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The Dominoes

Bill Millar, Charly Records, 1985

BILLY WARD'S DOMINOES, from whose personnel Clyde McPhatter and Jackie Wilson later emerged as star soloists, were the founding fathers of gospel-oriented doowop with a liberated, churchy style which distinguished them from sedate, close-harmony quartets like The Inkspots, The Ravens and The Orioles.

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