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Long Lost Newark Band Pops Up 64 Years Later On Irish Compilation

The very first track of Koko Mojo’s Hi Strung R&B series—Volume #3 “Do It”—is from 1961 by a vocal group who graduated Weequahic High School in Newark. They do the title song yet a deep dive into their small catalog only reveals four singles from ’61 to ’68 and one album, Can’t Stop Twistin’ (1961) on major label Columbia Records. Not much else is known about The Adventurers so how a label from Ireland found them is a bit of a mystery.

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