Sons of Doo Wop, Part 3: 1958-64
Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3
On Campus – Tuesday 1:10 pm – 2:50 pm
We continue our deep dive into the great—and often over-looked—Boy Groups of the mid-late 50’s and early-mid 60’s, focusing on the American male harmony groups of the early rock’n’roll era. These groups combined elements of pop, rock, doo wop, and even jazz, to create a sound that defied easy categorization. They competed successfully on the charts with Rockabilly, Surf Music, Soul Music and, of course, The British Invasion. Join us for an interesting, informative and fun course!
- Week 1: Mid-late 50’s: Heartbeats, Cleftones, Frankie Lymon
- Week 2: Late 50’s: Diamonds, Coasters, Johnny Maestro
- Week 3: Late 50’s-early 60’s: Dion and the Belmonts, New Drifters
- Week 4: Late 50’s-early 60’s continued: Little Anthony, Flamingos
- Week 5: Early 60’s: Skyliners, Marcels, Jive Five, Dovells
- Week 6: Early-mid 60’s: Tokens, Duprees, The Lettermen, The Four Seasons
- Week 7: Early-mid 60’s continued: Jay and the Americans, Classics
- Week 8: Mid 60’s: Tymes, Reflections, The Vogues, Fortunes
Gary Carlson, Professor Emeritus of English at Norwalk Community College (now CT State College Norwalk), created and taught a wide variety of courses on writing, literature, film and pop culture. A published writer of fiction, non-fiction, film and music criticism, he also hosted several local radio programs on music history and was the founder and host of NCC’s long-running Movies-of-the-Month Film Series.