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'Greasy Love Songs': Zappa Family Trust digs into vaults to release 'Ruben & the Jets' rarities
Pop & HissTo get a sense of what a strange non sequitur Frank Zappa's "Cruising with Ruben & the Jets" probably was when it was released in 1968, take a look at what was on the charts that year. Competing with Zappa's...... -
Johnny Maestro, singer of doo-wop hit '16 Candles,' dies
Associated PressSinger Johnny Maestro, who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit "16 Candles" with The Crests and enjoyed a decades-long career with The Brooklyn Bridge, has died of cancer. He was 70. Les Cauchi, a friend and original Brooklyn Bridge member, said Maestro --...Tags: Rock and Roll (genre), Social Issues, Music, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Long Island
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Theater review, 'Doo Wop Shoo Bop,' at Black Ensemble Theater
Tribune arts reporterGiven the theater's taste for lively, accessible musicals and its warm, informal style of presentation, there's long been an exuberant atmosphere at the Black Ensemble Theater. At the last preview performance of "Doo Wop Shoo Bop," a reprise production of...Tags: Theater, Music Theater, Entertainment
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Wildwood revisited
Sun StaffEND Driving into Wildwood, N.J., I had a haunting I-know-this-place feeling, remembering beach vacations of the 1960s. With tiki torches and exotic neon names such as Kona Kai and Hi Lili glowing against the night sky, it's as if Frankie and Annette never...Tags: Little Anthony and the Imperials (music group), Candlelight Inn, Gaming, Hotels and Accommodations, Trips and Vacations
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