Articles By Us

 

Here are some of the many articles that we’ve written.  Scroll down the list or use this site’s search engine to find a specific article.  Click on the title to open the article then scroll down to read..  These are just the articles we’ve written in the past 18 years.  We’ve actually been researching, writing and publishing articles on vocal groups for the past 55 years.  Over the years, we’ve written for Bim Bam Boom, Yesterday’s Memories, Goldmine, It’s About The Music, Harmony Tymes, Remembering The Mills Brothers and more recently Echoes of The Past, to name a few.  We’re just beginning the process of going back and adding as many articles as we can.  At the same time, we’re always writing new articles.  Visit this page periodically to see what we’ve added.

Published Articles

“Happy 75th Birthday 45 RPM Vinyl Record,” Echoes of the Past, #148 (2024) ++ NEWLY ADDED ++

“The Drivers, the LIN Label and a Tale of Broken Dreams,” Echoes of the Past, #147 (2024)  ++ NEWLY ADDED ++

“Skip Jackson: The Shantons Were Just The Beginning,” Echoes of the Past, #145 (2023)  ++ NEWLY ADDED ++

“The Chessmen: Acappella Trailblazers,” Echoes of the Past, #144 (2023)  ++ NEWLY ADDED ++

“Doo Wop in Europe: Doo Wop Fever 4,” Echoes of the Past, #143 (2023)  ++ NEWLY ADDED ++

“The Earles Inc: St. Louis Soul Harmony,” Echoes of the Past, #141 (2022) ++ NEWLY ADDED ++

“Sippin’ A Cup of Coffee: The Ordells Story,” Echoes of the Past, #140 (2022)

“The Star-X Record Story,” Echoes of the Past, #138 (2021)

“Collecting R&B Group Picture Discs,” Echoes of the Past, #136 (2021)

“Gerald ‘Twig’ Smith & the Sapphires and Modern Red Caps,” Echoes of the Past, #135 (2021)

“Tim Hauser, Tommy West & the Criterions,” Echoes of the Past, #133 (2020)

“Paul Himmelstein & the Heartbreakers,” Echoes of the Past, #132 (2020)

“The Equations: Music in Their Hearts and Souls,” Echoes of the Past, #131 (2020)

“The Discoloration of Colored Vinyl Records: Or, Why are my red vinyl Chance records slowly turning dark brown?” Echoes of the Past, #130 (2019) 

“The Time Capsule Show: A Definitive History of a Legendary Radio Program,” by Dean M. Shapiro and Charlie Horner (web article only (2020)

“The City That Banned Rock & Roll,” Echoes of the Past, #129 (2019)

“How One Concert in 1979 Brought Acappella Doo Wop Back to Philadelphia,” Echoes of the Past, #128 (2019)

“Joel Katz, The Voice of Jersey Doo Wop: Part 4 – The Music Continues,” Echoes of the Past, #127 (2019)

“Joel Katz, The Voice of Jersey Doo Wop: Part 3 – Digital Joel: Cliftonaires, Joel & Dymensions, More,” Echoes of the Past, #125 (2018)

“Joel Katz, The Voice of Jersey Doo Wop: Part 2 – The 1970’s and 1980’s,” Echoes Of The Past, #123 (2018)

“Joel Katz, The Voice Of Jersey Doo Wop: Part 1 – The 1960’s,” Echoes Of The Past, #122 (2017)

“Harlem To Hollywood: Conversations with Billy Vera,” Echoes Of The Past, #121 (2017)

“The Return of Reunion,” web article only (2017)

“Danny Ugarte & The Plazas,” Echoes of the Past, #120, (2017)

“Four Vagabonds Radio Years, 1934 – 1939: Discovering the Lost Letters,” Echoes of the Past, #118 (2016)  

“Mark Stevens & the Charmers,” Echoes of the Past, #117 (2016)

“Charles Diamond Pennywell & the Fairlanes / Sunlovers’s; Shreveport Doo Wop to West Coast Soul,” Echoes Of The Past, #116 (2016)

“Ghost Records: Vocal Group Records that (Probably) Don’t Exist,” Echoes of the Past #115 (2016)

 “Paramounts, Now & Then: A Bronx Tale.” Echoes of the Past, #114 (2015)

“We like To Sing Acappella: The Sheps Story,” Echoes of the Past, #113 (2015)

“Deep River Quartet and The Netherland’s Vocal Harmony Legacy,” Echoes of the Past, #112 (2015)

“Asbury Park NJ Revisited: The Endeavors Story,” Echoes of the Past, #111 (2015)

“Wally Osborne Story: The Starfires and Early Years,” Echoes of the Past, #110 (2014)

“North Philly Harmony: The Dreamers & Universals Story,” Echoes of the Past, # 109 (2014)

“Blue Eyed Soul Acappella: The Satan & The Angels Story,” Echoes of the Past, # 108 (2014)

“Tony Talent & The Coalitions,” Echoes of the Past, # 107 (2014)

“Hub City Harmony: The Golden Bells, Contessas,” Echoes of the Past, # 106 (2013)

“Sweet Delights Story,” Echoes of the Past, # 105 (2013)

“Sammy Strain Story, Part 1: The Chips,” Echoes of the Past, # 101 (2012)

“Sammy Strain Story, Part 2: The Fantastics,” Echoes of the Past, # 102 (2012)

“Sammy Strain Story, Part 3: The Imperials, 1961 – 1963,” Echoes of the Past, # 103 (2013)

“Sammy Strain Story, Part 4: Little Anthony & The Imperials,” Echoes of the Past, # 104 (2013)

“Asbury Park’s West Side Vocal Groups, Part 1: Bobby Thomas & The Vibranaires, Lenny Welch & The Mar-Keys, More…,” Echoes of the Past, # 99 (2012)

“Asbury Park’s West Side Vocal Groups, Part 2: Ray-Dots, V-Eights, Ray & Darchaes, Uniques, Broadways, Shondelles, Nicky Addeo, Vibranaires,” Echoes of the Past, # 100 (2012)

“Jersey Rocks Exhibit at The Morris Museum,” Echoes of the Past, #98 (2011)

“Little Jimmy & The Tops,” Echoes of the Past, # 98 (2011)

“Philadelphia’s Original Capris,” Echoes of the Past, # 97 (2011)

“Teddy & The Twilights,” Echoes of the Past, # 96 (2011)

“North Philadelphia’s Francisville Groups: The Belltones, Little Joe Cooke & The Thrillers, Royal Demons, Madison Brothers,” Echoes of the Past, # 95 (2011)

“Opportunity Knocks Twice: The Sensations Story – Part 1,” Echoes of the Past # 93 (2010)

“Opportunity Knocks Twice: The Sensations Story – Part 2,” Echoes of the Past # 94 (2010)

“Johnny Maestro Story: The Crests, Brooklyn Bridge,” Echoes of the Past, # 92 (2010)

“Johnny Stiles and the Medallions on Essex,” Echoes of the Past, # 91 (2010)

“Triumph Trumps Tragedy: The Plurals Story,” Echoes of the Past, # 90 (2009)

“Vic Donna Story,” Echoes of the Past, # 89 (2009)

“An Evening With Orioles’ Deborah Chessler At The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame,” Echoes of the Past,” # 88 (2009)

“Feel Like A Million: Tyrone & The Nu-Ports,” Echoes of the Past, # 88 (2009)

“Windy City Harmony: The Calvaes, Blenders and Accents“, Echoes of the Past, # 87 (2009)

“Sammy Campbell and the Del Larks“, Echoes of the Past, # 86 (2008)

“The Musical Legacy of Richard Barrett – Part 1” (The Valentines), Echoes of the Past, #.78 (2006).

“The Musical Legacy of Richard Barrett – Part 2: Richard Barrett and the Teenagers,” Echoes of the Past, #.79 (2007).

“The Musical Legacy of Richard Barrett – Part 3” (The Chantels, Clickettes, Fashions, Veneers), Echoes of the Past, #.80 (2007)

“The Musical Legacy of Richard Barrett – Part 4: Little Anthony & the Imperials,” Echoes of the Past, #.82 (2007).

“The Musical Legacy of Richard Barrett – Part 5″ (Lewis Lymon & Teenchords, Jimmy Castor & Juniors),” Echoes of the Past, #.83 (2008).

“The Musical Legacy of Richard Barrett – Part 6: Earl Lewis & The Channels, Isley Brothers, Del Knights and More…,” Echoes of the Past, #.84 (2008)

“The Musical Legacy of Richard Barrett – Part 7” (The Three Degrees, General Johnson & The Showman), Echoes of the Past, #.85 (2008).