ACAPPELLA STREET CORNER VOCAL GROUPS -
A Brief History and Discography of 1950s Singing Groups
This Book thoroughly documents the period of time between 1960 and
the early 1970s when there was an active resurgence of "Acappella
Street Corner Vocal Groups" primarily in New York City, New Jersey and
Philadelphia. Based on the title, I had assumed that the book was going
to be about the music of the 1950s. Instead it deals with the period of
time after what I always called "doo wop" had faded from the airways and
had been left for dead. It's the story of the hundreds of acappella
vocal groups Black, White, Hispanic & Integrated that came and went
AFTER the height of 1950's doo wop. Most of these groups as it turned
out were white (thus the drawing on the front cover of the book). None
of these groups had lasting careers or hit recordings in the music
business. In fact, many of them never made a recording at all.
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JAMES BROWN
I Feel Good
James Brown's
Greatest Hits
American Singing Groups
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SAM COOKE
Our Uncle Sam
Sam Cooke's
Greatest Hits
Doowop The Forgotten Third Of Rock and Roll
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