http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hpPuFnq85A
The song, "Walk Right In," was recorded in 1962 by
The Rooftop Singers, and was a number one hit in early 1963. The song had
originally been written in 1929 by the blues musician Gus Cannon (who released
a recording the same year, with a jug band he led). The Rooftop Singers was
formed in 1962, in order to record a new version of the song.
The performers in the video (left to right) are Bill Svanoe,
Lynne Taylor, and Erik Darling.
And here is the Wikipedia page about the group:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rooftop_Singers
Here, too, are pictures of Bill Svanoe, from 1961 (before the forming of The Rooftop Singers), as well as a more recent picture. He was part of the very brave and heroic 1960s Freedom Riders movement and he was arrested and jailed as a result. The pictures appeared on Oprah Winfrey's website in 2011, as part of a "Then and Now" feature about the Freedom Riders; Ms. Winfrey also honored the Freedom Riders in a 2011 broadcast. (Please scroll down, after clicking on the link, to see the pictures of Mr. Svanoe.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rooftop_Singers
Here, too, are pictures of Bill Svanoe, from 1961 (before the forming of The Rooftop Singers), as well as a more recent picture. He was part of the very brave and heroic 1960s Freedom Riders movement and he was arrested and jailed as a result. The pictures appeared on Oprah Winfrey's website in 2011, as part of a "Then and Now" feature about the Freedom Riders; Ms. Winfrey also honored the Freedom Riders in a 2011 broadcast. (Please scroll down, after clicking on the link, to see the pictures of Mr. Svanoe.)
The feature on Ms. Winfrey's website was derived from a 2008
book about the Freedom Riders, Breach of
Peace. The book is by photographer
and author Eric Etheridge:
Lastly, this is the link for the Wikipedia page about the
Freedom Riders:
