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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.
2 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.
3 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?
4 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
6 posted on
12/15/2012 12:37:52 PM PST by
Hoodat
("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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
10 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.
11 posted on
12/15/2012 12:45:37 PM PST by
BBell
(And Now for Something Completely Different)
To: JoeProBono
12 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?
15 posted on
12/15/2012 12:54:30 PM PST by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon.....)
To: JoeProBono
17 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.
18 posted on
12/15/2012 12:58:21 PM PST by
Mouton
(108th MI Group.....68-71)
To: JoeProBono
20 posted on
12/15/2012 1:00:15 PM PST by
jaz.357
(Welcome to hell. Here's your accordion.)
To: JoeProBono
2. "Duke Of Earl," Gene Chandler Vee-Jay 416 (13 January 1962) This tune inspired a number of answer records:
21 posted on
12/15/2012 1:01:53 PM PST by
Fiji Hill
(Io Triumphe!)
To: JoeProBono
The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night.
23 posted on
12/15/2012 1:04:03 PM PST by
NY Attitude
(Make love not war but be prepared for either.)
To: JoeProBono
26 posted on
12/15/2012 1:09:37 PM PST by
FlingWingFlyer
(It's not about the guns. It's about the control.)
To: JoeProBono
28 posted on
12/15/2012 1:15:17 PM PST by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: JoeProBono
My all-time favorite doo-wop:
I Wonder Why by Dion and the Belmonts
Second place goes to Denise by Randy and the Rainbows.
30 posted on
12/15/2012 1:15:59 PM PST by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: JoeProBono
34 posted on
12/15/2012 1:19:50 PM PST by
NY Attitude
(Make love not war but be prepared for either.)
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