*Don’t nick name it
You might as well claim it
It swept this whole wide land
Rock and roll forever will stand
*
Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) although originally by The Chords, I prefer this version by The Crew Cuts featured in Clue: The Movie.
This is what I came in to post. My favorite doo-wop oldie. I’m pretty sure that’s The Marcels on the intro.
The Capris - There’s a Moon Out Tonight
Getting in the spirit of the season: “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” by the Meolodeers.
Surprised that “Angel Baby” by Rosie and the Originals hasn’t made the list. My stone fave.
Haunting and beautiful. Small trivia fact. Rosie disappeared. Never to be heard from again. One song and gone.
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
“Dwaido, dwaido…”
:rolleyes:
finger on the trigger:
Yup, I’m an oldie AND a goodie.
And I sure do love mah Dopers!
Q
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
And while we’re at it (and 'cause i’m such a champ at hijacking my own threads):
Anyone remember THIS “Howlin’ Wolf”?
Q
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
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
“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.
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.)
Aye, lad, I think you’re right!
"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
Long live Sha Na Na and Bowzer.
Quasi
I couldn’t load the Barry Mann original for 'Who Put the Bomp’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.