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The Marcels
The Marcels were a vocal group who sang the close harmony form of R&B called
doo-wop that became popular in America in the late 1950s. Doo-wop, which gave
standard songs a rock and roll beat, grew out of street corner performances in
urban centres such as New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, from where The
Marcels emerged in 1959. Lead Cornelius Harp and bass Fred Johnson joined
singers Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy and Richard Knauss and they took their name from
Fred Johnson's hair style known as the marcel wave. In 1961, they recorded a
unique version of the ballad "Blue Moon" wri...
