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re: Street Corner Symphonies - The Doo Wop Thread
Posted on 2/10/25 at 11:46 pm to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 2/10/25 at 11:46 pm to Mizz-SEC
Although this isn't technically doo-wop, the performance is so incredible it's worth hearing.
A Beach Boys cover band in England. Outstanding! The acoustics in the room are perfect with echo.
A Beach Boys cover band in England. Outstanding! The acoustics in the room are perfect with echo.
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Posted on 2/10/25 at 11:52 pm to Mizz-SEC
And here were the original Beach Boys singing it during their 50th Anniversary tour.
Only the replacement for Carl's vocal on the 12-string in the back wasn't one of the group in the early days.
Amazing for 70+ year old guys.
Only the replacement for Carl's vocal on the 12-string in the back wasn't one of the group in the early days.
Amazing for 70+ year old guys.
Posted on 2/10/25 at 11:53 pm to Kafka
Possibly the doo woppingest damn thing ever seen
Even at 18 Dion has the self-confidence of a star
Even at 18 Dion has the self-confidence of a star
Posted on 3/13/25 at 8:11 pm to Kafka
As far as I can determine, this is the only contemporary clip of the group doing this song that is currently available.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 8:21 pm to blueridgeTiger
I loved that kind of music when I was a kid.
Posted on 3/15/25 at 4:00 pm to blueridgeTiger
I hate the canned applause on these PBS productions, but some of these cats sure can sing.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:11 pm to Mizz-SEC
What a great story on Earl "Speedo" Carroll of The Cadillacs.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:04 am to Mizz-SEC
Just watched an interview by Chazz Palminteri with the lead singer, Vito Picone, where he says Dion readily admitted this record was the template for his solo career with songs like The Wanderer and Runaround Sue - and you can definitely hear it.
This was their follow-up to "(Where Are You) Little Star".
Geez what a great fricking doo-wop song.
This was their follow-up to "(Where Are You) Little Star".
Geez what a great fricking doo-wop song.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 1:32 am to Kafka
The Safaris - "Image Of A Girl"
hit #6 in 1960
hit #6 in 1960
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:49 am to blueridgeTiger
The majority of it sounds like someone pushing a refrigerator down a flight of stairs.
Thank God, the Beatles put the final nail in its coffin.
Thank God, the Beatles put the final nail in its coffin.
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 10:54 am
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:58 am to hogcard1964
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Thank God, the Beatles put the final nail in its coffin.
Merry New Year!!
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:11 am to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:24 am to Mizz-SEC
This I swear sucks balls.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:12 pm to hogcard1964
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This I swear sucks balls.
That's ok. To each his own. I came to appreciate the music by going backward from the stuff I grew up on, including country, blues, the crooners like Bing, Frank, Dean and Tony Bennett, Big Band, folk, jump blues, doo wop, etc. IMO modern popular music with vocal harmony started with barber shop but really solidified with The Ink Spots and Mills Brothers.
I could be wrong on this but I think Elvis was the confluence to which current popular music led up to and then spread out from. He digested and assimilated country, blues, pop standards and country and distilled it down to it's rawest form of two guitars and a bass (eventually a drummer was added). It set the world on fire and then his offspring started adding instruments and vocals to it again as it radiated away from him. The Beatles will tell you.
A huge part of The Beatles success was McCartney's wide spread of musical knowledge from his father, but it was Elvis who embodied the spark. I've always been amused at my friends who love Led Zepplin and the like, but ignore who Led Zepplin liked. The same with my Beatles fan friends who hate country, but ignore that they were buying every Buck Owens release. But as I said, to each his own. People can love and hate what they want.
Most of the hit makers in all forms of music have always listened to a much broader palate than their fans.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:38 pm to hogcard1964
quote:Doo Wop was an influence on The Beatles
Thank God, the Beatles put the final nail in its coffin
The Quarrymen did "Come Go With Me", while Paul later wrote the pastiche "Oh Darling!", which John intriguingly felt he should have sung.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:24 pm to Kafka
Doo wop was the Northern rockabilly - the street level, DIY response to the musical trends of the time. In doo wop's case, essentially a mixture of Italian crooners and the gospel-derived black harmony groups. It was, as Charlie Gillett titled his book, The Sound Of The City.
To dismiss doo wop is to miss out on a wealth of affecting music, which often prefigured the Soul to come.
To dismiss doo wop is to miss out on a wealth of affecting music, which often prefigured the Soul to come.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 12:07 am to Kafka
As an old man I remember and liked doo wop and doo wop oldie stations survived on AM until about1970 if I remember correctly.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 12:16 am to mauser
quote:R&R era doo wop was being played on oldies stations well into the '80s and even the '90s
As an old man I remember and liked doo wop and doo wop oldie stations survived on AM until about1970 if I remember correctly
Posted on 1/3/26 at 12:50 am to Kafka
I guess I should have said specifically oldies doo wop and not a mix and those doo wop stations could have run until the 90s.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 12:57 am to mauser
quote:you listened to a doo wop only station?
I guess I should have said specifically oldies doo wop and not a mix
were you living in New Jersey?
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