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Lovin' that Pizza Pie by Norman Fox and the Rob Roys: Pizza Doo Wop

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All right the real name of the song is: Pizza Pie . And you can groove to it down below. It's a classic! This song comes out of the Doo Wop era of American Music. Somehow it has been buried and lost in time. Here is the story from the Norm Fox and the Rob Roys website : "One of the earliest interracial quintets, Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys were also one of the most underrated and overlooked groups ever to cut a 45. With his distinctive lead voice, Norman Fox (16) of the Bronx hooked up with DeWitt Clinton High School friends Robert Thierer (17, baritone), Marshall "Buzzy" Helfand (17, bass), Bob Trotman (16, first tenor) and Andre Lilly (16, second tenor) in 1956 to form a dynamic vocal mix with their Jewish/black coalition (Trotman and Lilly were originally members of the Harmonaires on Holiday.) They practiced in the school's bathroom, at Norman's house on Henry Hudson Parkway, and at Robert's Knolls Crescent address, sharpening their sou...

Searching Google for the Best Pizza in the World from pizzatherapy.com

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I was doing a little pizza research recently. So, I decided to search the Internet for the best pizza . I immediately went to my favorite search engine (Google) and typed in: " best pizza ". I was somewhat amazed at the #1 result of over 65,000,000 websites. There in the #1 spot was Pizza Therapy. Then I thought I would look for the best pizza in the United States. My next search was for: " the best pizza in the east ". Again at the #1 spot out of 1,600,000 sites was: Pizza Therapy. My next search was for " best pizza in the central US ". At #1 in the search results out of 2,580,000 sites was once more: Pizza Therapy. Then I decided to search for the " best pizza in the west US ". Out of 1,290,000 sites, Pizza Therapy. again came out on top. Hmm. I'm starting to see a pattern here. I figured I might as well try to find the " best international pizza " so I typed that in the search box. Out of 2,560,000 ...