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The Soul Generation

Posted on June 9th, 2010 by Reggie Seigler

Syracuse, NY (circa 1960s)

Many of you reading this page weren’t even born when a rapidly growing group of black teens known as The Soul Generation were making their statements in Syracuse and indeed “around the world.”

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The Doo Wop Era

Posted on November 29th, 2009 by Reggie Seigler

There was a time, from the late 1950s until the early ’60s, that if you saw a group of young black men standing together on a street corner in their neighborhoods, they were only singing. They were singing the music of the time. Music which became known as “doo wop.” At the time of its popularity, it was called R&B (Rhythm and Blues), but was later dubbed doo wop by a New York City D.J.

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