Your Favourite Doo-Wop Songs from back in the day !!

There are hundreds of great Doo Wop music recordings. My first love in music is Doo Wop, but Country is a very close second. Here is a compilation of some of the very best Doo Wop:

 
I was going into my teens when Doo Wop began to fade away, but I have two older sisters that played this music constantly as I grew up and it just sort of stuck with me. I have been to a lot of Doo Wop concerts, including the famous concerts in Pittsburgh. Just really good music that a person can understand the words and sing along. Great dance music and the musicians were all dressed professionally.
 
Boozer... Don't mean to be argumentative, but the Temptations are really Motown or R&B. On of my all time favorite singers, David Ruffin, is without a doubt one of the best singers of that era. The man had soul and had the ability to share it with his audience. David had a tough life growing up, like so many other children in his position. A tough child-abusing father and no Mom made for a hard life for a young David Ruffin. I saw David perform in Atlantic City on back to back nights. I enjoyed his concert so much the first night that I saw him perform that I went back the second night with my wife in tow. His voice has never been copied. I was saddened the day he died, just like I was for a few other artists. Drugs have cost us fans a lot of heartache by not being able to see these artists perform. Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers is another that I miss.
 
Here is a group that I saw some years back. It was Larry Chance's first appearance since his fight with throat cancer and having polyps removed. Such a talent. He performed with Kenny Vance a while later, which not too many people probably remember. Anyway, here is the Earls both in the early days and then doing their more recent appearance. And a version by Sha Na Na with Johnny Contardo on lead vocals.



 
oldman said:
Boozer... Don't mean to be argumentative, but the Temptations are really Motown or R&B. On of my all time favorite singers, David Ruffin, is without a doubt one of the best singers of that era. The man had soul and had the ability to share it with his audience. David had a tough life growing up, like so many other children in his position. A tough child-abusing father and no Mom made for a hard life for a young David Ruffin. I saw David perform in Atlantic City on back to back nights. I enjoyed his concert so much the first night that I saw him perform that I went back the second night with my wife in tow. His voice has never been copied. I was saddened the day he died, just like I was for a few other artists. Drugs have cost us fans a lot of heartache by not being able to see these artists perform. Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers is another that I miss.
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Boozer... Don't mean to be argumentative, but the Temptations are really Motown or R&B.

Actually oldman, I do tend to agree with you.
BUT I went to you tube and that number was on a particular Do Wop album which I cannot find now.
And what the hell.
It is a very good number.
Doo Wop or not.
So there!

I enjoyed the rest of your post though! ;)
 
Great song and group, SD.

Here is a song by Little Anthony showing his real talent by singing acappella and doing the falsetto followed by the same song with backup music and a much younger Anthony singing acapella.

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Here is a song from the same era, but not quite Doo Wop, but still is a great song from that time. Some called this style of music "calypso" while others called it "cha-cha-cha." I really like this sax player. When I hear him play, I wish that I could play a sax.

 
And, here is one of the original Doo Wop groups, "The Heartbeats."

 

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