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Anyone Here Like Doo-Wop?

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Sometimes I feel like i'm the only person my age who likes that type of music . I just love the harmonies of the groups from this era and I think I like this music so much because i'm such a hopeless romantic lol...But does anyone else here like Doo-Wop? What is your fave group/song (s) from this time period?

Some of my faves:

The Dixie Cups "Goin' To The Chapel"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neqT_qbQycE

Five Satins "In The Still Of The Night"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBT3oDMCWpI

Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers "Why Do Fools Fall In Love"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPvxZ-quzhs

Dion & The Belmonts "A Teenanger In Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNYdcwunG7g&feature=related

Little Anthony & The Imperials "Tears On My Pillow"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJr_bFQalbk

The Flamingos "I Only Have Eyes For You"-
This has to be my fave doo-wop song of all time :wub:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTkcu4GVRe8

The Penguins "Earth Angel"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zme35J92OWo&feature=related

Neil Sedaka "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbad22CKlB4

The Drifters "Under The Boardwalk"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyzCccndc2w

The Platters "Only You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEe4zMBQlaQ
 
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Sometimes these groups (or the ones who are still alive with a couple of younger members) are on PBS specials hosted by either Jerry Butler or Patti Labelle. Usually around Pledge Week, lol. Sometimes it's doo-wop groups, disco groups, soul, or folk groups. I like 50s music. My grandmother gave me a couple of Fats Domino 8-tracks when I was little. Some people today say the lyrics & music are simple or corny, but they're not to me. I have a CD of the complete recordings of The Dixie Cups.
 
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i never heard the word doowoop before lol but i like the sound(prooves once again how wonderfull the music was in the old days)
 
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The Chiffons ~ One Fine Day

The Angels ~ My Boyfriend's Back

J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers ~ Last Kiss

Shelley Fabares ~ Johnny Angel
 
Im just curious if anyone has a precise deifinition of doo-wop. I have all these great songs in my head from the 50s and 60s that I think of as doo-wop but they may be better classified as traditional pop. What are the traits the distinguish doo-wop?
 
Doo-Wop

SolidStateSurvivor said:
Im just curious if anyone has a precise deifinition of doo-wop. I have all these great songs in my head from the 50s and 60s that I think of as doo-wop but they may be better classified as traditional pop. What are the traits the distinguish doo-wop?
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In general it's kind of a mixture of soul, pop, and barbershop quartet style singing and usually has background vocals consisting of nonsense syllables or scatting, but not always. The Coasters are a doo-wop group known for comedic & novelty songs.
 
I know this is an old discussion. Doo-Wop is group vocal harmonies not requiring musical instrumentation (or a capella). This music grew from gospel choir music. It could be sung on every street corner, as it actually was in some towns, because it required no musical instruments. So a true doo-wop song must be sung by a group, in harmony, and be such that it could stand on its own without other instruments. You can see the advantage this would have for urban kids with no money. Like rap, it doesn't cost anything to work with your own voice.

I love this music too. I agree the Flamingos [a Chicago group] song "I Only Have Eyes For You' is the most beautiful perhaps.

It's true there are a lot of soul songs and groups that rely heavily on vocal harmony, yet these are not doowop but rather soul or Motown. I don't how how to describe this difference but I think you know it when you hear it.

I see the wiki article considers "Surfer Girl" by the Beach Boys to be a doowop song. Interesting.
 
Ronald 'Bingo' Mundy (Apr. 20, 1940 - Jan. 20, 2017)

January 24, 2017 by Associated Press | Billboard
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The Marcels in 1961: Ronald "Bingo" Mundy is top right.

The Marcels' biggest hit was Blue Moon in 1961.

Ronald "Bingo" Mundy, best known for his work with the doo-wop group The Marcels and their hit Blue Moon, has died. He was 76.

Mundy lived in Pittsburgh and died of pneumonia at Allegheny General Hospital on Friday.

The five-member vocal group reportedly recorded the song in two takes.

Blue Moon is instantly recognizable for the bass vocals that begin the song -- "Bom ba ba bom ba bom ba bom bom." Mundy can be heard singing the background refrain of "Moon moon moon moon moon."

The single hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961.

The Odell Robinson Jr. Funeral Home confirmed the death along with family members who spoke with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which first reported it Tuesday.
 
Aw-RIP. Doo-wop is great and 'Blue Moon' was a favorite when I was really, really little. Probably one of the first songs I can remember.
 
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