Doo wop

Doo Wop – Some Oldschool music

1962

The Oldest Boomer is 16 years old.

Cost of the Average House: $15,700

Median Family Income: $6,000

Minimum Wage: $1.15\hr.

Gallon of Milk: 49 cents

Loaf of Bread: 20 cents

Daily newpaper: 10 cents

New Car: Chevrolet Corvette: $4,038

Ford Galzxie 500

XL Skyliner: $3,350

Austin Miin Cooper S: $1,295

45 rpm record: $1.00

Music album 33 1/3/ rpm: #.00

Movie Ticket: 50 cents,

Popcorn + 20 cents

Movies: “Lawrence of Arabia,” “to Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Manchurian Candidate,” “La Dolce Vita,” “The Longest Day,” “The Music Man,” “Mutiny on the Bounty,”

Music: Isley Brothers, “Twist And Shout.” James Brown Y the Famous Flames, “Lost Someone.” King Curtis, “Soul Twist.” Ray Charles, “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” Sam Cooke, “Bring It On Home To Me.” Dee Dee Sharp, “Mashed Potato Time.” Bobby Vinton, “Roses Are Red.”

From the book

Boomers How We Changed the World Vol.1 1946-1980: A Generational

by Richard Jordan

THOSE SWEET, SWEET SOUNDS OF DOO WOP

OLDIES BUT GOODIES

What is cooler than or more old school than Doo Wop? Enjoy!

The Best Doo Wop & Rock Hits Those Oldies But Goodiess Medley

the drifters – up on the roof

Dion & The Belmonts – I Wonder Why 1958

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Mr. Sandman – The Chordettes

De Castro Sisters “Teach Me Tonight”

Chuck Jackson “Any Day Now”

GET A JOB THE SILHOUETTES – ORIGINAL SONG – 1957

The Complete Book of Doo Wop by Dr. Anthony J. Gribin and Dr. Matthew M. Schiff

The Marcels – Blue Moon

20 of the greatest Do Woo song (1953-1964)

More than 100 of the finest rhythm & blues and rock ‘n’ roll doo-wop songs ever recorded, all remastered from the original session and master tapes (many for the first time!). Besides containing nearly every Doo-Wop record ever to hit the pop charts from 1948 to 1981 ( Why Do Fools Fall in Love; Earth Angel; In the Still of the Night; My Prayer; Little Star , and many more), the set offers a number of rarities and previously obscure gems that add “flavor” to the collection. Completing the package is a thick, intensely detailed color booklet.

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Contrary to legend, most groups did not start singing on the street corners. But they did end up singing there eventually. Most singers, in interviews, report their first experience with music was either through the church or at home, and usually before the onset of adolescence. At best, there was an uneasy truce between the church and the group music produced music produced when youthful enthusiasm and rebelliousness there was no truce at all.
Hank Ballard (of the Midnighters) recalled, “…I was a runaway at 14, man…That part of the family was heavy into religion. They used to beat me if they caught me humming the blues in the house. They couldn’t understand. I was not allowed to sing anything but. I had to get out of that. After the eighth grade, he dropped out of school and returned to Detroit to live with another set of relatives”.1
The family of Eugene Pitt (lead singer of the Jive Five), as related by Wayne Stierle , was a lot more supportive: “Pitt came from a family of nine girls and five boys, and, as he says, ‘We had two complete gospel groups right there.’ In fact, they did have two gospel groups units and the kids were trained very seriously by Eugene’s father, who would see to it that everybody practiced. Pitt’s father did not approve of Eugene singing anything other than gospel, but naturally, Eugene was listening to the radio, and could not miss what was going on in ‘50s music. Pitt’s father, who had been a member of a gospel group, no doubt understood what his talented son was feeling, and when Eugene finally sang in an r & b group, his father provided important help”. Another Eugene, Eugene Mumford, lead singer of the Larks, also began his singing career in a family gospel group called the Mumford Brothers.
These group singers were teen-agers, and often young ones at that. Schoolboy doo-woppers with high tenor leads started notoriously young; Richard Lanham recorded with the Tempo-Tones at age 12; the School boys, Desires and Bobbettes formed and were active in junior high school. Frankie Lymon of the Teenagers was 13 when his group first recorded, and Cathy Jean of the Roomates was 14. Other classical doo-wop artists such as Gaynel Hodge of the Turks was 16 when he recorded, as was Joe “Speedo” Frazier of the Impalas; Herb Cox of the Cleftones was a mature 17. It was the norm for groups to form in high school (or before), and many of those that eventually recorded did so during their high school years. While many of the paleo-doo-wop artists were “old men” of 20-30 by the mid-1950z, the classical doo-wop explosion was fueled, driven and supported by high schoolers.
The Complete Book of Doo-Wop
By Dr. Anthony J. Gribin and Dr. Matthew M. Schiff
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Cesar Costa – Mix 60s-70s (10 Canciones)

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The Vibrations, had a major hit with “The Watusi.” This group got its’ start in Los Angeles in 1956, but beginning in 1960 the singers were recording doo-wops for Checker, a subsidiary label of Chess Records. From the book Doo-Wop by Robert Pruter

The Spaniels, 1953, the original ensemble that recorded the group’s signature tune, “Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite.” Pookie Hudson, Opal Coutney, Gerald Gregory, Junior Coleman(pianist, and Ernest Warren and Willis. From the book Doowop by Robert Pruter

A human being’s first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

Henry Winkler

The Coasters – Poison Ivy (Original)

The Flamingos, one of the exceptional doo wop groups of the 1950s, the Flamingos had a big hit for Chess Records with “I’ll Be Home.” Jake Carey, Nate Nelson, Johnny Carter, Zeke Carey, and Paul Wilson.from Doowop by Robert Pruter

Basses burbled low, tenors soared, leads wailed, and choruses chanted in harmony in the earliest doowop groups as this cutting-edge early rock ‘n’ roll music captured the atmosphere of the era, a long-ago sound that touches the emotions even today. Doowop rose out of teen culture on the streets of Chicago and other big cities in the 1950s, creating a new type of music that largely supplanted the old forms of rhythm and blues and pop music. The wailing, the soaring harmonies, and the wild vocal riffing – which many listeners scorned – represented the creativity of youth and their love of vocal harmony and rock ‘n’ roll. Robert Pruter has mined sources ranging from fanzines to the Chicago Defender and conducted extensive interviews in putting together Doowop, which provides fresh and welcome insights into this vibrant chapter in American music. Readers of Pruter’s work will learn about not just major acts such as the Spaniels, the Dells, the Flamingos, and the Moonglows, but virtually every Chicago doowop group that contributed to that era.

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Doo Wop Golden Oldies

Gordy recalled his inspiration for songwriting in the following terms:  “Everybody was writing love songs. I was basically a dreamer of love songs, and that’s what I wanted to write, too. But wanting to write love songs and also living in the real world and listening to the earthy problems of life, I tried to mix that up with the love and the feeling.” At Tamla, this became a formula for successful songwriting.  These songs told stories about life, straying from the lyrical gibberish that had been popular in rock and roll of the late 1950s and early 1960s-Little Richard’s 1955 hit “Tutti Frutti” is a prime example. Asked by an interviewer to describe the Motown sound (Tamla was renamed Motown in 1962), Gordy said, “We thought of the neighborhoods we were raised in, and came up with a six-word definition: Rats, roaches, struggle, talent, guts, love.” Motown songs dealt with the gritty realities of life, but they always had a danceable beat. In 1959, Tamla had its first major hit with the Miracles’ “Shop Around,” which went to number one on the rhythm and blues charts and number two on the pop charts, selling more than 1 million copies. With good fortune coming relatively fast, the offices of Tamla Records at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit (soon renamed Hitsville USA) became the central hangout for aspiring black singers, songwriters, and music groupies. Diane Ross was among the young people crowding the lobby of the plain, unassuming white house where the Tamla success story was unfolding. All the young dreamers hoped to meet the man himself, Berry Gordy, Jr., who would lead them to their own pot of gold.

From the book DIANA ROSS – ENTERTAINER by John Wyeth, Jr.

Great stuff, great stuff, this little book is full of great stuff. This is a fun and informative book. Real cool.

THE MARCELS BLUE MOON

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The Four Aces  Young Love; Tell Me Why; Standing On the Corner…The Platters Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; The Great Pretender: Twilight Time; Remember When..Shep & The Limelites  Daddy’s Home…..Enchantment  It’s You That I Need…..Gladys Knight & The Pips Friendship Train…The Stylistics You Make Me Feel Brand New…. Delfonics For The Love I Give To You…..The Chordettes  Mr. Sandman….The Marcels Blue Moon…..The Chantels Maybe ……Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Why Do Fools Fall In Love…….The Crescendos OH Julie….Rufus  Walking The Dog; Tell Me Something Good; Love the One You’re With……5^th Dimension Up Up And Away; One Less Bell To Answer…Gloria Gaynor Never Can Say Goodbye; We Belong Together…..Eddie Kendricks  Time In A Bottle; Day By Day…..Four Tops Baby I Need Your Loving; Reach Out….Sam and Dave  Soul Man…. The Isley Brothers Brown Eyed Girl,; Midnight Sky…..Marvin Gaye I’ll Be Dog Gone….Bobby Vinton  Blue On Blue….Tom Jones Gigi…Maureen McGovern  I Won’t last A Day Without You……Jerry Vale I Fell A Song Comin’….Shirley Bassey  You Are the Sunshine Of My Life…

JACKIE WILSON LONELY TEAR DROPS
DOO WOP DOO WOP DOO WOPThe Chantels -Maybe (1958)

THE DUPREES… THE CHIFFONS… THE OJOYS… THE CHIL-LITES….RUBY AND THE ROMANTICS….THE SKYLIGHTERS……KATHY YOUNG AND THE INNOCENSE…THE SHIRELLES

The Chantels – Maybe (1958)

The Dubs -Could this be Magic
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The Crescendos... Oh Julie]

The Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go….Dion & the Belmonts-I Wonder Why…..Norman Fox & the Robroys- Tell Me Why…Randy & the Rainbows – Denise….Hank Ballard & the Midnighters.…Let’s Go Let’s Go…The Del Vikings-Whispering Bells…..Danny & the Juniors-At the Hop…….The Dovells-Let’s Bristol Stomp…Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Why Do Fools Fall In Love..

.The Hollywood Flames-Buzz Buzz. (1957)

The Duprees You belong to me

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The Platters- Remember When

Were you a part of a Doo Wop group?

DELLS – Oh What a Night 1969
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The Spinners – Rubberband Man

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