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Flamingos (Musical group)

LC control no.n 92117154
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LC classificationML421.F5574 Biography
Corporate name headingFlamingos (Musical group)
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Variant(s)Terry Johnson's Flamingos (Musical group)
Johnson's Flamingos (Musical group)
Beginning date1952
LocatedChicago (Ill.)
Field of activityDoo-wop (Music)
Found inJump children [SR] p1983: label (The Flamingos)
Rock 'n' roll at 50 [VR] c2003: container (Terry Johnson's Flamingos)
All music guide WWW site, June 30, 2003 (Flamingos; doo wop group formed 1952, Chicago, IL)
New York times, Aug. 26, 2009 (John E. Carter, 75, doo-wop falsetto; d. Aug. 21, 2009 Harvey, Ill.; founding member of the Flamingos; in 1960 Carter joined the Dells who had a decades-long schedule of touring that lasted until 2008; they first called themselves the Swallows; the Flamingos changed their name when another group called the Swallows began climbing the charts)