Alan Freed started spinning in Cleveland and the history of Rock and Roll is on the small labels across the country, not the songwriting shops of NYC.
Wasn't Philly more doo wop in the 50s?
"Alan Freed started spinning in Cleveland and the history of Rock and Roll is on the small labels across the country, not the songwriting shops of NYC.
I didn't intend to single out NYC as the benchmark ... although the city qualifies a thousand times over vs. Cleveland.
"Wasn't Philly more doo wop in the 50s?"
Good one!! It was absolutely huge! The biggest at the time ...