The Legends of Doo Wop
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The Legends of Doo Wop is a music group of 1950s doo-wop
singers. The original members included Jimmy Gallagher of the Passions, Tony Passalaqua of the Fascinators, Frank Mancuso of the Imaginations, and Steve Horn of the Five Sharks. In 2006, Passalaqua left the group and was replaced by Tommy Mara of The Crests
. Tony Passalaqua has since returned to the group and Jimmy Gallagher has left.
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...
singers. The original members included Jimmy Gallagher of the Passions, Tony Passalaqua of the Fascinators, Frank Mancuso of the Imaginations, and Steve Horn of the Five Sharks. In 2006, Passalaqua left the group and was replaced by Tommy Mara of The Crests
The Crests
The Crests were a New York R&B doo-wop group of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their most popular song was "16 Candles", which rose to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1959. It sold over one million copies, earning a gold disc. The interracial group had three black members , one Puerto...
. Tony Passalaqua has since returned to the group and Jimmy Gallagher has left.