The Showmen

Biography

An R&B vocal group from Norfolk, Virginia, USA. The Showmen were a classic early 60s transitional group who represented some of the dying gasps of doo-wop and the first stirrings of the soul revolution. The members were General Norman Johnson (23 May 1943, Norfolk, Virginia, USA), Milton Wells, Gene and Dorsey Wright, and Leslie Felton. The group signed with the New Orleans-based Minit Records label in 1961 and had an immediate hit with a perky rock ‘n’ roll/R&B anthem called... Read more

Genres

R&B / Soul

Tags

northern soul

italian

beat

soul

60s

oldies

beach music

italiana

italian beat

pop

progressive rock

new orleans

rnb

rock and roll

beach

italian progressive rock

italian streamable

mondiovision

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