The Doo Wop Era

Yeah, It's a big subject and it will take a long time to cover it. I was planning to dig up my doo wop albums and read over the group names. There are many I like, but can't ever get all of their names straight.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHZXTL-k2YU

You'll Lose a Precious Love-
Tune into the bass man-Melvin "Froggy" Franklin, giving you BIG bottom!

I agree...it's just that when I was a kid I thought all doo wop groups were black...except dion and the belmonts

1965-Ruffin's first lead. I think this might be the very last days of doo wop. Motown changed the sound of R&B so radically.

One of my favorites, but I never heard it til the 70's

ahhh. I was blown away to hear and see Jackie Wilson once again. He was surprisngly the one whose his dance style I TRIED to emulate and memorize ... from American Bandstand. This guy was a more interesting dancer than James Brown. Of course, the G.F.O.S. was impossible to copy.

Let me see if I can find the link to a Paul Simon song about 'Johnny Ace is Dead' where he mentions a bunch of the 50s' Doo-wop groups.

One of my faves (I'd call it later Doo-wop)

Roy Orbison - In Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbxsmcT7GOk&feature=channel

I once was responsible for In Dreams getting removed from a jukebox. I got in the habit of going in a coffee shop in Long Beach and playing that song. The fourth time I went in, it was missing. Must have got on somebody's nerves.

Steamboat
Drifters

I didn't know Rubber Biscuit.

Treasure of Love
Clyde McPhatter

The Blues Brothers do a cover of this in the Blues Brothers first movie whilst on their 'Mission from Gahd'

Spaniels and El Dorados

Safaris-Image Of A Girl

how do they merge two songs...that was good edgar

The dominoes, with Jackie Wilson, Clyde McPhattter - -

I love that song by the Safaris.

Wow, so many good singers in one group Edgar...and 1951 to boot...amazing

One of my fave doo wop groups never reached great popularity due to the fact that their label(Bruce records) couldn't distribute enough to meet the demand.
Here's a short bio from the excellent R&B site Marv Goldberg's R&B
http://home.att.net/~marvart/Harptones/harptones.html

Sunday Kind Of Love was later covered by Jan & Dean in a sort of "surf-doo wop" version

Bless you for digging that up.

Jackie Wilson's singing...his golden tones, purity, and a range of emotions.

Pure bliss. 'Rags to Riches'- What a gem!

Scrambling to play "Lonely Teardrops". Singers should study his recordings, but doubtful you can teach what he does! Not a bad split either. dancing was jsut gravy. I am shocked to see that the origin of my early dance moves was from HIM. Not that I could move like him..I just tried to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nEfuE8Pw4U

Pls pardon the temp musical diversion.

Here's an interesting later video..of Jackie in 1971 with a sped up version of 'Higher and Higher' and 'Lonely Terardrops'. Jackie does some 'clowning' and modernizing it a little...maybe trying to reach younger crowd. Sort of Vegas act, in a way. Listen to what he does with his runs and try not to let the (dance gyrations distract too much.

My thought is the older version and performance has staying power. This is great and all but to me is more like a guy trying to make a buck ..schmaltzing it up. What are your thoughts?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8CyNlDjV84

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