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― asfdzxc (asfdzxc), Friday, 20 February 2004 04:45 (twenty-one years ago)

the ravens, the orioles, the five keys, the flamingos, the moonglows, the platters, the royales, the dominoes, the magnificents, the el cincos, the rhythm aces

― angel duster, Friday, 20 February 2004 04:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry to recommend a compilation record, but doo-wop was a singles medium, so as an absolute first introduction, try Rhino's "The Best of Doo-Wop Ballads" . Also seek ye out all of angel duster's rec's, plus The Five Satins, The Del-Vikings, The Penguins, and, if the prospect of dope-smoking doo-wop appeals to you, The Tokens' "Intercourse".

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Friday, 20 February 2004 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Pookie Hudson & The Imperials - I know I Know
The Rivingtons - Unchain My Heart

not crucial but brilliant: 'Best Of Sinclair Records'

― eleki-san (eleki-san), Friday, 20 February 2004 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

my introduction to doo wop was the rhino "doo wop box." and, if you are willing to invest in a 4-disc set, i can't recommend it enough.

― Matt B. (Matt B.), Friday, 20 February 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Dog Latin's Top Doo-Wop Songs:

The Flamingoes - I Only Have Eyes For You
The Penguins - Love Will Make YOur Mind Go Wild
The Capris - There's A Moon Out Tonight*
The Jacks - Why Don't You Write Me
The Cadets - Stranded In The Jungle
Don Julian & The Meadowlarks - Heaven and Paradise
The Penguins - Ookey Ook

*Urgent and key

Okay, I only own one comp but it's a good one: "Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Wop" on Ace Records.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Please, please, please don't forget "Sh-Boom" (The Chords).

― Jody Rosen, Friday, 20 February 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

The Doo-Wop box that i own.

Disc: 1

1. It's Too Soon To Know - Orioles
2. Count Every Star - Ravens
3. The Glory Of Love - Five Keys
4. Gee - Crows
5. Crying In The Chapel - Orioles
6. Money Honey - Cyde McPhatter & Drifters
7. Golden Teardrops - Flamingos
8. A Sunday Kind Of Love - Harp-Tones
9. I - Velvets
10. Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite - Spaniels
11. Sh-Boom - Chords
12. Gloria - CADILLACS
13. Hearts Of Stone - Jewels
14. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - Penguin
15. Sincerely - Moonglows
16. Mary Lee - Rainbows
17. Close Your Eyes - Five Keys
18. (Will You) Come Back My Love - Wrens
19. Story Untold - Nutmegs
20. Only You (And You Alone) - PLATTERS
21. Why Don't You Write Me? - Jacks
22. When You Dance - Turbans
23. At My Front Door - El Dorados
24. The Great Pretender - PLATTERS
25. Lily Maebelle - Valentines
Disc: 2

1. Speedoo - CADILLACS
2. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers
3. I'll Be Home - Flamingos
4. Devil Or Angel - Clovers
5. Church Bells May Ring - Willows
6. Little Girl Of Mine - Cleftones/Jimmy Wright & His Orchestra
7. I Want You To Be My Girl - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers
8. In the Still Of The Night - Five Satins
9. The Closer You Are - Channels
10. Oh What a Night - Dells
11. A Thousand Miles Away - HEARTBEATS
12. Please Say You Want Me - Schoolboys/Leroy Kirkland Orchestra
13. Come Go With Me - Dell Vikings
14. I'm So Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La-La) - Lewis Lymon & Teenchords
15. Walking Along - Solitaires
16. Little Darlin' - Gladiolas
17. Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely - Dubs
18. Florence - Paragons
19. Deserie - Charts
20. Whispering Bells - Dell-Vikings
21. Tonite, Tonite - Mello-Kings
22. Long Lonely Nights - Lee Andrew & Hearts
23. Baby Oh Baby - Shells
24. Tell Me Why - Norman Fox & Rob-Roys
25. Buzz-Buzz-Buzz - Hollywood Flames
26. Tear Drops - Lee Andrew & Hearts
Disc: 3

1. Been So Long - Pastels
2. Get A Job - Silhouettes
3. Book Of Love - Monotones
4. Maybe - Chantels
5. I Wonder Why - Dion & Belmonts
6. One Summer Night - Danleers
7. For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & Impressions
8. You Cheated - Shields
9. I'm So Young - Students
10. Everyday Of The Week - Students
11. Little Star - Elegants
12. Tear On My Pillow - Imperials
13. Trickle, Trickle - Videos
14. Ten Commandments Of Love - Harvey & Moonglows
15. Candles - Crests
16. So Fine - Fiestas
17. Lovers Never Say Goodbye - Flamingos
18. Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners/Lenny Martin & Orchestra
19. Pizza Pie - Norman Fox & Rob Roys/Sid Bass & His Orchestra
20. Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) - Impals/Leroy Holmes Orchestra
21. A Teenager In Love - Belmonts
22. Who's That Knocking - Genies
23. I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos
24. Hushabye - Mystics
25. Rockin' In The Jungle - Externals
Disc: 4

1. Mope-Itty Mope - Boss-Tones
2. Oh Rose Marie - Fascinators/Jesse Stone Orchestra
3. Just To Be With You - Passions
4. Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop - Little Anthony & Imperials
5. The Wind - Jesters
6. Stay - Maurice Williams & Zodiacs
7. There's A Moon Out Tonight - Capris
8. Blue Moon - Marcels
9. Tonight I Fell In Love - Tokens/Fields-Madera Orchestra
10. Daddy's Home - Shep & Limelights
11. Barbara-Ann - Regents
12. Rama Lama Ding Dong - Edsels
13. Tonight (Could Be The Night) - Velvets
14. My True Story - Jive Five/Joe Rene & Orchestra
15. Nag - Halos
16. Lookin' For My Baby - Earls
17. Imagination - Quotations
18. Coney Island Baby - Excellents
19. Remember Then - Earls
20. Never Let You Go - Five Discs
21. Denise - Randy & Rainbows
22. Unchained Melody - Vito & Salutations
23. I Do - Marvelows
24. Morse Code Of Love - Capris
25. My Juanita (Live) - Johnny Meastro & Brooklyn Bridge

― Chris V (Chris V), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha Jody Rosen is posting here now! This is going to be fun.

― read the FAQ (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 20 February 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

The link between 40's Jump Blues styled R&B and 60's Soul (especially when you consider the Drifters catalog). Of course, the roots of Doo-Wop are more in The Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots, Deep River Boys, and The Golden Gate Quartet, but as far as popularity is concerned, Doo-Wop was the bridge from R&B to Soul.

We're all going to overlap the hell out of each other, but here're my picks:

(1948) The Orioles - It's Too Soon to Know
(1950) The Ravens - Count Every Star
(1952) Jesse Belvin - Dream Girl
(1953) The Crows - Gee
(1953) The Harptones - A Sunday Kind of Love
(1953) The Orioles - Crying In The Chapel
(1953) The Spaniels - Baby It’s You
(1954) Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters - Honey Love
(1954) The Cadillacs - Gloria
(1954) The Moonglows - Sincerely
(1954) The Chords - Sh-boom
(1954) The Penguins - Earth Angel
(1954) The Spaniels - Goodnight Sweeheart, Goodnight
(1955) The Platters - Only You
(1955) The Platters - The Great Pretender
(1955) Five Tinos - Sitting by My Window
(1955) The Cadillacs - Speedo
(1955) The Eldorados - At My Front Door
(1955) The Jacks - Why Don't You Write Me
(1955) The Nutmegs - Story Untold
(1955) The Turbans - When You Dance
(1955) The Valentines - Lily Maebelle
(1955) The Wrens - (Will You) Come Back My Love
(1956) The Magnificents - Up On the Mountain
(1956) Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
(1956) The Five Satins - In The Still of the Night
(1957) Billy Myles - The Joker (That's What They Call Me)
(1957) Lee Andrews & The Hearts - Teardrops
(1957) The Bobbettes - Mr. Lee
(1956) The Heartbeats - A Thousand Miles Away
(1957) Danny & the Juniors - At the Hop
(1957) Del-Vikings - Come Go With Me
(1957) The Gladiolas - Little Darlin'
(1957) The Diamonds - Little Darlin'
(1957) The Silhouettes - Get a Job
(1957) Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One
(1958) Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin
(1958) Danny & The Juniors - Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay
(1958) Dion & The Belmonts - A Teenager in Love
(1958) The Chordettes - Lollipop
(1958) The Monotones - Book of Love
(1958) Tommy Edwards - It's All in the Game
(1958) Dion and The Belmonts - I Wonder Why
(1958) Jack Scott - My True Love
(1958) Lee Andrews & The Hearts - Try the Impossible
(1958) The Elegants - Little Star
(1959) The Fiestas - So Fine
(1960) Richard Berry & The Pharaohs - Have Love Will Travel
(1959) Phil Phillips & The Twilights - Sea of Love
(1959) The Crests - Sixteen Candles
(1959) The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
(1959) The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
(1959) The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You
(1960) The Dells - Oh What a Nite
(1961) Jive Five - My True Story
(1961) Barry Mann - Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)
(1961) Curtis Lee & The Halos - Pretty Little Angle Eyes
(1961) Dion - Runaround Sue
(1961) The Cleftones - Heart and Soul
(1961) The Earls - Remember Then
(1961) The Fleetwoods - The Great Impostor
(1961) The Marcels - Blue Moon
(1961) The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)
(1962) Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
(1962) The Alley Cats - Puddin N' Tain
(1962) The Duprees - You Belong to Me
(1963) The Tymes - So Much in Love

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

You gotta have the Flamingos in there somewhere. "Golden Teardrops" or "I Only Have Eyes For You".

― everything (everything), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

(1959) The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
(1959) The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
(1959) The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

Cruisin' With Ruben and the Jets...

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

The Jets: Classic or Dud?

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

I've gotta add "Chapel of Dreams" by the Dubs.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

Whoa, this helps gather it all:

http://www.oldiesmuseum.com/page5.htm
http://www.oldiesmuseum.com/page6.htm#D0006
http://www.oldiesmuseum.com/page7.htm#D0007

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:17 (nineteen years ago)

PIZZA PIE

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:55 (nineteen years ago)

haha, i just got a copy of that today. it is great.

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 17 August 2006 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

fifteen years pass...

RIP Fred Parris of the Five Satins

― birdistheword, Saturday, 15 January 2022 21:42 (three years ago)

In the Still of the Night is a great one . RIP Fred Parris

― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 January 2022 19:26 (three years ago)

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