La La Brooks of The Crystals, Sammy Strain of The Chips and Brent Wilson on doo-wop (4/9/20) - a podcast by Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

It's the unmistakable falsetto leads, lilting harmonies and deep backing vocals set to a street corner rhythm that created the unmistakable sounds of songs like the 1959 Little Anthony and the Imperials hit “Tears On My Pillow” or the 1963 Crystals chart-topper “Da Doo Ron Ron.” Fresh from their appearance in Brent Wilson’s new documentary “Streetlight Haronies” on the history of doo-wop, La La Brooks of The Crystals and Sammy Strain of Little Anthony and the Imperials join the director for a discussion of how the genre influenced their legendary careers in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

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