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Doo wop group the Velvetones formed in Newark, NJ, in 1943. Based on the content on Marv Goldberg’s R&B Notebooks internet site (http://home.att.net/~marvy42/marvart.html), the original Velvetones were tenor business lead Madison Flanagan, second tenor and bassist Walter Dawkins, baritone and guitarist Sam Rucker, and pianist/arranger Enoch Martin, plus they spent …

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