Earl Carroll

Lead singer of the doo-wop group the CadillacsFor the last three decades of their existence as a doo-wop vocal quartet, the Cadillacs performed their 1950s hits only at the weekends. That was to accommodate the priorities of their lead singer, Earl "Speedo" Carroll, who has died aged 75. Carroll spent the weekdays working as a janitor at a New York elementary school, where he would regale the pupils with tales of his life as the voice of such favourites as Gloria, Zoom and Speedoo, the song that...

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