The forgotten part of rock’n’roll was doo-wop, which was mostly associated with the large cities like New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. But what is doo-wop? The Oxford English Dictionary calls it “a style of pop music marked by the use of close harmony vocals using nonsense phrases, originating in the US in the 1950s.” The abiding image of doo-wop is of four kids singing under a street lamp or in the doorway of an apartment block, probably black, and probably in Harlem. Although we nowregard those three vocal groups as doo-wop, the singers would have been confused because, at the time, there was no such term. They considered themselves rock’n’roll or rhythm and blues, and the descriptive phrase ‘doo wop’ wasn’t created until 1969 for some radio broadcasts in New York. Today, many doowop fans collect the original 45s and some of them are worth thousands of dollars. This collection features 40 titles and the original singles are, in many cases, very valuable indeed.

• - 1 -

  • 1. Lookin' For Love - the Valentinos
  • 2. Prisoner of Love - Fabulous Four
  • 3. Downtown - the Five Satins
  • 4. I Just Want To Know - the Delacardos
  • 5. I Know It's Hard But It?S Fair - the 5 Royales
  • 6. I Got My Eyes On You - the Clovers
  • 7. If You Need Me, I'll Be There - the Laddins
  • 8. Confession of Love - the Del-Vikings
  • 9. I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong To Me) - the Pentago
  • 10. One Day I'll Show You (I Really Love You) - the Radiants
  • 11. (I Know) Your Love Has Gone Away - the Drapers
  • 12. I'll Kiss Your Teardrops Away - the Laddins
  • 13. Nobody Loves Me Like You - the Flamingos
  • 14. Spring Fever - the Velvets
  • 15. For Sentimental Reasons - the Cleftones
  • 16. This is My Love - the Passions
  • 17. A Fallen Tear - the Marcels
  • 18. This Years Mister New - the Videls
  • 19. Moving On - the Dells
  • 20. Greetings (This is Uncle Sam) - the Valadiers

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  • 1. Breaking Hearts - Varetta & the Thomases
  • 2. Lover Come Back To Me - the Cleftones
  • 3. You're Breaking My Heart - the Daylighters
  • 4. The Watusi Wobble - the Profiles
  • 5. Look At the Stars - the Bobbettes
  • 6. I Love You - the Volumes
  • 7. I'm the One - the Trilons
  • 8. Disillusioned - the Tams
  • 9. My Sugar Sugar - the 5 Royales
  • 10. Hold Back the Tears - the Delacardos
  • 11. Paradise - the Temptations
  • 12. The Parade of Broken Hearts - the Soul Brothers
  • 13. There She Goes - the Cleftones
  • 14. Sad Fool - the Rollettes
  • 15. In My Younger Days - the Monarchs
  • 16. Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) - Gene & Eunice
  • 17. Woe is Me - the Cadillacs
  • 18. Til the 13th Month - the Lions
  • 19. Take a Giant Step (Walk On) - the Profiles
  • 20. Just For Your Love - the Falcons