Okay, Time For Another Doo Wop Thread!

[RodeoTex]

I didn't discover this until the '80s. It was my son's favorite song when he was 3. The other day he told me he still uses it when checking out audio gear.

 

[oldunc]

 

[oldunc]

I didn't discover this until the '80s. It was my son's favorite song when he was 3. The other day he told me he still uses it when checking out audio gear.

This stuff is generally pretty derivative, but that sounds a LOT like this mega-hit;

 

[Stringbanger]

I didn't discover this until the '80s. It was my son's favorite song when he was 3. The other day he told me he still uses it when checking out audio gear.

 

[RodeoTex]

You're probably right @oldunc .
But can you imagine doing this song in a studio back in the day with no ProTools or autotune?
Just the skill of the singers and the complexity of the arrangement is beyond my pea-brain comprehension.

 

[posttoastie]

 

[Red Ryder]

Ya beat me to it

 

[EllroyJames]

Up tempo Doo Wop

 

[oldunc]

You're probably right @oldunc .
But can you imagine doing this song in a studio back in the day with no ProTools or autotune?
Just the skill of the singers and the complexity of the arrangement is beyond my pea-brain comprehension.

Well, it didn't always go all that smoothly;

 

[Stringbanger]

Some obscure Philly doo wop:

 

[posttoastie]

Yes it is Ronnie James Dio

 

[smoothrecluse]

Ya beat me to it

Great minds, right?

 

[posttoastie]

 

[oldunc]

One of the better (semi)modern groups;

 

[Telekarster]

C'mon ya'll! Ya'll can't be talking about 50's doo wop without Dion and the Belmont's Let me help

 

[Red Ryder]

Great minds, right?

Have you ever covered it? Fun song.

 

[Red Ryder]

Have you ever covered it? Fun song.

Another great one is " In the Still of the Night".

 

[posttoastie]

 

[oldunc]

Early times- this one dates to 1945;

 

[Tommy Biggs]

I like the quirky ones. When I was a young rocker there were still plenty of guys around who swore this stuff was real rock, and that the long hair hippie music I liked was crap.