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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
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!)
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To: a fool in paradise
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (w/interpretive dance)
22 posted on 12/15/2012 1:03:40 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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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.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Reading that list had me thinking of one of my fav DJs of the era: Jocko Henderson. Along with Alan Freed, The Wolfman, and Murry the K.


24 posted on 12/15/2012 1:04:56 PM PST by Mouton (108th MI Group.....68-71)
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To: BBell
An answer to "Get a Job"

I Found a Job--The Heartbeats (1958)

25 posted on 12/15/2012 1:06:49 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: JoeProBono
Denise
26 posted on 12/15/2012 1:09:37 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It's not about the guns. It's about the control.)
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To: NY Attitude
The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night.

Flip it over!

The Jones Girl--The Five Satins (1956)

27 posted on 12/15/2012 1:12:15 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: JoeProBono

28 posted on 12/15/2012 1:15:17 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Fiji Hill

Thanks. I do remember that song.


29 posted on 12/15/2012 1:15:43 PM PST by NY Attitude (Make love not war but be prepared for either.)
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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!")
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To: Mouton

Well it’s one two rock
This is the Jock
I’m back on the scene
With my record machine
Correct time now,
11:17

also

ewwww boppa decka
here come Chubby Checkah.

Loved Jocko’s Rocket Ship.


31 posted on 12/15/2012 1:16:22 PM PST by Roccus
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To: rockrr
You can find it here.
32 posted on 12/15/2012 1:18:26 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: Mouton

Murray the K !!!


33 posted on 12/15/2012 1:18:37 PM PST by itsLUCKY2B (?Borders, Language, and Culture.?)
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To: JoeProBono

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy8_38U3xLU


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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To: itsLUCKY2B

MURRY THE K—

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6cBV2-Ov4U


35 posted on 12/15/2012 1:22:08 PM PST by itsLUCKY2B (?Borders, Language, and Culture.?)
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To: Roccus

He broadcast for awhile on “W 80 dee 0 radio” in NYC. I was twice on the show around 64.

He also had a TV show for a short time also called the Rocket Ship Show. Classy guy and knew the business very well. He was “The Ace from Outer Space”....oh papa do, I am coming to you....


36 posted on 12/15/2012 1:25:15 PM PST by Mouton (108th MI Group.....68-71)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Boss-tones: Mope-itty Mope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oo2Xj44U3o

Nolan Strong: Mind Over Matter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkoJoCVkykU

The Penguins: Memories of El Monte (written by Frank Zappa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXotL1EtbKk


37 posted on 12/15/2012 1:25:36 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: JoeProBono

They all pale to the Flamingos version of “I Only Have Eyes For You”. Do wop she bop....


38 posted on 12/15/2012 1:25:49 PM PST by vger
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To: NewJerseyJoe
My all-time favorite doo-wop:

I Wonder Why by Dion and the Belmonts

That one cooks, and so does the flip side:

I also like their follow-up:
39 posted on 12/15/2012 1:25:55 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: a fool in paradise
Boss-tones: Mope-itty Mope

I was hoping someone would post that one.

40 posted on 12/15/2012 1:27:59 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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