Caprock Chronicles: The Velvets featuring Virgil Johnson: Odessa's doo-wop legends, Part 2
By 1964, The Velvets had recorded about 30 songs, some blending rockabilly sounds with doo-wop and R&B.
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By 1964, The Velvets had recorded about 30 songs, some blending rockabilly sounds with doo-wop and R&B.
A quintet of Odessa youngsters made music history in the early 1960s, rising to the top of pop charts, then fading into the sunset, largely due to racial stereotyping of the era.