The Golden Group Memories
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The Golden Group Memories is a touring music group that contains former members of doo-wop
groups. The 2006 line-up includes:
The group was featured in the 1999 PBS special, Doo Wop 50
. At that time, the group was Balsamo, Silverman, Merchant, and another former Impala, Joe "Speedo" Frazier.
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Doo-wop
The name Doo-wop is given to a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that developed in African American communities in the 1940s and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. It emerged from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and...
groups. The 2006 line-up includes:
- Vito Balsamo of the Salutations
- Randy Silverman of the Impalas
- Leo Lucas of the CavaliersJ. Frank Wilson and the CavaliersJ. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers were an American 1960s group, best remembered for their 1965 million selling record, "Last Kiss".-Career:The Cavaliers formed around 1955 with leader and guitarist Sid Holmes, bassist Lewis Elliott, saxophonist Rob Zeller, drummer Ray Smith and vocalist Alton...
- Jimmy Merchant of The TeenagersThe TeenagersThe Teenagers are an American integrated doo wop group, most noted for being one of rock music's earliest successes, presented to international audiences by DJ Alan Freed...
- Bill Goodwin of the Ink Spots
- Al Handfield of Shep & the Limelights
The group was featured in the 1999 PBS special, Doo Wop 50
Doo Wop 50
Doo Wop 50 was a PBS pledge drive special created and produced for PBS member station WQED-TV by TJ Lubinsky, grandson of Herman Lubinsky...
. At that time, the group was Balsamo, Silverman, Merchant, and another former Impala, Joe "Speedo" Frazier.
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