The Top Ten Biggest Doo-Wop Hits Of All Time

[Revolting cat!]

No one beats Joey!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M99e_Zjqeos

[Mouton]

yes

[editor-surveyor]

This mess is really hard to read!

[Fiji Hill]

here’s a video of a Shag dance contest from the Spanish Galleon in Myrtle Beach, amateurs, a second grade teacher and a policeman, turning in a very respectable performance to “White Port Lemon Juice” by The Bel Aires:

Those dancers are talented! The also picked a great tune for their dance. The Bel-Aires were from Los Angeles and later became the Vel-Aires. About the time they recorded "White Port Lemon Juice" in 1955, another group from the San Francisco Bay Area put out a record on the same subject:

WPLJ--The Four Deuces

[Kid Shelleen]

1. "At The Hop," Danny and the Juniors

2. "Duke Of Earl," Gene Chandler

3. "Blue Moon," The Marcels

4. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," The Tokens

5. "Little Star," The Elegants

6. "Stay," Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs

7. "Little Darlin'," The Diamonds

8. "16 Candles," The Crests

9. "There Goes My Baby," The Drifters

10. "Come Go With Me," The Del-Vikings

[editor-surveyor]

Well done! :o)

[driftless2]

"Danny.."

You're taking things a little too seriously. Danny and the Juniors sounded like the garage band next door who made good. They did simple rock very well. No pretentions. I'm speaking as someone who likes Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" better than Elvis's.

[driftless2]

“In The Still of the Night” is not only maybe the greatest doowop song ever, it’s also one of the best rock recordings ever. At least the one by the Five Satins.

[Fiji Hill]

I'm speaking as someone who likes Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" better than Elvis's.

I like Hound Dog by Freddy Bell & the Bell Boys (1955) better than Elvis's.

[neal1960]

I listen to Doo Wop and Carolina beach music here...http://tropicalglen.com/index.html

Lots of music to choose from and it’s free.

[Chickensoup]

I agree. Remember when it was the last song and jr high and highschool dances.

[Fiji Hill]

The Eagles did some pretty good doo-wop.

• Trying to Get to You

• I Told Miself

[Revolting cat!]

I’m recalling historical debates. I suspect there are similar debates today among, say, melodic heavy metal fans. Still, despite their popularity, white Doo Wop groups paled in comparison with the black groups, and Danny and many other mediocrities would have been nowhere without Dick Clark.

Frankly, I’m surprised at the ranking, but then, as my dad said, if it’s popular, there must be something wrong with it. Popular taste is popular taste. And Dion and the Belmonts were much, much better.

[Fiji Hill]

It’s ancient history, but at the time to discerning listeners Danny & the Juniors were the very epitome of everything that’s wrong with white imitative and soulless rock promoted by the likes of payola king Dick Clark, you know Pat Boone singing Tutti Frutti...

No way! Pat Boone's version is crazy, cool and gone!

Tutti Frutti--Pat Boone (1956)

Check out this version by a couple of reet, voot hepcats!

Tutti Frutti--Slim & Slam (1938)

[Lancey Howard]

Okay.
Here is my list of 10 songs, some or all of which could easily make somebody’s “Biggest Doo-Wop Hits Of All Time” list:

1. Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes
2. Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl
3. Lenny Welch - Since I Fell
4. Tymes - So Much In Love
5. Reflections - Romeo and Juliet
6. Skyliners - Since I Don’t Have You
7. Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me
8. Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One
9. Randy and the Rainbows - Denise
10. Rays - Silhouettes on the Shade

[Fiji Hill]

Here's a white group that I like. The lyrics contain at least 21 song titles.

Follow the Rock--The Bay Bops (1958)

[Lancey Howard]

(Oh darn... How did I miss that Gene Chandler’s ‘Duke of Earl’ was #2 on the list?)
D’oh!

[quietly desperate]

My faves:

Tell Me Why - Norman Fox and the Rob Roys,
Vision of a Girl - The Safaris
My True Story - The Jive Five

[Fiji Hill]

Here is my list of 10 songs, some or all of which could easily make somebody’s “Biggest Doo-Wop Hits Of All Time” list:

Those are all good choices. My favorite Lenny Welch tune is Rocket to the Moon (1958), and my favorite by the Rays is Tippity Top, from early 1956. If you flip "Silhouettes" over, you'll hear Daddy Cool (1957).

[Revolting cat!]

Et tu, Brute?

I suppose you like Pat Boone’s demolition of Ain’t That a Shame too?