John Cheatdom

Keeping Doo Wop Alive!

Doo Wop master John originally came from the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn along with Jerome “Romeo” Ramos, Marvin Holland and Sammy Gardner where they formed “The Velours”, an American R&B vocal group and had two hits in the US in the late 1950s, “Can I Come Over Tonight” and “Remember”. They relocated to England in the late 1960s, changed their name to “The Fantastics”, and had a top ten hit in the UK in 1971 with “Something Old, Something New”. Remaining in England, John formed “The Realistics” in 1976. The group broke up in 1983, when John then joined various unofficial line-ups of “The Platters”, aka “The Magic Sound Of The Platters”, who toured internationally.

John is still performing live today and recently released his autobiography ‘Keeping Doo Wop Alive” by Conscious Dreams Publishing, subtitled “One man’s story of strength, stamina and survival as an international entertainer.”