Manhattans Are Planning A Doo Wop Album
John Abbey, Blues & Soul, June 1978
The guys started out as a street-corner group and have always maintained an interest in the old doo-wap style. Now there's talk of them cutting an album of old classics, but with a modern-day Manhattans flavour...
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