A chart topper in 1960 for his doo-wop group the Zodiacs, it inspired popular cover versions and was heard in the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing.” By Alex Williams Maurice Williams, the singer and ...
Maurice Williams, who wrote and performed the shortest #1 hit in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 with the 1960 doo-wop classic "Stay," has died. Ron Henderson, Williams' former bandmate in the ...
No one can ever say that Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons are back on the road again because, in truth, Valli never stopped performing. Thursday at Wolf Trap, Valli will perform a trunkful of the ...
Maurice Williams, the singer and songwriter best known for his seminal 1960 doo-wop hit “Stay,” died on Aug. 6. He was 86. Williams’ death was announced by the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, into ...
When we published our first doo-wop quiz, the response made clear this one was coming. Your messages confirmed that this genre lives deep in the memory, connected to specific summers and cars with the ...
In the 1950s, vocal groups in American cities began emphasizing harmony and the voice in backing music, building on existing traditions of small-group harmony. From there, a distinctive genre emerged, ...
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 ...
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