Doo-Wop

[DudeAsInCool]

Here's a forgotten category of rock that was popular in the fifties. Someone had asked me to do a search for The Genies 'Who's That Knocking?' and I came across a Rhino collection of the top Doo-Wop songs from that era. Have I missed anything?

It's Too Soon To Know - Orioles

Count Every Star - Ravens

The Glory Of Love - Five Keys

Gee - Crows

Crying In The Chapel - Orioles

Money Honey - Cyde McPhatter & Drifters

Golden Teardrops - Flamingos

A Sunday Kind Of Love - Harp-Tones

I - Velvets

Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite - Spaniels

Sh-Boom - Chords

Gloria - CADILLACS

Hearts Of Stone - Jewels

Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - Penguin

Sincerely - Moonglows

Mary Lee - Rainbows

Close Your Eyes - Five Keys

(Will You) Come Back My Love - Wrens

Story Untold - Nutmegs

Only You (And You Alone) - PLATTERS

Why Don't You Write Me? - Jacks

When You Dance - Turbans

At My Front Door - El Dorados

The Great Pretender - PLATTERS

Lily Maebelle - Valentines

Speedoo - CADILLACS

Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers

I'll Be Home - Flamingos

Devil Or Angel - Clovers

Church Bells May Ring - Willows

Little Girl Of Mine - Cleftones/Jimmy Wright & His Orchestra

I Want You To Be My Girl - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers

In the Still Of The Night - Five Satins

The Closer You Are - Channels

Oh What a Night - Dells

A Thousand Miles Away - HEARTBEATS

Please Say You Want Me - Schoolboys/Leroy Kirkland Orchestra

Come Go With Me - Dell Vikings

I'm So Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La-La) - Lewis Lymon & Teenchords

Walking Along - Solitaires

Little Darlin' - Gladiolas

Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely - Dubs

Florence - Paragons

Deserie - Charts

Whispering Bells - Dell-Vikings

Tonite, Tonite - Mello-Kings

Long Lonely Nights - Lee Andrew & Hearts

Baby Oh Baby - Shells

Tell Me Why - Norman Fox & Rob-Roys

Buzz-Buzz-Buzz - Hollywood Flames

Tear Drops - Lee Andrew & Hearts

Been So Long - Pastels

Get A Job - Silhouettes

Book Of Love - Monotones

Maybe - Chantels

I Wonder Why - Dion & Belmonts

One Summer Night - Danleers

For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & Impressions

You Cheated - Shields

I'm So Young - Students

Everyday Of The Week - Students

Little Star - Elegants

Tear On My Pillow - Imperials

Trickle, Trickle - Videos

Ten Commandments Of Love - Harvey & Moonglows

Candles - Crests

So Fine - Fiestas

Lovers Never Say Goodbye - Flamingos

Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners/Lenny Martin & Orchestra

Pizza Pie - Norman Fox & Rob Roys/Sid Bass & His Orchestra

Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) - Impals/Leroy Holmes Orchestra

A Teenager In Love - Belmonts

Who's That Knocking - Genies

I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos

Hushabye - Mystics

Rockin' In The Jungle - Externals

Mope-Itty Mope - Boss-Tones

Oh Rose Marie - Fascinators/Jesse Stone Orchestra

Just To Be With You - Passions

Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop - Little Anthony & Imperials

The Wind - Jesters

Stay - Maurice Williams & Zodiacs

There's A Moon Out Tonight - Capris

Blue Moon - Marcels

Tonight I Fell In Love - Tokens/Fields-Madera Orchestra

Daddy's Home - Shep & Limelights

Barbara-Ann - Regents

Rama Lama Ding Dong - Edsels

Tonight (Could Be The Night) - Velvets

My True Story - Jive Five/Joe Rene & Orchestra

Nag - Halos

Lookin' For My Baby - Earls

Imagination - Quotations

Coney Island Baby - Excellents

Remember Then - Earls

Never Let You Go - Five Discs

Denise - Randy & Rainbows

Unchained Melody - Vito & Salutations

I Do - Marvelows

Morse Code Of Love - Capris

My Juanita (Live) - Johnny Meastro & Brooklyn Bridge

[DudeAsInCool]

More Doo-Wop Hits

There's A Moon Out Tonight ~ The Capris

Let's Start All Over Again ~ The Paragons

I'm So Happy ~ Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords

Just To Be With You ~ The Passions

Zoom Zoom Zoom ~ The Collegians

Oh Gee, Oh Gosh ~ The Kodaks

I Wonder Why ~ Dion & The Belmonts

Tonight, Tonight ~ The Mello-Kings

Mary Lee ~ The Rainbows

I'm So Young ~ The Students

Cora Lee ~ Little Bobby Rivera & The Hemlocks

The Closer You Are ~ Earl Lewis & The Channels

I Remember ~ The Five Discs

Baby Oh Baby ~ The Shells

Story Untold ~ The Nutmegs

Once In Awhile ~ The Chimes

Trickle, Trickle ~ The Videos

Coney Island Baby ~ The Excellents

Rama Lama Ding Dong ~ The Edsels

Castle In The Sky ~ The Bop-Chords

Hush-A-Bye ~ The Mystics

Deserie ~ The Charts

Ankle Bracelet ~ The Pyramids

Till Then ~ The Classics

Come Go With Me ~ The Dell Vikings

In The Still Of The Night ~ The Five Satins

Book Of Love ~ The Monotones

Gloria ~ The Passions

Honey Honey ~ Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords

A Sunday Kind Of Love ~ The Harptones

Whispering Bells ~ The Dell Vikings

Every Day Of The Week ~ The Students

My Hearts Desire ~ The Avalons

Tell Me Why ~ The Belmonts

The Gleam In Your Eyes ~ Earl Lewis & The Channels

Island Of Love ~ The Sheppards

The Wind ~ The Jesters

That's My Desire ~ Dion & The Belmonts

Never Let You Go ~ The Five Discs

You Were Mine ~ The Fireflies

Dance Girl ~ The Charts

Long Lonely Nights ~ Lee Andrews & The Hearts

When We Get Married ~ The Dreamlovers

Get A Job ~ The Silhouettes

One Summer Night ~ The Danleers

Denise ~ Randy & The Rainbows

Over The Rainbow ~ The Demensions

When You Dance ~ The Turbans

Play Those Oldies Mr. DJ ~ Anthony & The Sophmores

To The Aisle ~ The Five Satins

[DudeAsInCool]

Here's some info on Doo-Wop bands of the era:

The Alley Cats

1950s Style Acapella Doo Wop group performing today.

The Aquatones

Doo Wop Group from 1958 to 1961 and Reunited in 2001

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters

History Hank Ballard

The Bon-Aires

Doo Wop Group from 1958 to 1985

The Cameos

Official website of the Doo Wop Group -- The Cameos

The Capriss

Official website of the Doo Wop Group -- The Capris still out there today!

The Cellos

Great Apollo Records Doo Wop Group of the 50's

Larry Chance & The Earls

Official website of the group that brought you hits like "Eyes" and "Remember Then"

The Chantels

Quite Possibly the #1 Doo Wop Band of all time

The Chantels (another site)

S. Calif. Doo Wop Society's website on the Chantels

The Chantels

Official Website on The original Chantels

The Chimes

Brooklyn Street corner group from 1957

Lou Christie

Official website of Lou Christie

The Cleftones

Story of The Cleftones

The Clovers

website dedicated to The Clovers

The Clusters

Doo Wop Group of Today out of Brooklyn NY

The Coasters

Website on The Coasters

The Coasters (Another Site)

Another website dedicated to the Great Doo Wop Group -- The Coasters

The Crew Cuts

Official Canadian Website on This Group.

Danny & The Juniors

Group with the Big Hit "Rock and Roll is here to stay

Danny & The Juniors (another site)

Jaymar's website on Danny & The Juniors

The Dedications

Doo Wop Group out today singing the songs of the 50's and Early 60's

The Dells

official website of this long standing Doo Wop & R&B group

The Del Satins

Dion's other Back up Group after The Belmonts

The Del Vikings

website of this great Doo Wop Group and the hit "Come go with me"

Del Vikings

Destination Doo Wop's site on this group

The Diamonds

official website of this group.

Dion & The Belmonts

Dutch site (in English) on this group.

Dion & The Belmonts (another site)

Musical History of this Group

The Drifters

Biography website of this Group

The Drifters (another site)

Site dedicated to the Early History of the Drifters

Dukes of Harmony

East Coast Doo Wop Group out there today

The Duprees

The Official website of The Duprees

The Edsels

official website of the Group that made the words Rama Lama Ding Dong Famous!

The Emotions

Doo Wop Group today based out of New York

The Encounters

Doo Wop Group of the Past that is still singing today!

Everly Brothers

Site Dedicated to The Everly Brothers plus Links to other Everly sites

Everly Brothers

Everly.net the official site of The Everly Brothers

The Excellents

with Lead Singer John Kuse - Group had the big hit "Coney Island baby"

Fabian

Official website of the Fabulous Fabian -- ahhh turn me loose...

The Fireflies

from 1959 with there big hit... You were mine.

The Five Boroughs

New York Based Doo Wop Group today

The Five Discs

website dedicated to the history of this band

Five Satins

Link to the Group The Five Satins

The Flamingos

website of the Group that brought you -- I only have eyes for you

The Fleetwoods

Official website of this group

4 Ever Young

Doo Wop Quartet out there today.

The Fabulous Flops

Doo Wop Group today out of Germany

The Four Epics

Official website of The Four Epics

The Four Lads

Website on the history of this group

Gartenparty

German Acapella Doo Wop Group out today

The Impalas

Co-Ed Doo Wop group out of the 50s

The Innocents

Official website of The Innocents

Little Anthony & The Imperials

Official website of this group

The Mello-Kings

Another Great Doo Wop group of the 50s

The Mello-Kings (another site)

Website dedicated to the History of This Group

The Mystics

(George Galfo's)

Official website of George Galfo's Mystics

The Neons

website on the history of this group

New Harmony

Doo Wop Band playing today

The Olympics

Marv Goldberg's website on The Olympics -- West Coast Doo Wop (Western Movies) fame.

The Paragons

Website dedicated to the History of the Group

Pastime

Doo Wop Group today out of Harrisburg, Pa.

The Pentagons

Group out of the 50s from San Bernadino, California

The Pentagons

website with a focus on Joe Jones of the Band

Philly Cuzz

Fantastic Philly Group that is playing Doo Wop Music TODAY!

The Platters

Only you.... ahh one of the greatest groups!

The Quotations

Official website of this band

Randy & The Rainbows

Great Doo Wop group from the late 50s and Early 60s

The Reflections

website dedicated to this group that was featured in Roc-it show #672

Remaining Few

website of this doo wop group that is recording today

Diane Renay

Official website of this female vocalist

The Revivals

Group out today singing the music of the 50s and 60s

Rosie & The Originals

there official website of this group

Bobby Rydell

his official website

Santo & Johnny's "Sleepwalk" Site

website of the very popular 50s Instrumental duo

Sha Na Na

website dedicated to this 70's revival Group

The Sheps

history and stories of this group

The Shirelles

website dedicated to this great female vocal group

Jay Siegel & The Tokens

official website of this group

The Solitaires

Groups Biggest Hit... "Walking Along"

The Silhouettes

Website on the history of this group -- Big Hit = "Get a Job"

The Skyliners

Official website of this group

The Squires

50s Group that Hailed from Pasadena, California

Streetheart

fantastic female doo wop group singing today

The Sunrays

The Sunrays and Eddy Medora

The Teenagers

Website of Franky Lymon's Group

The Tokens Website

Official website of The Tokens

The Turbans

History of The Turbans as told by Marv Goldberg

Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs

Official site of the group that Had the hit "Stay"

Kathy Young

Female Vocalist who sang with The Innocents and had the 1960 hit A Thousand Stars

[method77]

cool info dude.

I always liked doo wop names. The Dells, The Drifters, the this, tha that

[slum_goddess]

Here's a forgotten category of rock that was popular in the fifties. 

there was a reason for that...the part about 'forgotten'

[Redneck4sure]

there was a reason for that...the part about 'forgotten'

It has to do with the age of the people that listened to it. Now they can't remember shit.

I have some Doo Wop. I'd like to have that cd Dude was talkin' about. :)

[KiwiCoromandel]

good stuff dude...very interesting music genre...and very hard to pull off live and not look and sound stupid....according to those that i have seen, heard and spoken to that DOOWOP!!!

redneck..check these links mate...any more anti - doowop backchat and you`ll have to cap the offenders mate..

http://www.doo-wop.org/

http://doowopcenter.com/

http://www.palmsradio.com/doowop.html

http://www.doowop-net.com/default.asp

Edited January 3, 2005 by kiwibank

[Redneck4sure]

Those are some cool sites Kiwi. I just browsed them all a little. Later I will study them a little closer. Thanks! Do you have much Doo Wop? I have a decent amount. I even have the tune Dude referred to at the top of the thread. :)

[KiwiCoromandel]

i don`t have much personally red ....it`s not a genre i listen to a lot..what i have seen and heard i have liked especially doowop from the `50`s..far and away the best artists from that era i think....you know, the platters, inkspots, drifters, the coasters, frankie lymon, the orioles.... more the r `n` b style of doowop......that sort of thing

[method77]

The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - The Teenagers, featuring Frankie Lymon

2. I Wonder Why - Dion & The Belmonts

3. Come Go With Me - The Dell Vikings

4. In The Still Of The Nite - The Five Satins

5. Since I Don’t Have You - The Skyliners, With Lenny Martin & The Orchestra

6. Sincerely - The Moonglows

7. The Great Pretender - The Platters

8. Trickle, Trickle - The Videos

9. 16 Candles - The Crests

10. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins

11. When You Dance - The Turbans

12. Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite - Spaniels

13. Speedoo - The Cadillacs, With Jesse Powell Orchestra

14. Get A Job - The Silhouettes

15. Island Of Love - The Sheppards

16. For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & The Impressions

17. Little Star - The Elegants

18. So Fine - The Fiestas

Disc: 2

1. A Teenager In Love - Dion & The Belmonts

2. There’s A Moon Out Tonight - The Capris

3. Remember Then - The Earls

4. Daddy’s Home - Shep & The Limelites

5. I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos

6. At My Front Door - The El Dorados

7. My True Story - The Jive Five, With Joe Rene & Orchestra

8. Hushabye - The Mystics

9. Little Darlin’ - The Diamonds

10. Rama Lama Ding Dong - The Edsels

11. You Belong To Me - The Duprees

12. Unchained Melody - Vito & The Salutations

13. I Do - The Marvelows

14. Step By Step - The Crests

15. Blue Moon - The Marcels

16. Denise - Randy & The Rainbows

17. Over The Mountain, Cross The Sea - Johnnie & Joe With Rex Garvin & His Orchestra

18. Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler

19. Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) - Little Caesar & The Romans

[Redneck4sure]

If you want to hear a very different version of Unchained Melody than the Righteous Brothers give Vito & The Salutations' version a listen.

Looks a good collection method. :good job: