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Doo Wop Discoveries

Saturday at 7 p.m. on WKAR-TV | Sunday at 9 p.m. on WKAR World

Doo Wop Discoveries is an all-new special that's sure to get you singing the old standards! The new show features favorite artists of the '50s  and '60s in never-before-broadcast archival and new live performances of their most loved hits.

The show features Smokey Robinson, Mike Stoller (of Lieber & Stoller), producers Mitch and Phil Margo of the Tokens, Aaron Neville, Neil Sedaka, George Clinton and more, sharing their favorite doo wop styles and songs of the genre.

Hosted by Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, formerly of Sha Na Na, this new special includes interviews and appearances by guest DJs Cousin Brucie, Don K. Reed, Bobby Jay, Jerry Blavat,

Other featured groups include The Five Keys, The Robins, The Clovers, The Cadillacs, The Cleftones, The Chiffons, Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge, The Penguins, Bill Pinkney’s Original Drifters, Little Anthony and the Imperials and more.

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