Frank Hopkins

The Hopkins family represents one of the great doo wop dynasties in the city of New Haven, perhaps a family of big fish in a small pond considering the city's wimpy music scene. It would be better to look to the trees rather than the water for related imagery, however, considering that Frank Hopkins, his brothers, and even his father were all part of the harmonizing in a group called the Chestnuts. Frank Hopkins and Lymon Hopkins represented the family in the first edition of the group, maintaining a 50 percent Hopkins ratio in the lineup until the addition of female lead sing...