The Channels
The Channels
Top Songs
| 1 | The Closer You Are | ||
| 2 | The Gleam In Your Eye | ||
| 3 | That's My Desire | ||
| 4 | My Love Will Never Die - Original | ||
| 5 | Bye Bye Baby |
Albums
Oct 2013 • 2 songs
Jun 2006 • 5 songs
Oct 1959 • 2 songs
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Popular On
- Doo-Wop Classics, Commercial-Free
About
Biography
While never having a run of hits, the Channels were among the most popular East Coast doo wop ensembles. Larry Hampden, Billy Morris, and Edward Doulphin were charter members of the Channels, who formed in 1955. They started with two part-time members, but then absorbed lead vocalist Earl Michael Lewis and Clifton Wright from the Lotharios. Lewis became their principal songwriter and he penned their best-known hit, "The Closer You Are." The Channels also brought a fresh style to doo wop singing with their practice of opening a verse in five-part harmony, then having Lewis sing...