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raccoon

(32,390 posts) Mon Mar 25, 2019, 07:42 PM Mar 2019

Doowop. I love it! But why were the doowop groups

All from the northeast? ( mainly NYC).

I never heard of any doo-wop group from the late 50s early 60s from the South, the Midwest, nor the West.

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Doowop. I love it! But why were the doowop groups (Original Post) raccoon Mar 2019 OP

seems to me there was a strong west coast set of groups like these... msongs Mar 2019 #1

All over the East Coast randr Mar 2019 #2

So many doo-wop groups west of the Rockies... Tikki Mar 2019 #3

msongs

(73,753 posts)

1. seems to me there was a strong west coast set of groups like these...

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2019, 07:42 PM

Mar 2019

https://www.bear-family.com/various-west-coast-doo-wop-collection-cd.html

randr

(12,648 posts)

2. All over the East Coast

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2019, 07:57 PM

Mar 2019

Philly had a number of doo-wop groups. Singing in the halls of school between classes did not just happen in the movies. The movies copied real life. A short period of time between the Civil Rights Act/Desegregation of public schools and the tragic acts of terrorism that ended the sixties were truly magical. Someday someone should make a movie about these few years.

Tikki

(15,140 posts)

3. So many doo-wop groups west of the Rockies...

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2019, 08:16 PM

Mar 2019

One of my favorites. Los Angeles based.

Tikki

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