The decade between 1952 and the early 1960s was the peak period for the style of music we now call doo wop, after which it got dissolved into soul music, girl groups, and within pop music in general.

In the 1950s, vocal groups in American cities began emphasizing harmony and the voice in backing music, building on existing traditions of small-group harmony. From there, a distinctive genre emerged, ...

For the first dance at our wedding, my wife and I chose The Danleers' one and only hit, One Summer Night. It's not a very famous song, and although we had listened to it a lot together - along with ...