Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2007 23:58:42 GMT -5
FROM R & B TO ROCK AND ROLL, -- NOW THEY CALL IT 'DOOWOP'
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IVE BEEN LOVING RHYTHM AND BLUES SINCE THE EARLY FORTY'S.
AND DANCING IN JHS (LATE 40s EARLY FIFTY'S) TO WYNONIE 'BLUES" HARRIS SINCE THEN. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCHOOL CENTERS HAD A VICTROLA AND RECORDS (78s) TO DANCE TO,
WE BROUGHT OUR OWN IF WE HAD ANY, BUT A TEACHER WHO MOONLIGHTED AT NIGHT IN THE NIGHT CENTER WAS A JAZZ AND R & B
FAN AND HE USED TO BRING SOME GREAT RECORDS IN FOR US TO DANCE TO.
SOME OF THEM WERE MARKED FOR DISC JOCKEYS
(NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION) I DONT KNOW WERE HE GOT THEM BUT BOY
HE SURE TAUGHT US TO LOVE THAT STUFF LIKE WYNONIE'S
1.GOOD ROCKIN TONIGHT***
2 BLOODSHOT EYES ***
3.SHAKE THAT THING
4.DRINKIN WINE SPO-D-ODEE ***
5.SITTIN ON IT ALL THE TIME
*** DENOTES FAVORITES
YOU GET THE IDEA IT WAS R&B FIRST CLASS AND IT WAS REALLY THE BEGINNING OF ROCK AND ROLL'S FIRST GENERATION, THEN WE HAD R & B VOCAL GROUP HARMONY
(BLACK BIRD GROUPS,THE RAVENS, THE CROWS THEN GROUPS NAMED AFTER CARS, THE CADILLACS ETC ).
ME AND SOME FRIENDS WERE BOPPIN ALONG ON WEBSTER AVE AND TREMONT AVE IN THE BRONX IN THE EARLY FIFTYS WHEN A YOUNGER GUY FROM OUR BLOCK CALLED US AND SAID DID YOU EVER HEAR THIS,?
HE HAD A PORTABLE RADIO AND IT WAS PLAYING 'GEE' BY THE CROWS AND THEN 'I LOVE YOU SO' ALSO BY THE CROWS,
(LATER DONE BY 'HER HIGHNESS ARLENE SMITH' AND THE CHANTELS,) WE ALL WERE HOOKED AND WE KEPT THE GUY WITH THE RADIO WITH US ALL DAY, HEY HE HAD A RADIO HE BECAME OUR BEST PAL.
HIS NAME IS EARL CARTER AND HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT OLD ARMY JINGLE
'BE ALL YOU CAN BE' IN THE ARMY.
I STILL HEAR FROM HIM AND I REMIND HIM ABOUT THAT DAY , MY LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER HEARING THIS WONDERFUL MUSIC,
THIS WAS THE MUSIC FOR ME, THIS STUFF WAS THE BEGINNING.
THE DOOWOP NAME FOR THIS GENRE DIDNT START TILL THE EARLY SIXTY' SUPPOSEDLY WHEN GUS GOSSERT WAS PLAYING :
'MY HEARTS DESIRE'--BY THE WHEELS, THEY KEEP SINGING DOOWOP, DOOWOP, DOOWOP, AND AFTER THE SONG WAS OVER GUS SAID THAT'S SOME GOOD DOOWOP SONG.
IVE HEARD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPRESS WHAT THEY CONSIDER DOOWOP, THIS GROUP IS DOOWOP, THAT GROUP ISNT DOOWOP,
WELL MY TWO CENTS IS, IT'S ALL DOOWOP EVEN GREAT DUETS LIKE JOHNNY AND JOES, 'OVER THE MOUNTAIN' OR 'YOUR MINE' BY ROBERT AND JOHNNY
OR 'WHATS YOUR NAME' BY DON AND JUAN OR ANY TRIO OR MORE ALL THE WAY TO FOUR OR FIVE PART HARMONYS, IT SURE MAKES ME FEEL GOOD AND I CONSIDER IT ALL DOOWOP.
BTW IN THE LATE 40s EARLY 50s I WAS A BIG FAN OF 'THE FOUR ACES' AND THEY USED TO SING A LOT OF DOO-WAHs, DOO-WAHs.
***ITS REALLY R&B VOCAL GROUP HARMONY. (FIRST GENERATION OF ROCK AND ROLL).***
EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN IDEAS, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU ENJOY IT, THEN ENJOY IT ALL.
I GUESS WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY IS 'I LOVE THIS MUSIC' AND I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE CALLS IT, I CANT BREATH IF I DONT HEAR THIS GREAT MUSIC EVERYDAY.
MY TWO CENTS
THANK YOU
JIMMY
BTW THE NOISE YOU HEARD WAS ME GETTING OFF MY SOAP BOX.
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LISTENING TO DOOWOP IS HABIT FORMING
AND LARGE DOSES ARE RECOMMENDED
JIMMY
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IVE BEEN LOVING RHYTHM AND BLUES SINCE THE EARLY FORTY'S.
AND DANCING IN JHS (LATE 40s EARLY FIFTY'S) TO WYNONIE 'BLUES" HARRIS SINCE THEN. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCHOOL CENTERS HAD A VICTROLA AND RECORDS (78s) TO DANCE TO,
WE BROUGHT OUR OWN IF WE HAD ANY, BUT A TEACHER WHO MOONLIGHTED AT NIGHT IN THE NIGHT CENTER WAS A JAZZ AND R & B
FAN AND HE USED TO BRING SOME GREAT RECORDS IN FOR US TO DANCE TO.
SOME OF THEM WERE MARKED FOR DISC JOCKEYS
(NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION) I DONT KNOW WERE HE GOT THEM BUT BOY
HE SURE TAUGHT US TO LOVE THAT STUFF LIKE WYNONIE'S
1.GOOD ROCKIN TONIGHT***
2 BLOODSHOT EYES ***
3.SHAKE THAT THING
4.DRINKIN WINE SPO-D-ODEE ***
5.SITTIN ON IT ALL THE TIME
*** DENOTES FAVORITES
YOU GET THE IDEA IT WAS R&B FIRST CLASS AND IT WAS REALLY THE BEGINNING OF ROCK AND ROLL'S FIRST GENERATION, THEN WE HAD R & B VOCAL GROUP HARMONY
(BLACK BIRD GROUPS,THE RAVENS, THE CROWS THEN GROUPS NAMED AFTER CARS, THE CADILLACS ETC ).
ME AND SOME FRIENDS WERE BOPPIN ALONG ON WEBSTER AVE AND TREMONT AVE IN THE BRONX IN THE EARLY FIFTYS WHEN A YOUNGER GUY FROM OUR BLOCK CALLED US AND SAID DID YOU EVER HEAR THIS,?
HE HAD A PORTABLE RADIO AND IT WAS PLAYING 'GEE' BY THE CROWS AND THEN 'I LOVE YOU SO' ALSO BY THE CROWS,
(LATER DONE BY 'HER HIGHNESS ARLENE SMITH' AND THE CHANTELS,) WE ALL WERE HOOKED AND WE KEPT THE GUY WITH THE RADIO WITH US ALL DAY, HEY HE HAD A RADIO HE BECAME OUR BEST PAL.
HIS NAME IS EARL CARTER AND HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT OLD ARMY JINGLE
'BE ALL YOU CAN BE' IN THE ARMY.
I STILL HEAR FROM HIM AND I REMIND HIM ABOUT THAT DAY , MY LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER HEARING THIS WONDERFUL MUSIC,
THIS WAS THE MUSIC FOR ME, THIS STUFF WAS THE BEGINNING.
THE DOOWOP NAME FOR THIS GENRE DIDNT START TILL THE EARLY SIXTY' SUPPOSEDLY WHEN GUS GOSSERT WAS PLAYING :
'MY HEARTS DESIRE'--BY THE WHEELS, THEY KEEP SINGING DOOWOP, DOOWOP, DOOWOP, AND AFTER THE SONG WAS OVER GUS SAID THAT'S SOME GOOD DOOWOP SONG.
IVE HEARD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPRESS WHAT THEY CONSIDER DOOWOP, THIS GROUP IS DOOWOP, THAT GROUP ISNT DOOWOP,
WELL MY TWO CENTS IS, IT'S ALL DOOWOP EVEN GREAT DUETS LIKE JOHNNY AND JOES, 'OVER THE MOUNTAIN' OR 'YOUR MINE' BY ROBERT AND JOHNNY
OR 'WHATS YOUR NAME' BY DON AND JUAN OR ANY TRIO OR MORE ALL THE WAY TO FOUR OR FIVE PART HARMONYS, IT SURE MAKES ME FEEL GOOD AND I CONSIDER IT ALL DOOWOP.
BTW IN THE LATE 40s EARLY 50s I WAS A BIG FAN OF 'THE FOUR ACES' AND THEY USED TO SING A LOT OF DOO-WAHs, DOO-WAHs.
***ITS REALLY R&B VOCAL GROUP HARMONY. (FIRST GENERATION OF ROCK AND ROLL).***
EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN IDEAS, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU ENJOY IT, THEN ENJOY IT ALL.
I GUESS WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY IS 'I LOVE THIS MUSIC' AND I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE CALLS IT, I CANT BREATH IF I DONT HEAR THIS GREAT MUSIC EVERYDAY.
MY TWO CENTS
THANK YOU
JIMMY
BTW THE NOISE YOU HEARD WAS ME GETTING OFF MY SOAP BOX.
*********************************************************************
LISTENING TO DOOWOP IS HABIT FORMING
AND LARGE DOSES ARE RECOMMENDED
JIMMY