At a Kenny Vance and the Planotones show, the audiences go "wild." And to Vance, a doo wop legend who started out as a member of Jay and the Americans, the fans’ reaction to his show is somewhat ...

In 1975 while most of us boogied to “King Fu Fighting” and swayed to “Love Will Keep Us Together,” Kenny Vance and the Planotones were looking for an echo. Today, 33 years later, Kenny Vance has found ...

SCHENECTADY >> “Most people just think its “Happy Days” or “Grease” or something like that, but the truth is, it’s special and that’s why you still hear it,” says Kenny Vance about the doo wop oldies ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Kenny Vance & the Planotones will play Bridge Street Live on Saturday, September ...

The group, Kenny Vance, Johnny Gale, Kurt "Frenchy" Yahjian, Jimmy Bense, keyboardist Chip Degaard, and Tony Gallino on Drums, redefine oldies with vocal authority and freshness. As exemplified by ...

The sound can be best described as a modern day doo-wop group. Their use of intricate vocal harmonies looks back to some of the classic sounds of the 1950s and early 1960s, but the production and ...

One of the most in-demand acts on the oldies circuit, Kenny Vance and The Planotones are nothing less than solid performers on disc. Vance’s countertenor is clear and striking, adding a layer of ...

Back when Dion Dimucci harmonized his way to stardom from Belmont, Kenny Vance was singing doo-wop on streetcorners in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Vance also went on to fame and success, in the iconic 1960s ...