45 HORSEPOWER 04/23/23: Red Robin Records, Part 2 (Harlem Doo-Wop, R&B & Blues 1955-59)
Newtown Radio Bushwick Brklyn
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Description
This is part two of the broadcast, make sure ya heard part one first!
Harlem's Bobby Robinson folds Red Robin Records, opens Whirlin Disc; folds Whirlin Disc, starts Fury and Everlast Records; further development in doo-wop, as the genre struggles to maintain growth in the late fifties; a North Carolinian moves to NYC, names himself Tarheel Slim, records the greatest black rockabilly single ever to come out of New York City; Bobby gets his #1 hit.