Street Corner Doo Wop – Harmony in The Hallway

The vocal harmony group tradition, known as Doo Wop, developed in the post-World War II era. It was the most popular form of rhythm and blues music among black teenagers, especially those living in the large urban centers of the eastern coast, in Chicago, and in Detroit. 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. Many groups specialized in romantic ballads that appealed to the sexual fantasies of teenagers in the late 1940s and early 1950s. By the mid-1950s, vocal harmony groups had transformed the smooth delivery of ballads into a performance style incorporating the nonsense phrase, “Doo Wop-Doo Wop” as vocalized by the bass singers, who provided rhythmic movement for an a cappella song style.
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In this episode you’ll hear:
1) Stay by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
2) The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens
3) Runaround by The Regents
4) Two People In The World by Little Anthony & The Imperials
5) Come Back My Love by The Wrens
6) Angel Baby by Rosie & The Originals
7) Who's That Knocking by The Genies
8) If I Can't Have You by Etta James & Harvey Fuqua
9) When You Dance by The Paramounts
10) Peek-A-Boo by The Cadillacs
11) Hey Good Lookin' by The Jewels (w/ Billy Abbott)
12) Gloria by Vito & The Salutations
13) You Cheated by The Slades
14) Come On Little Angel by The Belmonts
15) This Is My Love by The Emjays
16) For Your Precious Love by Jerry Butler & The Impressions
17) Oh Gee, Oh Gosh by The Kodaks
18) Sandy Went Away by The Impalas
19) Let Me In by The Sensations
20) Gee Whiz by The Innocents
21) Talk to Me, Talk to Me by Little Willie John
22) I Need A Girl by The Righteous Brothers (aka The Paramours)
23) Till Then by The Classics
24) My Own True Love by The Duprees
25) Memories Of El Monte by The Penguins (w/ Cleve Duncan, lead)
26) Eddie My Love by The Teen Queens
27) Little Darlin' by The Diamonds
28) Buzz Buzz Buzz by The Hollywood Flames
29) Oh Why by The Teddy Bears
30) Summertime, Summertime by The Jamies
31) Darling Lorraine by The Knockouts
32) Ling, Ting, Tong by The Five Keys
33) A Thousand Miles Away by The Heartbeats
34) Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
35) Love No One But You by The Jesters
36) Denise by Randy & The Rainbows
37) I Want To Know by The Ladders
38) Barbara-Ann by The Regents
39) In The Still Of The Night by The Five Satins
40) I Love You by The Volumes
41) Every Night (I Pray) by The Chantels (Feat. Arlene Smith, lead)
42) Come Go With Me by The Del Vikings
43) Till I Hear It From You by The Monarchs
44) Looking For An Echo by The Persuasions
45) Tear Drops by Lee Andrews & The Hearts
46) Gee (But I`d Give The World) by Johnny Maestro & The Crests
47) A Thousand Stars by Kathy Young & The Innocents
48) As Time Goes By by The Demensions