[josh08]

Please can you name some famous artists you where aaround during the 1950s also some songs please

[ScottGem]

Try googling

[N0help4u]

Just a few of my favorites

Famous Pittsburgh groups
The Del Vikings Come go with me (they lived down the street from me)
The Marcels --Blue Moon
The Skyliners --This I swear


The Ink Spots
Capris
Chantels
The Crests
The Cadillacs -Speedoo
The Cleftones - Heart and soul
Dubs -Could this be magic
Duprees - You Belong to me and Have you heard
The Rhonettes-Walkin in the rain
Rosie and the originals -Angel Baby
The Platters -Smoke Gets in your eyes
The Five satins -In the still of the night
Frankie Lymon - why do fools fall in love
Flamingos -Lovers never say goodbye
The Mystics
The spanielles
The Castelles
The Penguins
The Silhouettes
Dion and the Belmonts

I tried googling and it didn't help any. All I got was long historys or cds for sale
Would like to know of some sites myself if there are any good ones.
I know pittsburgh has at least one for the DJ Porky chedwick somewhere.

[Stringer]

N0help4u; great list, did a good job.

By the way, I am Pittsburgh born and bread (Now in Chicago), raised near Monroeville, Pa. I remember these groups and a lot of other singers that came from the Pgh area. Some that were not rock groups---Perry Como, Bobby Vinton, etc.

"Youns remember?"

And I haven't heard Porky Chedwick's name in 30 years... great job!
Stringer

[N0help4u]

I live on the other side of the Burgh
I went with Mad Mike Metro in the late 70's
He made Tommy James and the Shondels famous
I live in Mooncrest
The del vikings use to live a couple streets down from me
My neighbor said Bobby Vinton always asked her to go out with him.
She said he could never get a girlfriend
I guess that ended up making him famous though ---Mr. Lonely, etc...
He was from Cannonsburg
I think that is where Perry como was from too.
There are a lot of famous people from this area

Lou Christy lived a few miles from me in Glenwillard
Marcels were from North Side
I think the Sky liners were from all over Pgh.


Shirley Jones
Tom Nix
James Steward
More east of Pittsburgh

[Stringer]

Let's not forget that a lot of the Super Star Sports figures that are from the area. I may be wrong but I believe that Dan Marino was from the area also, if not, well he went to the University Of Pittsburgh. It is late at the moment, and I can't think straight, but I know that there were many others also... love it.

Tough being a Steelers fan and a Bears fan, conflicts at times.

Vinton; "Polish Prince."

Stringer

[N0help4u]

Terry Bradshaw
Franco Harris

My all time favorite Pirate
Roberto Clemente

And Myron Cope died the other day.

[Stringer]

No, Myron died... I grew up listening to him announce the Steelers games, created the "Terrible Towel."

He was a little unusual and had a strange raspy voice, but fit the mold perfectly for the Pittsburgh fans.

NOhelp4U, I found a link that list all famous people from the Pittsburgh area... interesting how many there are from the past and currently. Some examples; Dean Martin, Charles Bronson, Gene Kelly, David O. Selzneck, The Vogues, Sharon Stone, Jeff Goldblum, Andy Warhol, Ken Griffey Jr & Sr, Mike Dika, Joe Montana, Joe Namath, Ron Paul, Arnold Palmer, Demi Moore, Dennis Miller,. the list goes on...

Here is the link; List of people from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stringer (sorry, this is a little off the subject, but there are 1950's singers on this list.)

[N0help4u]

Yeah the vogues were from Forest Hills or Monroeville area.
Ron Paul grew up on a farm in Greentree.
Dennis Miller -Moon area
Andy Warhol -North Side -two of his uncles run scrap yards there and Andy's museum is in between the two of them.
Sharon Stone was from the Meadville area
Christina Aguilera-Wexford

Myron Cope-- ESPN - Former Steelers broadcaster, Terrible Towel creator Cope dies - NFL

[Stringer]

Have you had a chance to look at that link, I found that very interesting. I forwarded it to all my family across the country, they will get a kick out of it.

Stringer

[N0help4u]

Yeah I looked through it.
I never knew Charles Bronson, Demi Moore and some others where from around here.

Movies filmed in Pgh are even a whole 'nother category.

[Stringer]

Yes, "Night of the living Dead" scarred the living you know what out of me... they were saying towns that were not far from me... and brother... covers over the head that night, he he.
"Chilly Billie" was the newscaster... remember?

Yeah, and what was that stupid one about the tomato??

EDIT;I don't want to steal this thread hon.... Maybe we ought to start another one about this "stuff."

Stringer