*Doo-wop is a genre of harmonizing vocals that came out of cities like New York, Philadelphia, Newark and Detroit, et al. A music style birthed out of African American neighborhoods initially in the ...

The incomparable Fred Parris of The Five Satins left us in the still of the night on January 13th. Can his memory trigger a new interest in doo-wop music? Fred wrote In the Still of the Night, ...

Rich with comic falsettos and pop blues, the four-disc Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection gives us a portrait of (mostly) African-American singers as they tried to decide what was more frightening: ...

He wears a leather cap from Dion and the attitude and accent of Brooklyn. Meet Gus DiBiasi, aka Gus D Oldie. And, boy, does he ever deliver the oldies, especially those known as doo-wop. Think the ...

Doo Wop music, with its smooth harmonies, heartfelt lyrics and nostalgic vibe, continues to captivate audiences decades after its golden era. With roots in the African American vocal traditions of the ...

Decades before Luis Fonsi, Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin made Puerto Rican music mainstream in American culture, there was an all-Puerto Rican doo-wop group that broke into the top music charts. And ...