It would have taken unbelievable star quality for a Black, gay music act to rise during the Lavender Scare era of the American ’50s. Thankfully, singing duo Charlie & Ray had dazzle to spare. It ...

A music style that emerged in the mid-20 th century is now taking center stage in Midland. The Doo Wop Project (DWP) will demonstrate the evolution of the Doo Wop music genre from its roots in the ...

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 ...

Remember this classic 1958 doo wop tune from Ritchie Valens? This sweet little song was penned as an ode to Valens’ high school sweetheart, and the tribute ended up being a massive hit for the artist.

Filmmaker, DJ, and music scholar Beverly Lindsay-Johnson had an idea around a year ago: Create a pop-up museum to display photos and memorabilia of 1950s doo-wop musicians that have sat in her Fort ...

Vroom, Pu-Pu Platter and Phony Colonee: Now there are some highfalutin architectural terms for you. They're just a few of the styles known as doo-wop, the '50s and '60s throwback look that was once ...

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. The special was inspired by a 1994 CD box-set of doo wop ...

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 ...

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 ...