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THURSDAY-FRIDAY: MUSIC Valli guys Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will perform doo-wop classics at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs Events & Convention Center north of Onamia...
...self-possessed. Beauty is deep. I wanted cute, accompanied by doo-wop. The day was hot. The air was heavy. My spirit was...loaded the six-disc CD player located there. I had a doo-wop road show, including tunes from the Flamingos, Frankie...
...Helen Hayes Theatre. Pieces of 8 combines classical music influences with the sounds of jazz, pop, rock, reggae, doo-wop, gospel and soul. Now in its sixth season, Pieces of 8 was founded by Charles Mead, who remains its artistic director...
...Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Queen and Steely Dan in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday. Also inducted were the doo-wop group The Flamingos, "La Bamba" singer Ritchie Valens, soul singer Solomon Burke, sidemen Johnnie Johnson and James...
...of his trip didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the crowds who greeted him with marching bands and a 12-boy high school doo-wop chorus. Ventura drew squeals and ovations and signed autographs during stops at Main Street businesses, grain elevators...
...Seymour, Mr. Mushnik's wimpy helper; Audrey, Seymour's timid friend; a dentist; Audrey's boyfriend; and the doo-wop girls. The cast size can vary from a dozen to 50. Director Sue Wignall asks that those auditioning bring a prepared...
...sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Valli and the Four Seasons broke through in 1962 with "Sherry," and the doo-wop group's style went on to define much of the decade's music. Their hits include "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Walk...
...Curtis, whose sax brought punch and life to The Coasters' ''Yakety Yak!'' Hal Blaine, who drummed on numerous doo-wop tracks and Beach Boys hits. James Jamerson, the first and last word in Motown bass guitar. Earl Palmer, whose drums...
...Fifth Grade Choir, directed by Margaret Lemire, will perform "Angels Among Us," "All That I Can Be" and "Forever Doo-Wop," a medley of rock and roll songs from the '50s. The Sixth Grade Choir will perform "The Frosty Way," "It's...
...with its goth-kitsch fascination with '50s teen rebellion -- reform-school girls, DA hairdos, crushed-velvet doo-wop, dead-man's curve nihilism -- the cars are big and bad. Cadillac convertibles, sloe-eyed Hudsons, Lincoln roadsters...