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PHIL CRACOLICI & THE MYSTICS

 ON STAGE AT RIGHT IS PHIL CRACOLICI

THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER OF THE MYSTICS AND THE VOICE OF HUSHABYE

STANDING WITH PHIL ARE TWO OF THE ORIGINAL MYSTICS

AL CONTRERA AND ALBEE CRACOLICI WE ARE

CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR HIT SONG HUSHABYE

THAT WE RECORDED IN 1959

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Welcome to the home of the Mystics.  In the 1950's the street corners, school hallways gave birth to a form of music that changed music history in America and the world.  The limited use of musical instruments and great vocal harmonies are the essence of Doo-Wop music.  It also combined easy to understand vocals and, simplistic words that appealed to the vast majority of Americans.  The Mystics are one of the many colors in the mosaic that was the Doo Wop generation. The Mystics are most known for their hit "Hushabye" released in May 1959 and within a few weeks the record was a smash. Peter Tripp on WMGM radio was the first to play it. Soon Alan Freed started featuring "Hushabye" as the closing tune on his televised Saturday night Big Beat Show. In fact, one night Freed played "Hushabye" four times in a row!