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Format:
Book
Title:
American singing groups : a history from 1940s to today
ISBN:
9780634099786
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006.
Physical Description:
xvii, 585 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
General Note:
Updated edition of: The Billboard book of American singing groups, 1992.
Contents:
Foreword / Frankie Valli -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Record label abbreviations -- Vocal group record labels -- 1940s : The Ames Brothers ; The Andrew's Sisters ; The Bachelors ; The Barrett Sisters ; The Basin Street Boys ; The Beavers ; The Blenders ; The Brown Dots ; The Cats and the Fiddle ; The Charioteers ; The Coleman Brothers ; The Deep River Boys ; The Delta Rhythm Boys ; The Dixie Hummingbirds ; The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi ; The Five Red Caps ; The Four Knights ; The Four Tumes ; The Four Vagabonds ; The Golden Gate Quartet ; The Ink Spots ; The Mariners ; The Merry Macs ; The Mills Brothers ; The Modernaires ; The Pied Pipers ; The Pilgrim Travelers ; The Ravens ; The Skylarks ; The Soul Stirrers ; The Swan Silvertones ; Sonny Til and the Orioles -- The 1950s : The Admirations ; The Altairs ; Lee Andrews and the Hearts ; The Aquatones ; The Avons ; Hank Ballard and the Midnighters ; The Bay Bops ; The Blossoms ; The Bobbettes ; The Bonnie Sisters ; The Bop Chords ; The Buccaneers ; The Cadets ; The Cadillacs ; The Capris (New York) ; The Capris (Philadelphia) ; The Cap-Tans ; The Cardinals ; The Carollons ; The Carols ; The Casanovas ; The Castelles ; The Cellos ; The Channels ; The Chantels ; The Chanters ; The Charms ; The Charts ; The Chestnuts ; The Chips ; The Chordettes ; The Chords ; The Clefs ; The Cleftones ; The Clovers ; The Coasters ; The Colts ; The Coronets ; The Crests ; The Crew-cuts ; The Crickets ; The Criterions ; The Crows ; The Cues ; The Danderliers ; The Danleers ; Danny and the Juniors ; The Billy Dawn Quartette ; The Dells ; The Delroys ; The Del-Vikings ; The Desires ; The Diablos ; The Diamonds (New York) ; The Diamonds (Ontario) ; The Dootones ; The Drifters ; The Dubs ; The Du Droppers ; The Edsels ; The El Dorados ; The Elegants ; The El Venos ; The Eternals ; The Falcons ; The Five Crowns ; The Five Discs ; The Five Keys ; The 5 Royales ; The Five Satins ; The Five Sharps ; The Flamingos ; The Fleetwoods ; The Four Aces ; The Four Coins ; The Four Fellows ; The Four Freshmen ; The Four Lads ; The Four Lovers ; The Four Preps ; Norman Fox and the Rob-Roys ; The Genies ; The Harptones ; The Heartbeats ; The Highway QCs ; The Hilltoppers ; The Hi-Los ; The Hollywood Flames ; The Impalas ; The Jacks ; The Jaguars ; The Jesters ; The Jive Bombers ; The Jordanaires ; The Kodaks ; The Kool Gents ; The Lamplighters ; The Larks ; Little Anthony and the Imperials ; Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers ; Louis Lymon and the Teenchords ; The Magnificents ; Arthur Lee Maye and the Crowns ; The McGuire Sisters ; The Medallions ; The Meditation Singers ; The Mello-Kings ; The Mello-Moods ; The Mellows ; Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ; The Monotones ; The Moonglows ; The Mystics ; Nino and the Ebb Tides ; The Nutmegs ; The Olympics ; The Paragons ; The Pastels ; The Penguins ; The Platters ; The Playmates ; The Poni-Tails ; The Prisonaires ; The Quin-Tones ; The Rainbows ; The Rays ; The Rivieras ; The Robins ; The Rocketones ; The Sensations ; The Shells ; The Signatures ; The Silhouettes ; The Six Teens ; The Skyliners ; The Solitaires ; The Spaniels ; The Spiders ; The Staple Singers ; The Sultans ; The Swallows ; The Teddy Bears ; The Three Chuckles ; The Tune Weavers ; The Turbans ; The Valentines ; The Velours ; The Wanderers ; Billy Ward and His Dominoes ; Maurice Williams and the Gladiolas ; The Willows -- The 1960s : The Accents ; The Ad Libs ; Alive and Kicking ; The Angels ; The Arbors ; The Archies ; The Association ; The Beach Boys ; The Blue Jays ; The Brooklyn Bridge ; Billy Butler and the Chanters ; The Camelots ; The Carnations ; The Carolons ; The Cascades ; The Cashmeres ; The Castells ; Cathy Jean and the Roommates ; The Chaperones ; The Chiffons ; The Chi-Lites ; The Chimes ; The Classics ; The Concords ; The Corsairs ; The Cowsills ; The Crystals ; The Delfonics ; The Del-Satins ; The Demensions ; The Devotions ; Dion and the Belmonts ; The Dixie Cups ; The Dovells ; The Dreamers ; The Dreamlovers ; The Ducanes ; The Duprees ; The Earls ; The Echoes ; The Emotions ; The Escorts ; The Essex ; The Excellents ; The Exciters ; The Fiestas ; The 5th Dimension ; The Four-Evers ; The Four Seasons ; The Four Tops ; The Happenings ; The Highwaymen ; The Imaginations ; The Impressions ; The Intruders ; The Isley Brothers ; Jay and the Americans ; The Jive Five ; The Bob Knight Four ; Gladys Knight and the Pips ; Patti LaBelle and Blue Belles ; The Lettermen ; Little Caesar and the Romans ; The Magnificent Men ; The Majors ; The Mamas and the Papas ; The Manhattans ; The Marcels ; Martha adn the Vandellas ; The Marvelettes ; The Mighty Clouds of Joy ; The Miracles ; The O'Jays ; The Orlons ; The Paris Sisters ; The Passions ; Peter, Paul and Mary ; The Quotations ; Randy and the Rainbows ; The Regents ; Reparata and the Delrons ; Ricky and the Hallmarks ; The Rivingtons ; Rochell and the Candles ; The Ronettes ; Ronnie and the Hi-Lites ; The Royalettes ; Ruby and the Romantics ; The Safaris ; The Shangri-Las ; The Shirelles ; Spanky and Our Gang ; The Sparrows Quartette ; The Spinners ; The Starlets ; The Supremes ; The Sweet Inspirations ; The Tams ; The Temptations ; Tico and the Triumphs ; The Tokens ; The Tymes ; The Vibrations ; Vito and the Salutations ; The Vogues ; The Volumes -- The 1970s : The Autumns ; Bloodstone ; Blue Magic ; The Blue Stars ; Brooklyn Dreams ; Chairmen of the Board ; Crosby, Stills and Nash ; Dawn ; The Dramatics ; The Emotions ; Flash Cadillac ; Fourteen Karat Soul ; Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds ; High Inergy ; The Honey Cone ; The Hues Corporation ; The Jackson 5 ; Lady Flash ; The Main Ingredient ; The Manhattan Transfer ; Memory ; The Moments ; The Osmonds ; The Persuasions ; The Pointer Sisters ; The Ribitones ; Shalamar ; Sha Na Na ; The Singers Unlimited ; Sister Sledge ; The Starland Vocal Band ; Stormy Weather ; The Stylistics ; The Sylvers ; Tavares ; Three Dog Night ; The Village People ; The Whispers -- The 1980s : The Bangles ; Big Daddy ; The Bobs ; B.Q.E. ; DeBarge ; Déjà Vu ; En Vogue ; The Exquisites ; The Five Bouroughs ; Force M.D.'s ; Mixed Company ; New Edition ; New Kids on the Block ; The Nylons ; Reunion ; Rockapella ; The Winans ; Windsong ; Yesterday's News -- The "acappella" era -- The 1990s : All-4-One ; The Backstreet Boys ; Bel Biv Devoe ; Boyz II Men ; Destiny's Child ; The Dixie Chicks ; Dru Hill ; Hanson ; Jodeci ; The Mighty Echoes ; Morrisania Revue ; 98° ; 'NSync ; O-Town ; SWV ; Sweet Sensation ; Shai ; TLC ; Kenny Vance and the Planotones ; Wilson Phillips -- The vocal group hall of fame -- Updates -- Photo credits.
Summary:
American Singing Groups is the definitive history of pop vocal groups, encompassing the doo-wop of Dion & the Belmonts; the Motowns hits of the Supremes; the surf sound of the Beach Boys; country-rock of Crosby, Stills & Nash; and the slick pop sounds of N'SYNC.
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