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Most widely known for the main R&B strike “My True Tale,” the Jive Five were mostly of the vocal groupings to survive the changeover in the ’50s towards the ’60s. Along the way, they helped move the music itself forwards, providing an integral hyperlink between doo wop and ’60s spirit. …

The idea of Richard Harris — macho, large consuming, two-fisted man’s man — as a favorite singer could have seemed an absurdity to anyone who knew his work in 1967, a decade into his career. In under per year from that point, however, Harris will be the most widely used …