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The Marcels were an American doo-wop group known for turning popular music songs into rock and roll. The group formed in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and signed to Colpix Records with lead Cornelius Harp, bass Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy, and Richard Knauss.
La banda se formó en Pittsburgh en 1959 con Cornelius Harp como vocalista principal, Fred Johnson como bajo, junto a Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy y Richard Knauss. La hermana menor de Fred, Priscilla, le puso el nombre al grupo debido a un corte de pelo popular de la época («The Marcell wave»).
Group. The Marcels were a doo-wop group known for turning American classical pop songs into rock and roll. The group formed in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and signed to Colpix Records, with lead Cornelius Harp, bass Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy, and Richard Knauss.
In all, the LP was a strong showcase for the Marcels’ vocal talents. Unfortunately, the 18 recordings made at those three sessions were the sum total of the original group’s output. Some mysterious goings on between Jules Kruspir and Richard Knauss caused the latter to leave with Gene Bricker in August.
The Marcels. Biography. The Marcels were a doo-wop group known for turning beloved American classical pop songs into rock and roll. The group formed in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with lead Cornelius Harp, bass Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy, and Richard Knauss.
The Marcels were a doo-wop group formed in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with Cornelius Harp (lead), Fred Johnson (bass), Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy, and Richard Knauss. In 1961, Richard Knauss and Gene Bricker left and were replaced by Allen Johnson (brother of Fred) and Walt Maddox.
In 1961 the group began a tour of the US South, but ran into serious problems because of the group's racial mix. Their white members, Richard Knauss and Gene Bricker, left and were replaced by two black singers, Allen Johnson (the brother of founding member Fred Johnson) and Walt Maddox. Original black singer Ron Mundy left not long afterwards.
