BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " LEE & THE HEARTS " WAS A DOO-WOP QUINTET FROM PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA FORMED IN 1953 : GOES INT THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                       BLACK                 SOCIAL               HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lee Andrews & the Hearts was a doo-wop quintet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, formed in 1953. They recorded on the Gotham, Rainbow, Mainline, Chess, United Artists, Grand and Gowen labels. Managed by Kae Williams, in 1957 and 1958 they had their three biggest hits, "Teardrops", "Long Lonely Nights" and "Try the Impossible". The group consisted of Lee Andrews (lead), Roy Calhoun (first tenor), Tammey Currey (second tenor), Ted Weems (baritone) and Wendell Calhoun (bass).^[1]

Questlove, drummer and producer for the Grammy award winning hip-hop group The Roots, is Lee Andrews' son, and cites growing up with doo-wop as a major influence in his music.^[2]