Randy & the Rainbows are an American doo-wop group from Maspeth, New York.
Randy Safuto and Christian Carrasco, one of the members of the Spanish doo-wop band The Earth Angels, during their participation in the festival of this genre at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Randy And The Rainbows with The Earth Angels doo-wop band.
Doo-wop is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. It features vocal group harmony that carries an engaging melodic line to a simple beat with little or no instrumentation. Lyrics are simple, usually about love, sung by a lead vocal over background vocals, and often featuring, in the bridge, a melodramatically heartfelt recitative addressed to the beloved. Harmonic singing of nonsense syllables is a common characteristic of these songs. Gaining popularity in the 1950s, doo-wop was "artistically and commercially viable" until the early 1960s and continued to influence performers in other genres.
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
The Moonglows, 1956
Herman Santiago, original lead singer of the Teenagers
The Ramones in Toronto (1976)