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The Top Ten Biggest Doo-Wop Hits Of All Time
Posted on 12/15/2012 12:21:10 PM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
I can't argue with anything on the list, but I think Billy Joel's
"For The Longest Time" rates at least an honorable mention.
Curiously, it was not a product of the doo-wop era, but rather a tribute to it, and ended up being (IMHO) every bit as good as any number of songs that sprung from that time.
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:30:06 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: JoeProBono
Once upon a time, the key question when judging music was: Does it sound good?
Tastes differ of course, but perhaps one might say (based on that criteria) that Danny & the Juniors made good music.
Then the question when judging music became: Does the group look good?
Okay. Danny & the Juniors are out. But perhaps they can be replaced with Leif Garrett.
Today, the question when judging music is: Can she dance well?
Which is why Britany Spears makes $50M a year.
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:31:32 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Republicans have made themselves useless, toothless, and clueless.)
To: JoeProBono
Interesting (and a thankful diversion) Joe. Do you have a link to the original article?
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:32:40 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: JoeProBono; Revolting cat!
When payola and mob influence ruled. Chart ranking means little.
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:37:52 PM PST
by
Hoodat
("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
To: a fool in paradise
I’m so glad those days are behind us!!
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:37:52 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Republicans have made themselves useless, toothless, and clueless.)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:39:05 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
To: rockrr
Yes...but can't post it.
Rules are rules
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:40:56 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
One of the stranger anomalies in rock history, "Lion" began life as a spontaneous recorded outburst by a Zulu tribesman, morphed into a misinterpreted folk smash, found its way to a Noo Yawk doo-wop group, and eventually wound up in the hands of the Sam Cooke producing duo known as Hugo and Luigi, who added tympani, silly woodwinds, and an opera singer. You have to hear it to believe it. But you already have. The earliest recorded version of the song that would become The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- Mbube--Solomon Linda & the Evening Birds (1939)
In 1952, the Weavers, backed by Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra, turned this into a hit:
- Wimoweh--Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:43:36 PM PST
by
Fiji Hill
(Io Triumphe!)
To: JoeProBono
Where are The Coasters? You can not have a top 10 doo-wop hit list without at least 1 Coasters song.
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:45:37 PM PST
by
BBell
(And Now for Something Completely Different)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:49:40 PM PST
by
BBell
(And Now for Something Completely Different)
To: JoeProBono; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
To: JoeProBono
Great post.
I do take issue with a couple of the selections.
To: JoeProBono
Fifty years later these songs are still great to listen to.
Now compare it to today's crap, thirty years from now who's gonna want to hear it?
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:54:30 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon.....)
To: ClearCase_guy
Payola remains (and it did not begin with rock and roll or doo wop) but organized crime seems to be on the wane in the music industry (outside of rap labels) at least since the 1980s.
However, the music industry's influence on our nation's laws is bigger than ever before. And their criminal enterprises (like price fixing the industry) largely go unprosecuted. Not at much violent enterprise or coercion as there once way.
Don't even get started with the monolithic ticket handling fee racket.
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:57:28 PM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
(I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery, IXNAY THE TSA!)
To: JoeProBono
Re At the Hop, I always thought “Sometimes (when I am all alone)” was the flip side of At The Hop.
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posted on
12/15/2012 12:58:21 PM PST
by
Mouton
(108th MI Group.....68-71)
To: ClearCase_guy
ooo, I hate to disagree with you but.......it wasn’t “Does it sound good”, it was “Yea, but can you dance to it?”
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posted on
12/15/2012 1:00:04 PM PST
by
svcw
(Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
12/15/2012 1:00:15 PM PST
by
jaz.357
(Welcome to hell. Here's your accordion.)
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