Various Artists - Doo Wop: Vocal Group Greats

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

826663374421

Description:

Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.
From the late 1950s through the early `60s, the pop charts were full of street corner harmony as scores of vocal groups formed and hit the recording studios. Drawing on the grandfathered styles of the Mills Brothers and the Ink Spots, and later the Ravens and the Orioles (which led to a grand procession of groups named after birds), these quartets and quintets added in a little gospel plus a slight dose of the old jump blues and hooked themselves to the rock & roll train as it flew past. In time, the grittier R&B roots were smoothed out for the teen market, and doo wop -- an umbrella term for all of these vocal incarnations -- was well on its way to becoming its own sort of instant, self-referencing nostalgia when the Beatles and the British Invasion hit to finish the matter. This three-disc set spreads its net fairly wide to include some early Motown acts as well as groups like the Platters and the Drifters who are probably closer to mainstream R&B than they are to doo wop proper, if you`re into splitting hairs. Either way, the end result is an impressive starter box for the genre, although a few tracks from the Mills Brothers, the Ink Spots, the Ravens, the Orioles, and the other late-`40s vocal groups who helped set the template for the harmony group form would have made a nice fourth-disc addition. ~ Steve Leggett

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Come Back My Love - The Cardinals
2. Glory of Love, The - The Five Keys
3. Out of Sight, Out of Mind - The Five Keys
4. Love Walked In - The Flamingos
5. Twilight Time - The Platters
6. Blue Velvet - The Moonglows
7. Wind, The - The Diablos
8. Work With Me Annie - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
9. My Memories of You - The Harptones
10. Down on My Knees - The Heartbeats
11. Letter, The - Vernon Green & the Medallions
12. Casual Look, A - Six Teens
13. Please Send Me Someone to Love - The Moonglows
14. Goodnight My Love - Jesse Belvin
15. Count Every Star - The Rivieras
16. Every Night (I Pray) - The Chantels
17. I Met Him on Sunday - The Shirelles
18. Bad Boy - The Jive Bombers
19. Sixty-Minute Man - The Dominoes
20. Star Dust - Billy Ward & the Dominoes

DISC 2:

1. For Sentimental Reasons - The Cleftones
2. Girl I Love, The - The Cadillacs
3. I`m Not a Juvenile Delinquent - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
5. Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods
6. Chapel of Dreams - The Dubs
7. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby - The Tune Weavers
8. Don`t You Just Know It - Huey "Piano" Smith/The Clowns
9. Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris & the Sharps
10. Down the Aisle of Love - The Quin-Tones
11. Million to One, A - Jimmy Charles/The Revelettes
12. Once Upon a Time - Rochell & the Candles/Johnny Wyatt
13. Moonlight Cocktails - The Rivieras
14. Deep Purple - Billy Ward & the Dominoes
15. At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors
16. Little Darlin` - The Diamonds
17. Lonely Way - The Skyliners
18. Sea of Love - Phil Phillips/The Twilights
19. Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You) - Little Caesar & the Romans
20. I Believe - The Earls

DISC 3:

1. Wonderful Dream, A - The Majors
2. Village of Love - Nathaniel Mayer & the Fabulous Twilights
3. Angels Listened In, The - The Crests
4. It Happened Today - The Skyliners
5. My Own True Love - The Duprees
6. Love Came to Me - Dion
7. Come on in Little Angel - The Belmonts
8. I Count the Tears - The Drifters
9. Let Me In - The Sensations
10. Smoky Places - The Corsairs
11. I`m a Happy Man - The Jive Five - (featuring Eugene Pitt)
12. This Magic Moment - The Drifters
13. Angel Baby - Rosie & the Originals
14. Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann
15. Lion Sleeps Tonight, The - The Tokens
16. Thousand Stars, A - Kathy Young & the Innocents
17. You`ve Really Got a Hold on Me - The Miracles
18. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
19. You Were Mine - Fireflies
20. Forever - The Marvelettes

Album Information

Release Date:

12/06/2005

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Doowop

Label:

Collectables

Catalog Number:

COL3744

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

3

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Eugene Pitt

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