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The Signal: A Doo Wop Rhapsody
Author(s): Henry Farag (Author), James Lane
- Publisher: IUN Publishing and Canterbury
- Publication Date: November 22, 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 290 pages
- ISBN-10: B00ACOAE4G
Book Description
Farag’s infatuation with doo-wop music led to a life-long career as a concert and record producer. Among the many highlights of “The Signal” are descriptions of Henry’s interactions with luminaries Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Dion, Del Shannon, and many more. Some of his idols – Jimmy Beaumont of the Skyliners, Pookie Hudson of the Spaniels, Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes – became clients and close friends. With the acappella group Stormy Weather, Henry has entertained at the White House and to troops in Bosnia. Stormy Weather continues to open Farag’s “Ultimate Doo Wop” shows all over the country.
While this autobiography is a paean to doo-wop, it also chronicles growing up one of 11 children of an Egyptian-born father and a Parisian mother in a gang-infested, racially-divided steel city where music provided a spark, a signal, for a life of fulfillment.
192…. printed pages
4897.. kindle pages
49…… pictures located at end
