LC control no. | n 92117154 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML421.F5574 Biography |
Corporate name heading | Flamingos (Musical group) |
Variant(s) | Terry Johnson's Flamingos (Musical group) Johnson's Flamingos (Musical group) |
Beginning date | 1952 |
Located | Chicago (Ill.) |
Field of activity | Doo-wop (Music) |
Found in | Jump 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) |