WHO ARE THEY: As one of the final doo wop groups to make a name for themselves in the early 1960s, The Duprees scored a string of hits with its big band arrangements of pop standards. The height of ...

Sep. 17—WILKES-BARRE — In the fall of 1961, record industry history was made when Checker's original hit record — "The Twist" — re-entered the charts, and by January 1962, it was back in the #1 ...