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From: cuccia@ucbvax.ARPA (Nick "Coosh" Cuccia)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Acapella (how about the persuasions) -- King Singers
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Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 01:28:26 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 21 01:28:26 1985
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> > 
> > > Anyone who appreciates acapella should check out The Persuasions, 4 guys
> > other great acapella groups still around though, "Charm", "The Five Jades",
> > and "The Ribitones" come to mind, just to mention a few.
> > 
> 
> Just a note from another fan of a capella music, along a slightly different
> line...
> 
> Have you ever heard the King Singers?  

Haven't had the pleasure, but I enjoy their recordings.  Another
good a capella group is The Bobs, a group of three men and one
woman operating out of Berkeley.  They have an album out on
Kaliedescope records called, appropriately enough, _The Bobs._
Warning to the squemish: it is not what can be called doo-wop
by any meaning of the word.  It's closer to avante-garde new wave
than to 50s doo-wop.  Their rendition of The Beatles' _Helter
Skelter_ is awesome.  Everything elseon the album is original 
material.

Another good local group that will soon have an album out is
called _The Baltimores_.  They are four males whose music is
much closer to traditional acapella.  They have a single of
their song, _Cadillac Love_, which has received airplay on
the Dr. Demento show and various college stations.

> You should also try collegiate a capella groups sometime -- they're
> often very entertaining!  (Forgive the advertisement;  I sing in one.)
> 
> 			-- psr

I echo the sentiment.  If you're visiting the bay area, check out the
UC Mens' Octet, the California Golden Overtones (both from Berkeley),
Stanford's Fleet Street Singers, or, in a more upbeat style, the
Cal Jazz Choir or the DeAnza College Jazz Choir.

That should about cover it.

--Nick Cuccia
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