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Subject: Re: Acapella (how about the persuasions) -- King Singers
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 11:23:32 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 22 11:23:32 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
> --{...}!ucbvax!cuccia


A group called Singers Unlimited has a few acapella albums out.
They perform mostly pop and jazz standards and are led by
Gene Shelton formerly with the early fifties group the Hi-Lo's.