Various Artists - 25 All-Time Doo Wop Hits

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

030206633924

Description:

Liner Note Author: Billy Vera.
Photographer: Billy Vera.
These are not the best 25 all-time doo wop hits -- whether because of licensing restrictions or not, there`s no "The Great Pretender," "Tears on My Pillow," "Maybe," "Searchin`," "Gee," "Stay," "A Teenager in Love," "I Only Have Eyes for You," "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," "Book of Love," "Silhouettes," or numerous other smashes that might be reasonably championed as among the cream of the cream. As doo wop comps go, though, it`s pretty good, and a good disc if you want a few anthologies in the genre without fussily building a systematic collection. To start with, it does have several core doo wop classics: the Silhouettes` "Get a Job," the Five Satins` "(I`ll Remember) In the Still of the Nite," the Penguins` "Earth Angel," the Capris` "There`s a Moon out Tonight," Don & Juan`s "What`s Your Name," the Crests` "16 Candles," the Earls` "Remember Then," Johnnie & Joe`s "Over the Mountain; Across the Sea," and the Skyliners` "Since I Don`t Have You." There are also a number of low-charting singles that nonetheless got a lot of regional airplay and may be well-remembered even by non-doo wop specialists, like the Willows` "Church Bells May Ring," the Genies` "Who`s That Knocking," the Jive Five`s "What Time Is It?," and Robert & Johnny`s "We Belong Together." And, surprisingly, five of these didn`t make the national charts at all, though the Eternals` witty "Babalu`s Wedding Day," Tony Allen & the Champs` sillier "Nite Owl," and the Harptones` "A Sunday Kind of Love" were heard by many in their day and remain on the play lists of doo wop-oriented radio shows. It`s a good mix of the classic and the less familiar, though the classics are still better than the less familiar. This CD marks, incidentally, the first time the Casuals` "A Casual Look," a big hit in 1956, has been on CD in the U.S. ~ Richie Unterberger

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Get a Job - The Silhouettes
2. Church Bells May Ring - The Willows
3. In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins
4. Casual Look, A - Six Teens
5. Earth Angel - The Penguins
6. Lover`s Island - The Blue Jays
7. Tonight I Fell in Love - The Tokens
8. Deserie - The Charts
9. There`s a Moon out Tonight - The Capris
10. Over the Mountain; Across the Sea - Johnnie & Joe
11. Till Then - The Classics
12. What`s Your Name - Don & Juan
13. To Be Loved (Forever) - The Pentagons
14. 16 Candles - The Crests
15. Babalu`s Wedding Day - The Eternals
16. Diamonds and Pearls - The Paradons
17. Who`s That Knocking - The Genies
18. What Time Is It? - The Jive Five
19. We Belong Together - Robert & Johnny
20. Nite Owl - Tony Allen/The Champs/Tony Allen & The Champs
21. Sunday Kind of Love, A - The Harptones
22. Closer You Are, The - The Channels
23. Walking Along - The Solitaires
24. Remember Then - The Earls
25. Since I Don`t I Have You - The Skyliners

Album Information

Release Date:

05/07/2002

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Doowop

Label:

Var¿se Sarabande (USA)

Producer:

Kae Williams; Dootsie WIlliams; Madelon Baker; Marty Kugell; Danny Robinson; Max Feirtag; Hy Weiss; Tom Sokira; Joe Rock; Luther Dixon; Marty Wekser; Morty Craft; Werly Fairburn; Zell Sanders; Billy Vera; Steve Massie; Bob Shad; Bobby Robinson; Cary E. Mansfield; Charlie Singleton

Catalog Number:

066339

Original Release Year:

2002

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mixed

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