The Crests

The Crests. Soundtrack: American Graffiti. The Crests, one of the most popular of the '50s "doo-wop" vocal groups, formed in 1955 in Manhattan, NY. They were quite unusual for their time in that they were a thoroughly integrated group--two black males (J.T. Carter and Talmadge Gough), a black female (Patricia Van Dross, sister of Luther Vandross), a Puerto Rican (Harold Torres) and an Italian (John Mastrangelo, aka Johnny Maestro). They...