Doo Wop Classics

Michael Balter 3/27/2009 06:11:00 AM Culture
I don't know about you, but I can't do a stitch of work unless there is music playing. There are lots of Doo Wop sites on the Web, but here is a particularly good one I found today:

http://www.doo-wopclassics.com/2007/02/chart.html

It's got a nice little player that cycles what its creators consider the 100 top Doo Wop classics, and for the most part I have to agree heartily with their judgement.

PS--The album cover pictured is from my favorite Doo Wop group, the Skyliners, probably known best for "Since I Don't Have You" and "This I Swear." But rock 'n' roll has a lot of unhappy stories, and one of them is that of lead singer Janet Vogel, who committed suicide in 1980 while she was still in her thirties.

More Doo Wop classics! At http://www.doo-wopclassics.com/2007/03/more-doo-wop-classics-songs-not.html
Michael Balter

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I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE

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Anne Gilbert said…
I can't work without music playing, either. But it has to be classical, not do-wap. Though I remember liking some of that do-wap stuff when my hair wasn't gray!
March 27, 2009 at 5:46 PM
James Taylor said…
I grew up during the 40's and 50's saw many of the great Doo Wop and oldies groups and singers like Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Brook Benton at the State Theater in Hartford CT for about $1.00. The last show when they closed was Connie Francis, Brook Benton and it cost me $2.50.
I have a great website for Doo Wop and oldies and Rockabilly *they all link together) http://jimtaylorsworld.com (Jim Taylor's Doo Wop Heaven)
July 10, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Stephen Glaser said…
Scott Stevens of the Cavaliers here.
Dance,Dance,Dance 1958. New Book
White Boy a Rock and Roll Story on Www.amaxon.com. Tells the story of 50's
Rock & Roll. one of the
February 14, 2017 at 11:43 PM
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