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The Glencoves
The Glencoves were a folk pop group formed in 1961 in Mineola, New York, Mineola, Long Island, New York (state), New York. Formed while attending the same high school, members included Don Connors (founder, lead vocals, banjo and guitar), Bill Byrne (musician), Bill Byrne (vocals), and Brian Bolger (vocals and guitar). After releasing their first single record, the group was joined by John Cadley (vocals and guitar). Byrne went on to become mayor of Morgantown, WV, and currently serves as Morgantown City Councilor. Cadley has continued to perform bluegrass music with his band, John Cadley & The Lost Boys, and as half of the duo, The Cadleys (John Cadley and Cathy Wenthen.) Connors became a photographer, and owned and operated a film and video production company, Don Connors Productions, in New York City. He has continued to sing and play guitar, incorporating additional genres of country, blues and rock music. The group had a hit single with their Select Records release "Hootenan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Pop
Folk-pop is a musical style that may be 1) contemporary folk songs with large, sweeping pop arrangements, or 2) pop songs with intimate, acoustic-based folk arrangements. Recording production values created a unblemished style that appealed to a mass audience, and thus led to commercial success as measured by high record sales, particularly as illustrated by hit records reaching the Top 40 on AM radio in the United States. Folk-pop developed during the 1960s folk music and folk rock boom. Key example of folk-pop artists include The Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary with contracts with major record labels (Capitol Records and Warner Brothers Records Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the ..., respectively). The commercially successful artists stood in contrast to more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |