The enduring doo-wop hit was featured prominently in films 'Dirty Dancing' and 'The Irishman.' By Steve Knopper, Billboard Fred Parris, frontman for The Five Satins, the doo-wop group whose smash 1956 ...

NEW YORK — Fred Parris, the lead singer of the 1950s harmony group the Five Satins and composer of the classic doo-wop ballad “In the Still of the Night,” has died at age 85. Parris died Jan. 13 after ...

The incomparable Fred Parris of The Five Satins left us in the still of the night on January 13th. Can his memory trigger a new interest in doo-wop music? Fred wrote In the Still of the Night, ...

His “In the Still of the Night” (originally “Nite”), recorded with his group the Five Satins, came to define a sort of dreamy 1950s nostalgia. By Neil Genzlinger Fred Parris, who was a love-struck ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When we look back at the evolution of soul, doo-wop, and classic R&B, few groups embody the genre’s enduring spirit quite like The Dells. Formed in 1952 and enduring lineup changes, ...

NEW HAVEN >> The stars are still shining bright on Fred Parris and Vinnie Mazzetta, who were honored Monday by St. Bernadette Church 60 years after the Five Satins recorded their doo-wop hit, “In the ...

Doo Wop music, with its smooth harmonies, heartfelt lyrics and nostalgic vibe, continues to captivate audiences decades after its golden era. With roots in the African American vocal traditions of the ...

If you have those lyrics memorized, you might have been dancing along in your seat to the Dion & the Belmonts Doo-Wop tune “A Teenager in Love” at Merrill Gardens at West Chester and listening on 45 ...

ROCK & ROLL IS HERE TO STAY!?? Featuring The Duprees, The Platters, The Belmonts,?Barbara Harris & The Toys, Larry Chance & The Earls and Ragdoll? Lehman Center for the Performing Arts presents the ...

?The Third Annual Best of DOO WOP!?? ROCK & ROLL IS HERE TO STAY!? Featuring Charlie Thomas’ Drifters, The Platters, Shirley Alston Reeves,?Chiffons, The Coasters and Good Vibrations? Lehman Center ...