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Doo Wop
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The spirit of the doo wop era, captured in spectacular visuals! This landmark volume by radio legend “Cousin Brucie” Morrow--now in paperback--not only revisits the gorgeous, lilting harmonies of unforgettable doo wop favorites, but also traces music, politics, art, architecture, and popular culture from doo wop’s 1940s roots ...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
March 2nd 2010
by Sterling Publishing
(first published 2007)
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Despite my 2-star rating (was considering 3 stars), this book will be of interest to fans of doo wop. There are pictures and profiles of over 100 groups, and the music history seems pretty good. The most insightful comments relate to the end of payola and government intervention into radio programming. The author believes that the unintended consequence of that action was the end the incubator for local and regional musical groups. The DJs lost their ability to discover and break new local talen...more
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