NEW YORKNEW YORK — Singer Johnny Maestro, who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit “16 Candles” with The Crests and enjoyed a decades-long career with The Brooklyn Bridge, has died of cancer. He was 70. Les ...

Singer Johnny Maestro, who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit "16 Candles" with The Crests and enjoyed a decades-long career with The Brooklyn Bridge, has died of cancer. He was 70. Les Cauchi, a friend ...

Todd Baptista remembers going to doo-wop package shows and seething when dubious versions of the Drifters and Coasters would take the stage. “They would say, ‘This is a song we recorded in 1958,’ and ...

Five legendary doo wop bands will take the stage at F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. for Joe Nardone Presents: “Oh What a Night” of Doo Wop Legends. The show, ...

NEW YORK — Singer Johnny Maestro, who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit “16 Candles” with The Crests and enjoyed a decades-long career with The Brooklyn Bridge, has died of cancer. He was 70. Les Cauchi, ...

Doo-wop has always been shortchanged by rock history. Consider, for example, the neglect of the Flamingos. This Chicago group, which made some of the most beautiful records of the doo-wop era and ...

Doo Wop music, with its smooth harmonies, heartfelt lyrics and nostalgic vibe, continues to captivate audiences decades after its golden era. With roots in the African American vocal traditions of the ...