do: Museums, Parks, Family Events and More for May 25-31, 2012
Plain Dealer (blog)
Free. Cops Rock. In celebration of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, the Police Museum will present an exhibit of Cleveland and other local law enforcement officers in the music industry. Music includes gospel, doo-wop, rock and more.

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DNAinfo
Exhibit Highlights Staten Island Music From Doo-Wop to Wu-Tang
DNAinfo
... Poindexter fame (who sung that "feeling hot, hot, hot," song played at weddings); the RZA from Wu-Tang Clan; 19th century harpist Maud Morgan; vaudeville performer Laura Burt and Vito Picone, from the doo-wop group The Elegants, among others.

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Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News
Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival Announces Musical Lineup
Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News
The 2012 musical lineup boasts an array of master musical chops, from Rock N' Roll Hall of Famer doo-wop group The Legendary Orioles to the extraordinary Khmer classical musicians who arrived in Maryland in the 1970's as Cambodian refugees.

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