Carter was the last surviving founder member of the Flamingos, the Chicago doo-wop group best known to British audiences for their appearance performing the ballad "Would I Be Crying" in Rock, Rock, Rock, the 1956 movie starring the disc jockey Alan Freed and teenage star Tuesday Weld, and also featuring the Moonglows, Chuck Berry, the Johnny Burnette Trio and La Vern Baker, as well as Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. Read More
This group of singers from Harvey, Illinois are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They had a movie, "The Five Heartbeats," based on their career. Read More
Johnny Carter, who has died of lung cancer aged 75, was one of the greatest tenor singers in popular music history. Read More
Johnny Carter spent more than 50 years singing first with the Flamingos and then the Dells, two of the most successful and influential black vocal groups in American popular music . Read More
In addition to the "Big Ticket" items we listed in Thursday's (8/21) Fifty-Two Weekends , here is information on other event tickets that will be going on sale soon at Ticketmaster outlets and at (312) 559-1212 (unless otherwise noted). Read More
The cause was lung cancer, family members told The Chicago Tribune. Read More
Or maybe it's the fact she says things like this: She wants to have a gang bang with '90s British boy band Take That. Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, doesn't want to be marginalized because she's a female musician. Read More
R&B singer John E. (Johnny) Carter, famous for his soulful voice and work with supergroups the Dells and the Flamingos, passed away in his hometown of Harvey, Ill. , Thursday evening after a long battle with lung cancer ended his lifelong career in the music industry. Read More
The Dells are one of the finest and longest-lived R&B vocal groups in history, and what's most amazing is that they've done it ... Read the full The Dells bio.