Doo-Wop Music
"Doo-wop" is a form of close-harmony singing, based in rhythm-and-blues. The style became popular in the 1950s, originating among African-American vocal groups in urban cen...
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Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has...
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Feeling a bit goofy from my cousin's wedding, my son and I emerged around midnight from the D.J. din of the banquet hall on Fifth and 10th. Vodka and sodas had me pretty well lit, and he-well, so f...
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It’s hard to be a modern-day soul singer. If you stay true to your roots, steeped deep in Marvin and Stevie, it’s easy to be dismissed as fusty and corny. But if you try to go hip hop...
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Jan. 1_A.I. Bezzerides, 98, a Turkey-born novelist-screenwriter best known for film noir classics such as "Kiss Me Deadly" and "On Dangerous Ground," in Los Angeles.Jan. 2_Teddy Kollek, 95, the for...
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At the summit of national power, politicians and bureaucrats are terrified at the idea of endorsing the religious views of the majority of Americans. Our First Amendment forbids the establishment o...
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World War II service shaped the lives and careers of authors Norman Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut, and in turn their works were profoundly influential in the Vietnam era.Vonnegut turned his ordeal as a ...
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The jabbering, meandering and ossified movie that Robert Altman has made from Garrison Keillor’s lumbering, affected and pointless audio curiosity A Prairie Home Companion is not a movie at a...
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The jabbering, meandering and ossified movie that Robert Altman has made from Garrison Keillor’s lumbering, affected and pointless audio curiosity A Prairie Home Companion is not a movie at a...
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