Anyone who has read this blog before knows of my love of ‘50’s/early /60’s rock and roll and especially, doo-wop. By the time the early ’70’s rolled around, we were a long way away from the Fifties, whose music was largely represented by Sha Na … Continue reading The Persuasions
“Doo-wop is a genre of music that was developed in African-American communities in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles in the 1940’s, achieving mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. Built upon vocal harmony, doo-wop was one … Continue reading Doo-wop
Note: The Springsteen series will continue (and finish) in a few days. In the meantime, One song/three versions: “Ruby Baby” was originally recorded by The Drifters way back in 1956. Despite my love for early rock and roll and doo-wop, I never heard this song (to … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Ruby Baby
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