Eugene Pitt, the lead singer of the Jive Five, a doo-wop group that reached the Top 10 in 1961 with “My True Story” and endured long past doo-wop’s heyday by mingling their sound with ascendant genres ...

In 1961, Dion DiMucci, the prototypical doo-wop star, topped the charts with “Runaround Sue,” an extremely fun but also deeply mean-spirited song about a girl. DiMucci co-wrote the song, and while ...

Considering the rabid pace of today's information society, creating attention spans so short that romance becomes an untimely inconvenience, a nostalgic trip back to simpler times is a necessity. By ...

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Some of the greatest names in doo wop were singing the blues yesterday at City Hall over “impostor groups” that are landing gigs around the country by masquerading as them. “The groups have worked ...

Get ready for The Doo Wop Project! Listen to the epic concert special. Ever wonder what modern musicians would sound like if they had lived in the Doo Wop era? Now you don't have to! In their epic ...

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 ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. In 1961, Dion ...

Meet the supergroup of Broadway stars who transform hits from the American pop songbook. Meet the supergroup of Broadway stars, from smash hits Jersey Boys and Motown: The Musical, who deliver fresh ...