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, ...

Aspiring a cappella and vocal group harmony singers are invited to audition for The Next '50s & '60s Pop, Soul and Doo-Wop Star, an ongoing worldwide talent search. The effort will culminate with a ...

The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...

Fred Parris, the lead singer of the 1950s doo-wop group the Five Satins, who wrote the hit "In the Still of the Night," died Jan 13. He was 85. The group made the announcement on its official Facebook ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Decades before Luis Fonsi, Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin made Puerto Rican music mainstream in American culture, there was an ...

Ah, the classic slow dance. It’ll probably be a rite of passage forever. But back in the 1960s, it was an essential part of any teenaged get-together or school dance. And the following somewhat ...