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I have been
music collector of acappella, doo wopp and vocal group harmony for the
last 40 years. My collection spans 70 years, from the 1931 Mills Brothers
to the current acappella vocal bands featured at the Harmony
Sweepstakes. When I first started to listen / collect
albums, the groups on the Catamount
Records label and the Best of Acappella series on Relic
Records were some of my first purchases. I considered
the groups on both these lables as the "Pioneer Groups of Acappella".
These were the original "Street Corner Groups"
that really sang on the corner, in a candy store, tunnels beneath the
highway and railroad tracks, in hallways, in store fronts after 9pm. |
In 2004 and 2005 I added the Catamount
Records Story - Stan R. Krause and Skippy Jackson - to include The
Pioneer Acappella Groups that recorded on the Catamount Record Label
in Jersey City, New Jersey. Some of the Catamount Groups contacted me
with bios and photos, including past and updated history.
So thats how this site started to focus on the early acappella groups. I hope to continue adding bio pages and photos of the other pioneer acappella
groups. So, if you were a member of a Pioneer
Acappella Group (Those that recorded before the Persuasions reached
Capitol Record Label in 1971) or if you have any information concerning a Pioneer
Acappella Group that recorded on any record label, please contact me Tommy Mitchell at Mitch@NMMusic.com - send me an
email, pictures, updated info on these groups and I will create a webpage for
them to recognize their contribution to the history of acappella. |
Buy Acappella and DooWopp Music at:
| Stans Square Records | Clifton Music/UGHA |
also
| Acappella.com | Dead Dog Records | Singers.com | Times Square Records |
| Doo Wop Shoo Bop | Whirlin Disc Records |
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