Posted on 06/26/2017 6:37:28 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
“Since I don’t have you “, The Skyliners
Bfl
Still of the night, Remember Then, Blue Moon, Who Put the Bomp, Little Star....
“Only You” by The Platters. As much a classic as anything written by Beethoven. They should have put that song on that disc carried by the Pioneer spacecraft out of the solar system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FygIKsnkCw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_JxwMcIbJc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18FyQYmRN_E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4NUZJMCJ20
I just posted that Platters song; I love how nicely dressed they are; and they had to use their voices without technological corrections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyM8NVl4yBY
“Yes! The Platters and The Drifters were dominant!”
They sure were in that group. Like a lot of us on here those songs were in my teenage years. I remember them well.
I forgot to say I still have a lot of those records from the day.
Is there a broadly accepted set of criteria as to just what “Doo-Wop” actually is? I ask this due to being a native Carolinian and knowing that some of what is termed “Doo-Wop” in the northeast is known as beach music here. Our definition of beach music is 100-130+ beats per minute in 4/4 time, generally from the early-mid fifties through to the mid-sixties.
So, what is “Doo-Wop?” Is Sleep Walk by Santo and Johnny considered “Doo-Wop?” Love that one.
Interesting. Doo wop seems like a form of R&B. It sounds like it evolved from the Black singers from the pre and post WW2 era, The Inkspots, The Mills Bros, etc.
Several years ago David Gold subbed on a talk show for a while. He played doo-wop.
His website was goldtalk.com. He was conservative. I would listen again if he is on anywhere.
http://www.goldtalk.com/forum/search.php?searchid=261747
Thanks for the link.
I’ll try to find him on facebook and say hi.
Thank you! I’ve been a fan of FZ’s for about 35 years and I never knew about this song. FR is the best place to learn new things.
No Dion and the Belmonts?
I Wonder Why (I Love You Like I Do)
Teenager in Love
In the Still of the Night
My uncle currently lives there. I grew up a few miles east of there in Pelham Bay. I moved outta the Bronx the same year as your Impala. Between 10th and 11th grades.
I only go back for Yankees games.
My pleasure, DB!
WOW! What a small world. We lived in Pelham Bay also, just off the Hutch. I went to PS71, we moved to Rockland Cty in 1966 after I finished 4th grade.
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