Brooklyn

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Embarking upon an expedition of Long Island, it becomes apparent that this a rich and fertile vein of rock history. Everyone knows the part that Brooklyn and Queens played in rock history. One cannot discuss Doo-Wop or Girl Groups or The Brill Building without mentioning them. From Eddie Cantor on, Brooklyn was a bed of burgeoning talent waiting to catch the subway into town.

Brooklyn spawned:

The Crests	The Tokens
The Impalas	Little Anthony and The Imperials
The Strangeloves	Santo and Johnny
The Crystals

Also

• The Persuasions
• The Jive Five
  and
• Jay And The Americans.

Most of these groups performed at The Paramount or The Fox on the same stages that once ensconced a skinny crooner surnamed Sinatra.

The Brooklyn Paramount

Brooklyn also begat many great pop singer/songwriters:

• Carole King (childhood girlfriend of Neil Sedaka, Queens College classmate of Paul Simon in 1958, West Hempstead resident during her Brill Building days)
  

  Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Carole King

  Neil Sedaka

  Shadow Morton		Neil Diamond
  		Tony Orlando

• Jeff Barry
• Howie Greenfield
• Barry Mann
• Barry Manilow and
  Barbra Streisand
  

(c) Richard Arfin 1987 Revised 2004 All Rights Reserved