If there's a vocal group that bridges the doo-wop era of the 1950s with the soul of Motown and the early 1960s, it would be the Flamingos. The group formed in Chicago in 1952 and based their ballad sound on the Ink Spots. They recorded for Chance, Parrot and Checker before being featured in Alan Freed's movie Rock, Rock, Rock in 1956. Then the group rec…
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