Street Corner Doo Wop #4 – Street Corners of the Bronx

The vocal harmony group tradition, known as Doo Wop, developed in the post-World War II era. To those of us kids who were color-blind, it was just cool music coming from our transistor radios. That was the beauty of radio. Music wasn’t defined by a color, just by the beat and the mood you felt deep in your soul. We all have watched many movies that depict a group of guys standing on a street corner creating a vocal harmony which is the distinct aspect of the doo wop sound which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. Till today, it remains one of the most mainstream, pop-oriented R&B styles of the time. **** The Bronx borough of New York City was home to some of the greatest doo wop artists, whose music and certain songs have etched themselves into the memories of so many of us. Let’s take a walk down Memory Lane. We’ll even stop at Belmont Ave. and 187th Street. This episode is called “Street Corners of the Bronx” *****
You’ll hear:
1) Speedoo by The Cadillacs
2) I Do by The Marvelows
3) Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts? By Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
4) Baby Blue by The Echoes
5) Sacred by The Castells
6) The Closer You Are by The Channels
7) Mope-Itty Mope by The Bosstones
8) A Little Bit of Soap by The Jarmels
9) A Casual Look by The Six Teens
10) Hey Little Schoolgirl by The Paragons
11) Streets Of The Bronx by The Colgates
12) Once in Awhile by The Chimes
13) This Magic Moment by The Drifters
14) The Diary by Little Anthony & The Imperials
15) Duke Of Earl by Gene Chandler
16) Down The Aisle Of Love by The Quintones
17) Sh-Boom by The Crew Cuts
18) Valarie by The Starlites
19) Smokey Places byThe Corsairs
20) I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
21) Oh Rosemarie by The Fascinators
22) Big Boy Pete by The Olympics
23) In My Younger Days by The Monarchs
24) Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) by Nino & The Ebb Tides
25) I'm a Happy Man by The Jive Five
26) United by The Love Notes
27) Somewhere by The Tymes
28) I Belong To You by The Fi-Tones Quintet
29) Barbara by The Temptations [NYC Group]
30) All Night Long by The Du Mauriers
31) Why Don't You Write Me? by The Jacks
32) Spanish Harlem by Ben E. King
33) Foot Stomping by The Flares
34) Babalu's Wedding Day by The Eternals
35) In My Heart by The Timetones
36) Crying In The Chapel by Sonny Till & The Orioles
37) The Great Pretender by The Platters
38) Dear One by The Scarlets
39) Devil Or Angel by The Clovers
40) Groovy Baby by Billy Abbott and The Jewels
41) Rocket Ship by The Medallions
42) My Treasure by The Aquatones
43) Everyday Of The Week by The Students
44) Green Eyes by The Ravens (w/ Jimmy Ricks)
45) My Flaming Heart by The Danleers
46) To Be Loved (Forever) by The Pentagons
47) Over The Rainbow by The Demensions
48) My Lullabye by The Ovations