The Dovells were an American doo-wop group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1957, under the name 'The Brooktones'. The...
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Bristol Stomp (redirect from The Bristol Stomp)
1961 by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, two executives with the Cameo-Parkway record label, for The Dovells, a doo-wop singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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You Can't Sit Down (category The Kingsmen songs)
on guitar and Cornell Muldrow on organ. The Dovells added dancing themed lyrics and vocals to their cover of the song and was released in 1963. Although...
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Len Barry (section As lead singer with The Dovells)
a Dovell, he also toured with James Brown. Barry also made film appearances with the Dovells in films such as Don't Knock the Twist and toured the UK...
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The Dovell Act, or Stephens-Dovell Act, was legislation in the U.S. state of Virginia that provided out-of-state tuition to its African American residents...
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continues as before. In 1964 The Dovells recorded "One Potato – Two Potato – Three Potato – Four", an extended nonsense riff on the rhyme. "Roud Folksong Index:...
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Scott The Dovells as the Dovells Len Barry as Len Barry (of the Dovells) Mike Dennis as Mike Dennis (of the Dovells) Arnie Satin as Arnie Satin (of the Dovells)...
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Steven Van Zandt (redirect from Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul)
1973, he toured with The Dovells. The tour ended in Miami on December 31, 1974, with Dick Clark's Good Old Rock 'n' Roll Show at the Deauville Star Theater...
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their high school, the Cashmeres. (Orlon was a brand name for the widely used synthetic fiber acrylic.) A high school friend, Dovells lead singer Len Barry...
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Len Barry, former lead singer on The Dovells, recorded blue eyed soul hits in 1965 and 1966 for Decca Records in the US and released by Brunswick Records:...
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Frank Zappa (redirect from Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention)
Stravinsky's "Petroushka" into The Dovells' "Bristol Stomp" before breaking down into saxophone squeals inspired by Albert Ayler — The Rolling Stone Illustrated...
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In The World", the hit "B" side of The Imperials' first-million-selling hit, "Tears on My Pillow", has been covered by : Paul and Paula, The Dovells, and...
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list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963, which appeared in the December 28, 1963 issue of Billboard. 1963 in music List of Billboard Hot...
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100 songs of 1961. The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 6, 1962, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January...
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Hip hop music (redirect from The roots of rap)
hops'." The earliest known instance of "hip hop" as a compound phrase in a song lyric is in a song about dancing by the doo-wop group the Dovells in 1963...
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105, 111, 114, 116–118, 124–125. ISBN 9780738594156. Dovell, Junius Elmore (1947). A History of the Everglades of Florida. Chapel Hill. pp. 176–231, 367–374...
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'50s progression (redirect from List of songs containing the '50s progression)
The '50s progression (also known as the "Heart and Soul" chords, the "Stand by Me" changes, the doo-wop progression: 204 and the "ice cream changes")...
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bands such as Albee & The Hired Hands and the Bank Street Blues Band. By 1974, Van Zandt was playing with Al Berger in The Dovells backing band and Southside...
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Don Fardon Donovan Doodletown Pipers The Doors Doris Day Doris Troy Dorsey Burnette The Dovells Downliners Sect The Drifters Dr. John Dr. Strangely Strange...
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Archie D. Sanders (redirect from Archie Dovell Sanders)
Archie Dovell Sanders (June 17, 1857 – July 15, 1941) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Sanders was...
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Chubby Checker, Bill Haley and the Comets, The Dovells, the Troggs, Little Eva, the Chiffons, and others. Soon after the performance at Bay High School...
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Grover Ashton Dovell (June 8, 1885 – October 28, 1949) was an American politician and lawyer. A Democrat, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates...
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"Maybelline"), Johnny Cash, Bubba Sparks, Foghat (as "Maybelline"), The Dovells, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Chubby Checker (as "Maybelline"). In 1964, a cover...
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Doo-wop (category Pages using the Score extension)
their song "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" reached the top twenty. In 1961, the Dovells reached the number two spot with "Bristol Stomp", about teenagers...
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1950s (redirect from The Fifties)
Danny & the Juniors Jan & Dean The Dells The Del-Satins The Delta Rhythm Boys The Del-Vikings Deep River Boys The Dovells The Dubs The Duprees The Diamonds...
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Gene Barge (redirect from The Church Street Five)
1961, the Dovells reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a song called "The Bristol Stomp", which refers to Bristol, Pennsylvania, and includes the line...
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Buttrick White & Burtis (redirect from Platt Byard Dovell White)
Dovell to become Platt Byard Dovell White (PBDW Architects). Buttrick White & Burtis's work was eclectic. Writing in 1985 in New York Magazine, the architectural...
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Blues. The Dovells released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1961 single "Bristol Stomp". Clark Terry released a version of the song on his...
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The Brooklyn Bridge, The Belmonts, The Dovells, The Crystals, Bullet, Jay and The Americans, Tommy James and The Shondells, and Wild Cherry. Apostle...
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Parkway labels began developing some new stars. The vocal group the Dovells, which featured Len Barry as the lead singer, released "Bristol Stomp", which...
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