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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 07:44 PM
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Post your favorite 'doo wop' songs

The Tymes...So Much In Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXb3vAxBrxw
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:02 PM
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1. doo wop BABY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L59B5GcWitQ
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:08 PM
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3. Thanks for posting. Looks like you and me on the doo wop!
This thread won't last long.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:08 PM
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2. Blue Moon--- best doo wop evah!
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:19 PM
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6. here's the link to the Marcels' version.
Edited on Sun Jul-15-07 08:20 PM by Joe Fields
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvh4hBtLYic

:toast:
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:10 PM
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4. Under the Boardwalk - by the Drifters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WXIom2IT1M
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:22 PM
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7. Solid gold. fantastic stuff.
:toast:
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:29 PM
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10. And juxtaposition, Up on the Roof by the Drifters was solid gold, too
Go figure :shrug:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqu0MrlPTro
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:39 PM
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13. hehe...
had all the ground covered...
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:18 PM
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5. The Cadillacs - Speedo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnADRZwsB4A
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:29 PM
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9. I saw these guys on a Public Television special about doo wop groups.
It was really good. They still have it going on...:toast:
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:43 PM
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15. I believe that is the footage from that PBS special
About a brazillion years ago, Charles Kuralt and his wonderful program, 'Sunday Morning' did a fantastic feature on Earl “Speedo” Carroll. To this day Speedo is one of the more pleasant earworms out there.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:52 PM
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17. Yes, that is the same footage. I loved Kuralt.
:toast:
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:28 PM
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8. Goodnight, Sweetheart.
Edited on Sun Jul-15-07 08:29 PM by WinkyDink
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:44 PM
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16. 'Pookie' Wilson, and the Spaniels...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-7jWqJq6xc
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TheBaldyMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:31 PM
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11. Your're a Thousand Miles Away
don't remember who it's by - it WAS on the soundtrack of American Grafitti
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Redbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:35 PM
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12. I Only Have Eyes for You
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b3rxU8jn3Mw

I've noticed this song in movies and TV a lot lately.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:55 PM
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18. It's a great great song, anfd the Platters reigned supreme for a while.
:toast:
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 08:42 PM
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14. The Lion Sleeps Tonight, easy.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 09:08 PM
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19. Fun song...
:toast:
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 09:39 PM
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20. The Great Pretender, by the Platters

Here's a great clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58rgEdiPaa4
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 09:46 PM
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21. Whispering Bells - The Del Vikings n/t
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 09:55 PM
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22. "Only You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W2u7-8-oFY
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-15-07 10:27 PM
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23. I love that song!

That was a group that could really sing...:toast:
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-16-07 05:02 AM
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24. What, nobody's mentioned "In the Still of the Night"...?
:wtf:
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