Do you still doo wop?

Oldfatdogs
Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
edited May 2012 in Music & Movies
I grew up listening to my parents & uncles play this music.I still love it,back when singers could sing.Its still one of my favorite types of music.Anyone else here still play it?Come on I know there's some Greaser and hards among us.:cool:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,455
    edited May 2012
    Every now and then the Everly's or the Four Seasons find their way into the rotation. I listen to music sometimes to remember those that have passed on. Memorial Day will be a heavy rotation of Glenn Miller, Andrews Sisters, and the other Big Band greats. It would be another twenty years before I would be born, but this music puts me in touch with my grandfathers, and my stepdad.

    My first records came from my mother's collection of Doo-Wop stuff she had when she was a teenager. (mom thankfully is still here) I played a few of them on Mother's Day. It is amazing just how powerful memories can be when they are accompanied by a soundtrack.:cool:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    My father probably had the entire catalog of The Ink Spots. I didn't care for "If I Didn't Care" !!:lol:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    gdb wrote: »
    My father probably had the entire catalog of The Ink Spots. I didn't care for "If I Didn't Care" !!:lol:


    Check out the SWEET TT !!:lol:

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    Oddly, I don't dislike the song like I used to. Must have been the old man that I really disliked !:wink:
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2012
    Love it. I love just about all of the music from the 50s-70s. I love all of the great harmonizations that were used by groups back then. People actually had vocal talent, good diction, and talent. Duke of Earl, Cara Mia, I loved Frank Sinatra & actually got to see him perform at the Worcester Centrum. I was probably one of the youngest ones there. Never saw so many blue haired old ladys huffin & puffin up the steps to their seats. I was suprised some of them didn't need oxygen!
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited May 2012
    I love the stories.
    O.K. lets change this up a little.
    Who is the member of club polk most likely to still be sporting a Ducksass?
    My moneys on F1,driving a chopped and channeled Mercury with a pack of smokes in the sleeve.:cheesygrin:
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited May 2012
    Never got into the wop unless you consider Sha Na Na do wop, I remember watching that on tv quite a few years back. bowser was the man back in the day
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited May 2012
    One of my uncles favorite shows.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,988
    edited May 2012
    You kidding....love the old do wop stuff. Thats when music was fun, girls were easy, cars were bitchin', and you didn't need a whole lotta coin to do it up right on a Sat. night.
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited May 2012
    Tony you were second on my list to most likely sport the DA.I have never seen yous guys, but ya know how you get a picture in your head about people?I here story's about F1s hair.
    Every time I listen to doo wop brings back memory's of my hot rods from years past.Top three were 55-56 Chevys and a 69 charger 440 four speed what a fun car that was.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    There's a bunch of Meacum muscle car auctions airing lately. $ 250,000.00+ for a "COPO" SS Chevelle !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hemi Charger.....not far behind ! :cheesygrin:
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  • transmaster
    transmaster Posts: 428
    edited May 2012
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    Radio Station W7ITC
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    transmaster Posts: 428
    edited May 2012
    dup'
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited May 2012
    Not sure if you'd call them Doo Wop because they go back so many more years, but I always liked The Mills Brothers and how their father stepped in to fill the spot after the one son died.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited May 2012
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    Never got into the wop unless you consider Sha Na Na do wop, I remember watching that on tv quite a few years back. bowser was the man back in the day

    I love the genre, it gets played mostly on Saturday nights here at the hacienda. Most people don't remember that Sha Na Na played Woodstock, two things you probably would not put together. :cool:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    "Stumbled" across this and thought immediately of you and this thread !!:cheesygrin:

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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    And Chuck....
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited May 2012
    Great thread topic.

    I probably have about 500 oldies/doo wop tunes that I listen to on a regular basis. Everything from the Dion & the Belmonts, The Earls, The Duprees, The Harptones, The Heartbeats, The Skyliners, The Cadillacs, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers right up to the Four Seasons and The Manhattan Transfer.

    Doo Wop and group harmony music was/is a big part of the NJ/NY area. Lots of organizations looking to keep this type of music alive, even today.
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited May 2012
    Have any of you watched the pbs specials?I think there's two or three on doo wop great shows. jgido759 nice collection,I miss the wolfman.gdb your videos got me in the mood to listen,starting with the Capri's.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2012
    Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons gets lots of play on my system. I had the pleasure along with 100,000 other people squeezed into Government Center downtown to hear him at an oldies free concert.

    That was the last time they held the concert in Gvt Center, the next year they moved the concerts over to the Esplanade! LOL. I'm glad I didn't know that I was in that big of a crowd in such a small space, I would have flipped my lid, I didn't find out until the next morning on the news.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited May 2012
    Do I still doo-wop? No, I never did doo-wop. Hell I can't even carry a tune in a tote sack!!!
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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