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Sha Na Na ~Papa ooo Mow Mow

Posted on 12/02/2011 5:34:52 PM PST by JoeProBono

Papa ooo Mow Mow


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: doowop; music; nostalgia; oldies; papaooomowmow
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To: chopperman
Mama Ubangi Bangi - the Four Sounds

A novelty from 1962. You came up with a collector's item.

41 posted on 12/02/2011 7:33:29 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: dfwgator

Yep. Richie Valens, the Big Bopper, Ricky Nelson, Elvis, The Volumes....
Wait—maybe some of the Volumes are still alive.


42 posted on 12/02/2011 7:40:17 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: JoeProBono
I didn't click on your link, but if it's the Fleetwoods, then it must be Come Softly To Me. I was the oldies deejay in college, in the days when I would stop in every five and dime in every small town and ask if I could see the dusty box of records in the dusty back storage room.

They all had one. Old records that were no longer on display out front, and they were willing to sell them for next to nothing.

Nothing like buying Buddy Holly albums in the original cello wrap in 1974, or original 45s of Dion and the Belmonts. Or original Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose albums. Or original 78s of Kay Kyser and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge, featuring Sully, Ginny, Harry and Ish Kabibble singing Three Little Fishies.

I need to leave this thread before I go to the basement and start pulling out boxes and boxes of 45s, 78s, and LPs.

43 posted on 12/02/2011 7:43:32 PM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: Cicero

Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra had a hit in 1936 with an earlier (but not the original) version of “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)!” The lyrics make references to hits of the day, such as Riley & Farley’s “The Music Goes ‘Round and ‘Round” and Cab Calloway’s 1931 hit “Minnie the Moocher.” Listen to it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yyk5lTFQs0


44 posted on 12/02/2011 7:43:32 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: JoeProBono
Dry Bones!
45 posted on 12/02/2011 7:43:36 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: JoeProBono
Just A Sittin' And A Rockin'
46 posted on 12/02/2011 7:47:13 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: JoeProBono

The Andrews Sisters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfCFU3Mqww&feature=related


47 posted on 12/02/2011 7:49:09 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Revolting cat!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5m3IdGcx_g

In 1947, four years after this Delta Rhythm Boys hit, Waring's Pennsylvanians gave "Dry Bones" the Spike Jones treatment, with sound effects. Listen to it here.

48 posted on 12/02/2011 7:52:54 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Silentgypsy; dfwgator
the Big Bopper

J. P. (Jiles Perry) Richardson. Disc jockey at KTRM in Beamont, Texas (neighboring Port Arthur gave us Janis Joplin). He wrote "White Lightning", recorded by George Jones as his first #1, and "Running Bear" for Johnny Preston (from Sabine Pass, TX, where Richardson was born).

The Big Bopper had the flu that night, and Waylon Jennings, who was playing bass for Buddy Holly, gave up his seat. Richardson died along with Holly, Ritchie Valens (who won a coin flip with Tommy Allsup) and pilot Roger Peterson.

Sorry, when it involves Texas, old music trivia, and Charles Hardin Holley (he dropped the 'e' professionally), I get carried away.

49 posted on 12/02/2011 7:54:51 PM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: Fiji Hill

Yeah, I remember that version, too. Sounds very familiar when I listen to it now. As you say, it was 1936, not 1927 as YouTube says.

The Goodman version is partly adlibbed, as was their custom. After Benny comes in, the whole band picks up his revised theme.


50 posted on 12/02/2011 7:57:19 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: JoeProBono
Remember When!
51 posted on 12/02/2011 8:01:12 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Silentgypsy
Kids nowadays just don’t understand good music.

They sure don't.


52 posted on 12/02/2011 8:03:15 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

That’s a new one for me. Thanks.


53 posted on 12/02/2011 8:05:50 PM PST by McLynnan
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To: Revolting cat!
Did you know that the Platters could rock?

Bark, Battle & Ball (1955)

54 posted on 12/02/2011 8:07:22 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Do you perchance know how to jitterbug?
Gotta get offline. Just found myself agreeing with two diametrically-opposed posts.
Goodnight and happy FReeping!


55 posted on 12/02/2011 8:08:02 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: JoeProBono

So cool for a Friday night!!! Thanx
I saw them at the Fillmore West in 197? in San Francisco...
They opened with “Hey, you guys are a bunch of f***ing HIPPIES!”
The BEST!


56 posted on 12/02/2011 8:09:20 PM PST by matginzac
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To: JoeProBono
Parlami d'amore Mariù
57 posted on 12/02/2011 8:09:49 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Fiji Hill

Oh, the Platters! I was so diappointed when I heard that one or more of them went to prison (narcotics).
I must detach myself from this computer.


58 posted on 12/02/2011 8:10:26 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Fiji Hill

Wait! How about the Flamingos?
Now I’m really logging off.
Good night!


59 posted on 12/02/2011 8:12:12 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Silentgypsy
The Jitterbug? Indeed!

The Jitterbug--Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra (with Betty Hutton). 1939

60 posted on 12/02/2011 8:13:04 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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