Oh , How I love my do-op!

Gaer

Gaer

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Of course my favorites are Roy Orbison, the Platters and Gene Pitney, Buddy Holly, the Fleetwoods, Elvis, Rightous Bros. but
do any remember these greats?

Johnny Rivers

Jerry Butler

Duane Eddy

Sanford Clark

Buddy Knox

Jimmy Jones

Eddy Cochran

Sam Cooke

Chuck Berry

the G-Clefs

Johnny Burnette

Everly Bros.

The Five Satins

Conway Twitty

Dylan

Oh, This is just the TIP of the greats! There are so many more! Who were your favorites, back then?
 

I didn't know the name for that style, do op. 🎶

I have heard most of these and wish there were radio stations that played these kind of oldies. 🎸🎹

The oldie stations around here play 80's and 90's I had to laugh.
 
Gaer said:
Of course my favorites are Roy Orbison, the Platters and Gene Pitney, Buddy Holly, the Fleetwoods, Elvis, Rightous Bros. but
do any remember these greats?

Johnny Rivers

Jerry Butler

Duane Eddy

Sanford Clark

Buddy Knox

Jimmy Jones

Eddy Cochran

Sam Cooke

Chuck Berry

the G-Clefs

Johnny Burnette

Everly Bros.

The Five Satins

Conway Twitty

Dylan

Oh, This is just the TIP of the greats! There are so many more! Who were your favorites, back then?
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You like Doo Wop? You’ve come to the right place. I have been a greaser since the early 60’s. Doo Wop music was first known as street corner music sung by greasers or groups of black singers. The origination of Doo Wop was in New York City, Philadelphia and somehow found its way to Detroit and Pittsburgh. Many Italians, which were later named Greasers because of what they added to their hair, also made good music. The music was a blend of R&B and Rock and the group would harmonize it. One of the best known DJ’s at the time was Alan Freed from New York City. Freed would sometimes walk the streets listening to different groups. When he thought he found a good one, he would promote the group. The singers that I highlighted are not considered Doo Wop.

I remember listening to The Wolfman Jack Show on the radio out of California, somewhere in the desert.
 

oldman said:
You like Doo Wop? You’ve come to the right place. I have been a greaser since the early 60’s. Doo Wop music was first known as street corner music sung by greasers or groups of black singers. The origination of Doo Wop was in New York City, Philadelphia and somehow found its way to Detroit and Pittsburgh. Many Italians, which were later named Greasers because of what they added to their hair, also made good music. The music was a blend of R&B and Rock and the group would harmonize it. One of the best known DJ’s at the time was Alan Freed from New York City. Freed would sometimes walk the streets listening to different groups. When he thought he found a good one, he would promote the group. The singers that I highlighted are not considered Doo Wop.

I remember listening to The Wolfman Jack Show on the radio out of California, somewhere in the desert.
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I listened to Wolfman Jack all the time in San Diego and on KOMA Oklahoma City as a teen.
 
Even on the a/m radio in my car the music of the 50's was great. Lots of nights during the summer there were impromptu dances going on at rt. 51 drive in food place. Didn't hurt that my girlfriends older sister worked there & somehow always lost the food order ticket.:)
 
CBC radio aired Finkleman’s 45s every Saturday night from 8 to 10 for 20 years, from 1985 to 2005. Danny was a great raconteur and had lots of tidbits and opinions about the music. From 2005 to 2021, Randy Bachman of The Guess Who & Bachman Turner Overdrive filled that time slot playing more older music. Of course he had lots interesting stories to go with the music.

Great music.
 
I am not a big fan of the a cappella groups, but the guys that could sing falsetto made great music. The best falsetto singer I ever hear was from the group “Sha Na Na.” A young guy (not anymore) named Johnny Contardo. Listen to his falsetto. I also liked the fellow that sang lead for The Earls.



BTW, Larry Chance is the first man on the left.
 
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Larry Chance, lead singer of the Earls woke up one morning and had a terrible sore throat. Doing Doo Wop concerts was his income, so he went to the doctor. After examining him, he was sent to a thoracic surgeon who found polyps in his throat. After the biopsy showed they were cancerous, he was given treatments that resolved the cancer only because it was caught and treated early.

Larry Chance and The Earls still perform. I will be with him in December in New Jersey. I became acquainted with Larry at 2 Doo Wop concerts starting about 20 or more years ago. We are not close friends, but I love Larry and his attitude toward life and Christianity. If you would like, listen to his song, “I Believe.”
 
It's called Doo Wop. None of those people are doo wop. They are referred as Oldies Music. While living in New York City, I went to 2 series of doo wop concerts, during the 1970's. Richard Nader's Original Doo Wop at the Garden (Madison Square Garden), and The Royal New York Doo Wop Show at Radio City Music Hall. Each concert had 7 or 8 acts appearing. So if you kept going to the concerts, you could end up seeing 30 or 40 bands.

Here are actual Doo Wop bands that I saw:
The Moonglows (Sincerely)
The Flamingoes (I Only Have Eyes For You)
The Earls (Remember Then)
The Chimes (Once in Awhile)
The Capris (There's A Moon Out Tonight)
The Cadillacs (Speedo, Gloria)
The Penguins (Earth Angel)
The Five Satins (In the Still of the Night, To the Aisle)
The Impalas (Sorry, I Ran All the Way Home)
The Duprees (You Belong to Me)
The Del Vikings (Come Go With Me, Whispering Bells)
The Elegants (Little Star)
Don and Juan (What's Your Name)
Gene Chandler (Duke of Earl)
The Spaniels (Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight)
Sonny Till and the Orioles (Crying in the Chapel)
The Tymes (So in Love)
The Dells (Oh, What a Night)
The Chantels (Maybe)
The Channels (That's My Desire)
The Cleftones (Heart and Soul, Little Girl of Mine)
The Students (I'm So Young)
Vito and the Salutations (an up tempo version of Unchained Melody).

And there were so many, many more that I saw.

https://www.facebook.com/ECMHOF/photos/a.2639938666035616/4065512036811598
 
oldman said:
I am not a big fan of the a cappella groups, but the guys that could sing falsetto made great music. The best falsetto singer I ever hear was from the group “Sha Na Na.” A young guy (not anymore) named Johnny Contardo. Listen to his falsetto. I also liked the fellow that sang lead for The Earls.



BTW, Larry Chance is the first man on the left.
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I saw Sha Na Na in person many years ago.
 
Paladin1950 said:
It's called Doo Wop. None of those people are doo wop. They are referred as Oldies Music. While living in New York City, I went to 2 series of doo wop concerts, during the 1970's. Richard Nader's Original Doo Wop at the Garden (Madison Square Garden), and The Royal New York Doo Wop Show at Radio City Music Hall. Each concert had 7 or 8 acts appearing. So if you kept going to the concerts, you could end up seeing 30 or 40 bands.

Here are actual Doo Wop bands that I saw:
The Moonglows (Sincerely)
The Flamingoes (I Only Have Eyes For You)
The Earls (Remember Then)
The Chimes (Once in Awhile)
The Capris (There's A Moon Out Tonight)
The Cadillacs (Speedo, Gloria)
The Penguins (Earth Angel)
The Five Satins (In the Still of the Night, To the Aisle)
The Impalas (Sorry, I Ran All the Way Home)
The Duprees (You Belong to Me)
The Del Vikings (Come Go With Me, Whispering Bells)
The Elegants (Little Star)
Don and Juan (What's Your Name)
Gene Chandler (Duke of Earl)
The Spaniels (Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight)
Sonny Till and the Orioles (Crying in the Chapel)
The Tymes (So in Love)
The Dells (Oh, What a Night)
The Chantels (Maybe)
The Channels (That's My Desire)
The Cleftones (Heart and Soul, Little Girl of Mine)
The Students (I'm So Young)
Vito and the Salutations (an up tempo version of Unchained Melody).

And there were so many, many more that I saw.

https://www.facebook.com/ECMHOF/photos/a.2639938666035616/4065512036811598
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Holy Moly. These groups are pure gold. I saw most of what’s on your list, except the Chantels, which I wanted to see and talk to Arlene Smith, lead singer at the time. At the beginning, Pookie Hudson was the lead singer for The Spaniels. Later, he went solo and still was great. groups from your list that I missed were: The Penguins, the Five Satins, Don and Juan, The Dells, The Chantels and The Students. The lead singer of the students was only 14 when they cut the song “I’m so Young.” There us another group very similar to them named “The School Boys,” which sang the song “Please Say You Want Me.” Another 14 year old lead singer.

The thing about Doo Wop is not really the sound or the beat, it’s the harmony (and all the groups had a great bass man) and the lyrics. For me, it has always been about the lyrics. The lyrics either tell a story or say things to that special someone we could never find the words to say. Listen to the words in the song “Look In My Eyes” by the Chantels.

The song “Maybe” was playing the night that I danced with my future wife to be, but we didn’t know it then and that became our song, as they say. It was actually an ‘oldie’ when I heard it for the first time. I was in the Marines overseas and one night they played the song on the radio. I had to go outside because I thought I was going to cry. Even today, I will play that song, if my wife is either having a bad day or maybe we had differences. Playing that song kind of smooths things out. I just say, “Alexa, play Maybe by the Chantels.” BTW, Arlene Smith had died, but the Chantels still sing on.

I am hoping that Earl Lewis recovers and brings his group “The Channels” back to performing. Earl is also a very good falsetto singer.
 
oldman said:
You like Doo Wop? You’ve come to the right place. I have been a greaser since the early 60’s. Doo Wop music was first known as street corner music sung by greasers or groups of black singers. The origination of Doo Wop was in New York City, Philadelphia and somehow found its way to Detroit and Pittsburgh. Many Italians, which were later named Greasers because of what they added to their hair, also made good music. The music was a blend of R&B and Rock and the group would harmonize it. One of the best known DJ’s at the time was Alan Freed from New York City. Freed would sometimes walk the streets listening to different groups. When he thought he found a good one, he would promote the group. The singers that I highlighted are not considered Doo Wop.

I remember listening to The Wolfman Jack Show on the radio out of California, somewhere in the desert.
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I listened to Wolfman Jack in the CA dessert to oldman. 1958 at Camp Roberts, CA. I liked getting use to this CA music as all I was into was country music at that time.
 
I've confessed to you guys that I play four or five games of online hearts everyday. Now I'll tell you the real reason why -- it's something rhythmic to do with my hands while I listen to doo-wop.

Youtube has made several mixes for me that I just love. If it comes to a contest, I'll have to say no one can touch The Platters.
 
Bonjour à tous, nice topic!

A walk down memory lane, my 1950s recollection of early Rock, some DooWhop, heard on radio and TV show Dick Clarke's American Band Stand. I still have some of these in my memory

Little Darlin', Whispering Bells....The Dell Vikings?

Rock Around the Clock..Bill Haley and the Comets

Frankie Lyman

The Big Bopper

How High the Moon,...Nuevo Laredo.....Les Paul and Mary Ford

Great Balls of Fire....Jerry Lee Lewis

La Bamba..Richie Valens
Bon Soirée

Jon
 
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I love all the "Oldies", as they are called here, at least
you know what the song is about, not like most of the
modern stuff that we hear daily.

Owlivia said:
I have heard most of these and wish there were radio stations that played these kind of oldies. 🎸🎹
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There is a new Radio Station here, called "Boom", it was started
and is manned by retired DJ's, one of them, Pete Murray is 97
years old, they play all the old stuff. https://www.boomradiouk.com/

I often listen to it when I am working.

You can also get it on your phone, they have an App for that.

Mike.
 

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