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Rock N Roll Timeline 1877-1959 (25 person items)"R&B music explodes into the mainstream with black vocal groups leading the crossover thanks to such records such as the Crows "Gee", The Chords "Sh-Boom", The Charms "Hearts Of Stone" and The Penguins "Earth Angel". The often crude recording techniques, amateurish vocals and sometimes nonsensical lyrics give the indication the music is just a novelty.
Pop record companies try desperately to capitalize on the perceived fad by having white artists cover black vocal group records and the incre"
100 Greatest Lyrics of All Time! (83 person items)"Song: There Goes My Baby
Album: -
Written by: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
(Bo-bo, doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
(There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
(There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
(Bo-bo) (doo-doot-doo-doo)
(Bo-bo) (doo-doo-doo-doo)
There goes my baby, movin' on down the line
Wonder where, wonder where, wonder where she is bound?
I broke her heart and made her cry
Now I'm alone, so all alone
What can I do, what can I do?
(The"
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The Immortals (100 person items)""We were both fans of the Drifters even before we started writing, and later producing, for them. There was a real tradition of great singers in the group: Clyde McPhatter, Johnny Moore, Ben E. King and Rudy Lewis. Yet for all their fantastic records, the Drifters had the least stable lineup of any of the great vocal groups. They were in essence a group of hired guns, overseen by their management. Let's just say this wasn't necessarily a situation where guys were getting rich off the royalties.""
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Performers (174 person items)"1988
*Clyde McPhatter (already had solo induction in 1987)
*Ben E. King
*Rudy Lewis
*Johnny Moore
*Bill Pinkney
*Charlie Thomas
*Gerhart Thrasher"
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