The Marcels

The Marcels
The Marcels with the Earth Angels, during their participation in the festival carried out at the Benedum Center during May 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Marcels with the Earth Angels, during their participation in the festival carried out at the Benedum Center during May 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Background information
OriginPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
GenresDoo-wop
Years active1959 (1959)–1962 (1962), 1972 (1972) 1990s-2010s (1990s-2010s)
Past members
  • Richard Knauss
  • Cornelius Harp
  • Fred Johnson
  • Gene Bricker
  • Ron Mundy
  • Daniel Mercado
  • Allen Johnson
  • Walt Maddox
  • Richard Harris
  • William Herndon
  • Jules Hopkins
  • Richard Merritt
Fred Johnson (right), with Christian Carrasco from the Earth Angels

The Marcels were an American doo-wop group known for turning popular music songs into rock and roll. The group formed in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and signed to Colpix Records with lead Cornelius Harp, bass Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy, and Richard Knauss. The group was named after a popular hair style of the day, the marcel wave,[1][2] by Fred Johnson's younger sister Priscilla.

  1. ^ Morrow, Cousin Brucie; Maloof, Rich (2007). Doo wop : the music, the times, the era. New York: Sterling Pub. p. 152. ISBN 978-1402742767.
  2. ^ Marv Goldberg (2009). "The Marcels". Retrieved August 19, 2012.