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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat are your favorite doo-wop songs?
Ranked in order, mine are:
1) Sh-Boom - The Chords
2) Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler
3) Get a Job - The Silhouettes
4) He's So Fine - The Chiffons
5) The Great Pretender - The Platters
6) Book of Love - The Monotones
7) Denise - Randy and The Rainbows
8) Earth Angel - The Penguins
9) Heart and Soul - The Cleftones
10) The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
11) Blue Moon - The Marcels
12) Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
13) At the Hop - Danny and The Juniors
14) Yakety Yak - The Coasters
15) Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
16) Whispering Bells - The Dell Vikings
17) Come Go With Me - The Dell Vikings
18) Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners
19) Only You - The Platters
20) Silhouettes - The Rays
21) One Fine Day - The Chiffons
22) When You Dance - The Turbins
23) Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay - Danny & The Juniors
24) In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins
25) Rama Lama Ding Dong - The Edsels
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)Tikki
(14,555 posts)Tikki
JenniferJuniper
(4,510 posts)the Cleftones
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)Another great Dion & the Belmonts doo-wop song is "Runaround Sue"
FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)The Crests were the first interracially mixed Doo Wop group, consisting of three African American members (one female), one Puerto Rican, and one Italian-American.
Step by Step is another great song by The Crests
FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)bdtrppr6
(796 posts)Cruising with Ruben and the Jets. Zappa's take is so perfect and they could sing. I love doo wop but that one is just too good.
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rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)mpcamb
(2,870 posts)_ "Stay" comes on a little after 6 minutes if you can't do all 9.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)with his group the Zodiacs.
Several other groups had successful covers of it including The Hollies & The Four Seasons
MiltonBrown
(322 posts)Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Teenage Love (personal #1 favorite)
Also love his brother's group Louis Lymon and the Teenchords
I'm So Happy
Not Too Young to Fall in Love
Few other good ones that deserve mention:
The Crows- Gee (from 1953)
The Five Discs- Never Let You Go
The Delicates- Black and White Thunderbird
The Bobbettes- Mr Lee (caught this group several years back)
The Selections- Guardian Angel (Bada bada boop tia tia)
The Kodaks- Make Believe World
The Coasters- Bad Detective (and all their big hits too)
The Cadillacs- Zoom Boom Zing (and all of 'em best group besides the Teenagers)
The Valentines- Woo Woo Train
The Heartbreakers- Without a Cause (and Come Back My Love)
The Clovers- Love Potion Number 9 (this group dates to the 1940s- saw them a few years ago with one original member from 1948 Harold Winley)
The Orioles- Crying in the Chapel
The Spaniels- Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight
The Flamingos- Lovers Never Say Goodbye
The Students- Every Day of the Week
Doo Wop always puts me in a great mood thanks for posting!
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)He died of a heroin overdose when he was only 25.
Love Potion No. 9 was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoler in 1959 & recorded by The Clovers that same year.
The Searchers recorded it a few years later in 1963.
Both The Clovers version and The Searchers version are up on You Tube.
raccoon
(31,106 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)Great Doo Wop song!