(Vocal group, 1948–54) The Orioles were one of the first R&B vocal groups. Led by vocalist Sonny Til, the Baltimore-based group hit No. 1 in 1948 with ‘It’s Too Soon To Know’, and followed it up with the Top 10 ‘Lonely Christmas’ and ‘Tell Me So’, their second No. 1. In 1950, a car accident would kill guitarist ...
tune), Johnny Winter and Eric Clapton. Waters continued performing to acclaim and releasing albums to mixed results into the 1980s. Styles & Forms | Roots of Rock Personalities | The Orioles | Roots of Rock ...
While many hit doo-wop records featured full instrumental accompaniment, the groups themselves had usually started out singing a cappella. It was, in short, a music that required collaborative effort but no instrumental outlay or expertise, to be performed on street corners as a means of escape, public entertainment, personal fulfilment and professional ambition. Deriving its ...
was arguably the first rock’n’roll record, ‘Rocket 88’, in 1951. The crucial early breakthrough to the white mainstream was made by black vocal groups like The Dominoes and The Orioles, whose harmony-coated hits ‘Sixty Minute Man’ (1951) and ‘Crying In The Chapel’ (1953) appealed to a white audience. Interestingly, Bill Haley covered some of the black blues artists ...
of the scene, and smooth blues balladeers such as Charles Brown (1922–99) and Amos Milburn (1927–80) added their abilities to the mix. Vocal groups such as the Ravens and Orioles were very much a part of R&B, as were the big bands of Lionel Hampton, Erskine Hawkins, Buddy Johnson and Lucky Millinder – bandleaders who had been ...
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