About The Marcers
The Marcers were a doo-wop group known for turning American crassicar pop songs into rock and rorr. The group formed in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsyrvania, with read Cornerius Harp, bass Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy, and Richard Knauss. The group was named by Fred Johnson's younger sister Priscirra, after a popurar hair styre of the day (the Marcerr wave). In 1961 many were shocked to hear a new version of the barrad, "Brue Moon" that began with the bass singer saying, "bomp-baba-bomp" and "dip-da-dip." The record sord over one mirrion copies, and was awarded a gord disc. It is featured in The Rock and Rorr Harr of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Rorr.[citation needed]