Word: vocalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Their name is the Voices of East Harlem, and they sing a peculiar mixture of blues, gospel and pop music. In the blase world of popular music, however, few acts can equal the infectious thrill of all those young gospel-shouting vocal cords going at it with a single purpose: to make the last guy in the last row hear them and join...
...Harlem-all this attention is astonishing. The present group got going a year and a half ago with help from urban development programs trying to encourage neighborhood kids to keep off the streets. It rehearses in an empty supermarket purchased by The Vincent Astor Foundation. Under such auspices, the vocal results might have been expected to be worthy, therapeutic, useful-anything but exciting entertainment...