The Dovers

1) The Dovers were an American garage rock/pop band of the mid-1960s. The Dovers are revered by certain rock critics and record collectors as being a prime example of mid-60s folk rock and pop, heavily influenced by the British Invasion and American groups such as The Byrds.

2) A popular choice of name for bands in several different styles during the '50s and '60s, the Dovers identified at least two different doo wop groups. One of these changed its name to the Willows after performing from a Harlem base as the Dovers since 1950. But the group that has material featured on several anthologies of this genre was a different crop of crooners. Responsible for blooming hits such as "Sweet as a Flower," that version of the Dovers came along in 1954, with just as big a reputation built up. The group that would become the Willows may have wept at this usurping of title, or an inter-doo-wop decision might have been made to hand the name off to what, after all, must have seemed like a bunch of children.

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