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Wayne “Pee Wee” Crawford and his high-school chums appeared to have a fixation regarding the extremes of geography, harmonizing their nice voices in doo wop combos named Otis & the Siberians as well as the Distants. A long way away can be an apt explanation of Crawford’s range from the …

Four from the Distants became users from the world-renowned Temptations, typically the most popular man saving group ever. They started as Otis & the Siberians having a lineup of Otis Williams, Elbridge “Al” Bryant, Wayne Crawford, Arthur Walton, and Vernard Simple. Detroit DJ Expenses Williams found out them performing at …

A Cincinnati vocal group, Otis Williams & the Charms landed a number-one R&B strike for almost 10 weeks in 1954 with “Hearts of Rock,” a tune that remains being among the most enduring doo wop anthems. Otis Williams, Richard Parker, Donald Top, Joe Penn, and Rolland Bradley initial documented for …