Uptempo vocal groups
A nice blend of uptempo songs fifties vocal groups, a genre that I don't play too often on this show. The doowop, as vocal music is often referred to, managed to survive the Rock 'n Roll craze and still is immensely popular today - it has a much larger following than the forties and fifties Rhythm & Blues that I ususally play.
And the fortunes and misfortunes of these groups are pretty well documented, for instance on this site, so I have a lot of great stories to tell. So there's a thirteen year old singer today, two groups that named after their record label, both not as succesful as their record bosses had thought. There's how to recycle a group's name, then an adventure in California, a gay duo and a not-so-gay group, a group that probably wouldn't have been so popular as for the pretty bizarre scat singing of their lead, and a singer who did the elephants in the circus.
Playlist
- Little Clydie & The Teens - Oh Me
- Flairs - Tell Me You Love Me
- Marylanders - Good Old 99
- Locos - Professor Loco
- Del Rios & The Bearcats - Lizzie
- Aladdins - Munch
- Dukes - Ooh-Bop-She-Bop
- Gene & Eunice - I Gotta Go Home
- Orioles - Dem Days (Are Gone Forever)
- Du Droppers - You're Mine Already
- Charlie & Ray - Sweet Thing
- Gay Poppers - I want to know
- Five Keys - That's Right
- Five Echoes - Broke
- Five Stars - Ooh Shucks
- Jive Bombers - When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver
- Nappy Brown & The Gibralters - My Baby Knows
- Clovers - Hey Miss Fannie
- Frankie & The Echoes - Come Back Baby
- Charlie White & The Playboys - Honey Bun
Outtro:
- Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
- Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
- Lucky Millinder - Heavy Sugar
- Big Jim Wynn - Goofin' Off
- Frank 'Floorshow' Culley - That Girl
- Jimmy Lee - Chicago Jump
- Johnny Hodges - Castle Rock
- Lloyd Glenn - Still Waters