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The Early Days doin' DooWop

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Some pix of the group members from
      their early days of Rock & Roll.
All the Uptown members have EXTENSIVE roots from those magic early days of DooWop. No newcomers here.
 
    See if you can guess who's who
(remember,they had more hair and less of a waisteline back then)

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Check out the picture below.See if you can tell which one is Rick. Here's a hint-he played sax with this group rather than keyboards.

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This picture of The Cameos was taken in 1959,or 1960 (Tony is getting old,and can't remember where or when),but he's sure it was somewhere in Jersey.
How about it- - - do you see Tony in this one?
 

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 Late 1958 - Young Italian guys from New York City OWNED doo wop,the '59 Caddy had just
hit the showrooms,and the VELVETEENS
were DooWoppin' !
Can you spot the future Godfather of DooWop?
Tommy traded the Caddy for a new Lexus but still has the same fantastic vocal abilities.
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Tommy with the Enchantments - Late 60's

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The Saints from New York,now relocated to Florida and still rockin' the Tampa area!This was the Blues Brothers segment of their show.Ron is easy to find,even without his guitar.

Click here for Ron's days with The Saints

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Ron in the early 90's- he still has that 50's hair.Oh,yeah - -pink guitars are out of style.He is now an endorser for Stromberg guitars.
 

Click here to see the entire line of Stromberg guitars

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Bob Stewart's early DooWop days

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They sure sold a lot of Brylcream in those days!