Tag Archives: ” Prestige Records

Think Fords are built tough? Well, they’re no Furry Lewis

January 5, 2013 | Mike Greenblatt | 0

‘She put carbolic in my coffee, turpentine in my tea, Strychnine in my biscuits, Lord but she didn’t hurt me,’ the bluesman sings in ‘Big Chief Blues.’ And all of that doesn’t even get into Lewis’ real life. ►

Meet The Mello-Moods, the teen doo-wop group that started it all

July 19, 2011 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

At the dawn of the vocal-group era, several years before adolescent hit-making groups were an industry norm, five Harlem, N.Y., boys formed The Mello-Moods, scored a top 10 R&B hit and ultimately influenced countless youngsters who followed. ►