# Share Your Favorite Doo-Wop Oldie With Me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594 "2010-12-01T22:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/21 "2010-12-02T15:56:24Z")
[“It Will Stand” - The Showmen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s45hycSkcMY) \*Don’t nick name it You might as well claim it It swept this whole wide land Rock and roll forever will stand \* ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/22 "2010-12-02T16:03:51Z")
[Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP_xVhNI5uM) although originally by The Chords, I prefer this version by The Crew Cuts featured in _Clue: The Movie_. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/23 "2010-12-02T16:17:26Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Either [Pretty Little Angel Eyes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hgI1aGTtg) by Curtis Lee This is what I came in to post. My favorite doo-wop oldie. I’m pretty sure that’s The Marcels on the intro. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/24 "2010-12-02T18:59:41Z")
The Capris - **There’s a Moon Out Tonight** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/P4xNF9uh8SA/hqdefault.jpg "The Capris -There's A Moon Out Tonight") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4xNF9uh8SA) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/25 "2010-12-02T20:48:22Z")
Getting in the spirit of the season: [“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” by the Meolodeers](http://www.vbox7.com/play:5bfdad0a?r=google). ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/26 "2010-12-02T21:01:14Z")
Surprised that “Angel Baby” by Rosie and the Originals hasn’t made the list. My stone fave. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6LjxfNxbZM4/hqdefault.jpg "Angel Baby - Rosie & The Originals") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LjxfNxbZM4) Haunting and beautiful. Small trivia fact. Rosie disappeared. Never to be heard from again. One song and gone. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/27 "2010-12-02T21:36:59Z")
I had heard it before of course (can’t be 60 and a musician and not be aware of a song as pretty as this one), but now I am appreciating it even more, **Soul Brother Number Two** , thanks. As an aside, I just recently started watching the tv show “Angel” and this song would have made a great background tune for Angel and that “Charisma” actress (forgot the name on the show - ‘Cordie’ or something) to dance to when she said her last goodbye. God what a mouth! (her not him)😉 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/28 "2010-12-02T21:47:29Z")
“Dwaido, dwaido…” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4ZBSGaWrEn4/hqdefault.jpg "Dion & The Belmonts : I Wonder Why") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZBSGaWrEn4) :rolleyes: finger on the trigger: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0_2Z3pPNM8) 🙂 Yup, I’m an oldie AND a goodie. And I sure do love mah Dopers!😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/29 "2010-12-02T21:59:26Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Also, do you (or anyone else) know what became of Sha Na Na? I don’t know for sure what became of them, though I think I’ve seen them doing the oldies circuit (county fairs, oldies station-sponsored concerts, etc). But, **Quasi** …do you know where they _came from_? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/30 "2010-12-02T22:03:03Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I don’t know for sure what became of them, though I think I’ve seen them doing the oldies circuit (county fairs, oldies station-sponsored concerts, etc). > > But, **Quasi** …do you know where they _came from_? You mean _other_ than Woodstock, dear friend? No I don’t, then. Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/31 "2010-12-02T22:14:27Z")
And while we’re at it (and 'cause i’m such a champ at hijacking my own threads): Anyone remember THIS “Howlin’ Wolf”? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bA2m7KYqG5s/hqdefault.jpg "Wolfman Jack Tribute") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA2m7KYqG5s) Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/32 "2010-12-02T22:32:22Z")
By the way, when I call **jayjay** “dear friend”? That’s 'cause he _is_. He and countless others help keep **Wolkie** (on World of Warcraft) straight and don’t mind re-answering questions or even answering questions I should already know as a gamer. In short, he **RAWKS**! As do you all. Now back to the program! 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/33 "2010-12-02T22:47:57Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > You mean _other_ than Woodstock, dear friend? > > No I don’t, then. > > Q > [@](#): > > The group began singing as part of the longstanding Columbia University a cappella group The Kingsmen, but changed their name due to the Pacific Northwest group of the same name, famous for covering “Louie, Louie” They were practically Whiffenpoofs! College boys! Well, technically they were, as the group’s publicity says, “from the streets of New York”. After all, Columbia University IS in New York… ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/34 "2010-12-02T23:28:40Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > They were practically Whiffenpoofs! College boys! > > Well, technically they were, as the group’s publicity says, “from the streets of New York”. After all, Columbia University IS in New York… **Oh**. **My**. **God**!!! I didn’t _know_ that **jayjay**! I always thought the “Louie Louie” controversy revolved around The Kingsmen and Paul Revere and the Raiders (as in who “wrote” the song: Lynn Eastman or “Paul”). I put “wrote” in quotes up there, because I believe “Louie Louie” to be a “traditional” Jamaican tune. There’s also a gospel group known as The Kingsmen, but I doubt that they’d “ever lay her again”, if you get my drift, buddy!🙂 Let’s do a spin-off thread, yawn’too?😉 Your pal Quasi ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/35 "2010-12-02T23:53:31Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I always thought the “Louie Louie” controversy revolved around The Kingsmen and Paul Revere and the Raiders (as in who “wrote” the song: Lynn Eastman or “Paul”). > Quasi “Louie Louie” was written and originally performed by Richard Berry, who was inspired by “Havana Moon” by Chuck Berry [no relation] for the Carribean setting and “One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)” for the idea of having the singer telling his story to a bartender. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/36 "2010-12-02T23:56:38Z")
Frankie Lymon, Why Do Fools Fall In Love. I have this burned on a CD out in my car (with other oldies) and I play it on a regular basis and never get tired of it. (Whatever happened to those oldies on the oldies radio station? They’ve all been retired to bin of history, with ragtime and swing.) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/37 "2010-12-03T00:01:27Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > I’m pretty sure that’s The Marcels on the intro. Aye, lad, I think you’re right! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/38 "2010-12-03T00:01:44Z")
**"Richard Berry"!** , of _course_, **42fish**! I stand corrected and humbled. Eastman was the lead singer for The Kingsmen. THIS is what happens to old rock 'n rollers, y’all. Thank you very much for the correction! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/39 "2010-12-03T00:48:02Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/97r51CdJPHk/hqdefault.jpg "Sha Na Na - Unchained Melody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97r51CdJPHk) Long live **Sha Na Na** and Bowzer. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594/40 "2010-12-03T01:13:13Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Great. > > Now I’m going to have Sha-na-na running through my head all night. 😛 > Not that there’s anything really wrong with that. 😉 > p.s. I loved their show! Must find it… > > p.s.s. We sang The Blues Brother’s album in jr high music class, including Rubber Biscuit. Even being from the Chicago area, I kinda doubt I would have heard that song if not for our outrageous teacher; he introduced us to all kinds of music. > And I’ve never, ever forgotten Rubber Biscuit. 😛 I couldn’t load the Barry Mann original for ['Who Put the Bomp’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14MZ8eiwcNE)last night, but here it is (after the commercial intro). I appreciate Sha Na Na for keeping Doo Wop alive. So what if they were more of a Monkees type band? A lot of this music might have been lost if they hadn’t kept it in the spotlight. I don’t know if there’s a sound track available, but American Hot Wax is full of great Doo Wop, Motown, Rock&Roll, with perfomances from Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and the Killer. Thanks for reminding me of Rubber Biscuit! Every time I see the Blues Bros. I forget what Dan is singing until he gets to the Wish Sandwich. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-doo-wop-oldie-with-me/562594.md?page=3)