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 ...

*This, in part, is the story of Jay and the Americans, but it is much more than that. It is about the history of street music. Music is one of the only methods by which we mere mortals can truly time ...

WEST CHESTER, PA — The timeless harmonies of classic street-corner singing are coming to West Chester this spring as The Doo ...

It started out as an ordinary winter day at the Glenner Center in Hillcrest, where people with dementia come for adult day care. But then four women showed up in 1960s bouffant wigs and started ...

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 ...

Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! A sequel to the successful 2018 "Doo Wop Generations" special, “Doo Wop, Pop And Soul Generations” (MY MUSIC) celebrates ...

The Skyliners rose to national prominence in 1959 with ’Since I Don’t Have You,” which made it to No. 12 on the Billboard chart before becoming a million-seller and one of the most enduring songs of ...

While many of his generation listen to pop, hip hop, country or electronic dance music, 25-year-old Chris Ruggiero embraced the singers and pop ballads of the ’50s through ’70s. “When I grew up, I ...

When he was growing up and learning the doo-wop music that his mother and uncle loved, John Michael Coppola had no idea how important those songs from the 1950s and early 1960s would become in his ...

Like all things in life, if you’re gonna sin, you’d better be the best at it. The members of Twin Temple are determined to be the best sinners on the block. The self-professed “Satanic doo-wop” band ...