http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Mary+Ann+Apostol Entertainment Mary Ann Apostol Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=88592&ca=Entertainment Like the men, the girl groups in Doo Wop relied on harmonies, but they were also a step or two further into the recording studio. These groups came later in the Doo Wop Era, and were concentrated mainly in the period of the early 1960s. By the same token, the girls remained on the charts later, stil... Entertainment Mary Ann Apostol Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=88590&ca=Entertainment Most people think of Doo Wop only as oldies songs, but in truth the style stands as an important phase in the history of American popular music. Doo Wop came directly out of rhythm and blues, but it was also rooted in gospel, jazz and other American styles. How did it happen? How does anything happe... Entertainment Mary Ann Apostol Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=88588&ca=Entertainment There are a lot of us out here: ones who remember all the oldies and love nothing more than going to a show where our favorite oldies groups are playing. Now we’ll get to hear all those songs that have marked so many nights, so many moments, and so many phases of our lives. It’s the music we grew up... Entertainment Mary Ann Apostol Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=88589&ca=Entertainment When I was a teenager I used to race home every afternoon, sit down in front of the TV, and watch the kids dancing on American Bandstand. Like so many young people across America, my friends and I knew all of them by name. We considered those kids to be role models. We copied their clothes, hair, an...