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I grew up in Hammond Indiana. I attended Hammond Tech high School from 1957 - 1961. During this time I sang in the school choir, and with various high school doo wop groups.
In the beginning as a group harmony lover, I stayed close to all the popular vocal groups in the school waiting for my chance to join. I was an average student and athlete, but my real passion was music. There was nothing that I wanted more than to get into one of those great sounding doo wop groups.
Hoping and waiting, that day finally came! I was invited to audition in a friend's group, when a current member needed to be replaced. After a nerve racking day, thinking about that big break audition, I went and boldly made myself heard. For the audition, I made sure that I knew all the songs that I would need to know to be chosen - And I was!
I went from being an average student and athlete to "He's one of the guys from that group." I was in my glory!!
Singing has taken me from high school to The White House, to the 1996 Summer Olympics, to the stage of the Radio City Music Hall.
The vocal groups that made the biggest impression on me were The Flamingos, with their intricate arrangements and harmonies, and the distinctive sound of the Skyliners.
Because of the different flavors that our current line up in Harbor Lights offers, we now have the opportunity to sing all of the various stylings that groups like Dion & The Belmonts, and Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers used to sing in those glorious early days of doo wop, and frankly, no other group does it like Harbor Lights! We all just love to sing, and each one of us becomes part of the magic. We are a family.
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