Local doo wop group performing at the Kay Boys Club in the Hill

ca. 1945-1963

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Local doo wop group performing at the Kay Boys Club in the Hill
  • Title
  • Local doo wop group performing at the Kay Boys Club in the Hill
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1945-1963
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.436
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.436
  • Description
  • A three man and one woman doo wop group playing at Kay Boys Club in the Hill. Doo Wop is a style of music (ca. 1950-1960) that is defined as a form of R&B based harmony vocalizing using phonetic or nonsense syllables (like a repeated 'doo-wop') for rhythm and intricate harmonic arrangements. In this group the men are wearing double-breasted jackets and pants, the woman is wearing an evening gown and has flowers in her hair and around her neck. Clothing style dates to ca. 1950-1960.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Musicians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Singers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Kay Boys' Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Entertainers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh