http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/09/24/they-were-looking-for-an-echo/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/09/24/they-were-looking-for-an-echo/comment-page-1/#comment-11150 Mike Licht Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:49:10 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/09/24/they-were-looking-for-an-echo/#comment-11150 Street-corner harmony preceded Motown by more than two decades. The DC area had the Clovers, Pookie Hudson and the Spaniels, the Rainbows, Masked Man and the Agents, the Veltones, and others. The Jewels and Orioles are still performing, and veterans of other groups can be found in our city's many Gospel Quartets, the immediate source of this great African American vocal style. Street-corner harmony preceded Motown by more than two decades. The DC area had the Clovers, Pookie Hudson and the Spaniels, the Rainbows, Masked Man and the Agents, the Veltones, and others. The Jewels and Orioles are still performing, and veterans of other groups can be found in our city’s many Gospel Quartets, the immediate source of this great African American vocal style.

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