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The 20 Greatest Doo-Wop Songs (1953-1964)
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Posted on 06/26/2017 6:37:28 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

And here's 20 more of the best of the best


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: doowop
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To: Impala64ssa

“Since I don’t have you “, The Skyliners


21 posted on 06/26/2017 8:15:51 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: Impala64ssa

Bfl


22 posted on 06/26/2017 8:18:13 PM PDT by reed13k
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To: Impala64ssa

Still of the night, Remember Then, Blue Moon, Who Put the Bomp, Little Star....


23 posted on 06/26/2017 8:26:30 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: DLfromthedesert

“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


24 posted on 06/26/2017 8:32:23 PM PDT by Prince Caspian
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To: Impala64ssa; JoeProBono

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0mWVVSkYHo


25 posted on 06/26/2017 8:36:05 PM PDT by Daffynition ("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The LSN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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To: Prince Caspian

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


26 posted on 06/26/2017 8:40:56 PM PDT by Daffynition ("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The LSN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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To: nickedknack

“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.


27 posted on 06/26/2017 9:02:45 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

I forgot to say I still have a lot of those records from the day.


28 posted on 06/26/2017 9:03:26 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Impala64ssa

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.


29 posted on 06/26/2017 9:08:21 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

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.


30 posted on 06/26/2017 9:23:41 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: Impala64ssa

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.


31 posted on 06/26/2017 10:08:01 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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According to his website, he retired. Third post from the bottom...

http://www.goldtalk.com/forum/search.php?searchid=261747

32 posted on 06/26/2017 10:14:57 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (It appears that we no longer wish to keep our Republic, Mr. Franklin...)
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To: Captainpaintball

Thanks for the link.

I’ll try to find him on facebook and say hi.


33 posted on 06/26/2017 11:03:14 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: DoodleBob

Frank Zappa wrote this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ0odI8W2U4


34 posted on 06/27/2017 1:25:59 AM PDT by pookie18
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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.


35 posted on 06/27/2017 3:06:23 AM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: Impala64ssa

No Dion and the Belmonts?

I Wonder Why (I Love You Like I Do)
Teenager in Love
In the Still of the Night


36 posted on 06/27/2017 3:20:38 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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To: Impala64ssa

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.


37 posted on 06/27/2017 3:37:47 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: DoodleBob

My pleasure, DB!


38 posted on 06/27/2017 7:37:27 AM PDT by pookie18
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To: Impala64ssa
Another requirement: It has to be able to be sung a capella, under a street lamp.
39 posted on 06/27/2017 8:50:42 AM PDT by bruin66 (Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
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To: Vaquero

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.


40 posted on 06/27/2017 9:35:55 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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