Rare Black Doo-Wop Sounds Vol. 01 (2005)
Rare Black Doo-Wop Sounds Vol. 01 (2005)
Vol. 01 01 - Hide-A-Ways - Cherie. Vol. 01 02 - Seniors - Evening Shadows Falling. Vol. 01 03 - Vocaltones - Darling (You Know I Love You). Vol. 01 04 - Wrens - C'est La Vie. Vol. 01 05 - Dreams - Under The Willow. Vol. 01 06 - Romeos - Moments To Remember You By. Vol. 01 07 - Love Letters - Owee-Nellie. Vol. 01 08 - Kings Men - Don't Say You're Sorry. Vol. 01 09 - Starlings (Aka Skylarks - My Plea For Love. Vol. 01 10 - Avalons - Chains Around My Heart. Vol. 01 11 - Keystoners - The Magic Kiss. Vol. 01 12 - Diamonds (Fb Harold 'sonny' Wright) - Cherry. Vol. 01 13 - Love Notes - Since I Fell For You. Vol. 01 14 - Joylarks - Betty My Love. Vol. 01 15 - Gazelles - Honest. Vol. 01 16 - New Yorkers Five - Gloria, My Darling. Vol. 01 17 - Tempo-Tones (Fb Richard Lanham) - Ride Along. Vol. 01 18 - Moroccos - Over The Rainbow. Vol. 01 19 - Hideaways - Can't Help Loving That Girl Of Mine. Vol. 01 20 - Vanguards - Moonlight. Vol. 01 21 - Ermines (Gm Cornel Gunter) (Aka Flairs) - Keep Me Alive. Vol. 01 22 - Cuff - It's Too Late Now. Vol. 01 23 - Medallionaires - Magic Moonlight. Vol. 01 24 - Deroy Green & The Cool Gents - Beggar To A Queen. Vol. 01 25 - Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns - This Is The Night For Love. Vol. 01 26 - Heartbreakers (Fb Robert Evans) - Heartbreaker. Vol. 01 27 - Heartspinners - I've Searched. Vol. 01 28 - Sharptones - Made To Love. Vol. 01 29 - Four Bells - Please Tell It To Me. Vol. 01 30 - Gay Tunes - Don't Go.
The Platters and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers pop success set them apart from most of the groups of the era. Few of the doo-wop groups made the charts or were heard on radio. Fewer still were those groups that were able to have careers greater then a single hit.
The Penguins "Earth Angel" was the first "pure" doo-wop record. "Earth Angel" blended pop's melodicism and lyrical innocence with the emotional directness of gospel and R&B. A classic "ballad with a beat," the song is sung over a swaying piano triplets with sparse instrumental backing. The yearning lead vocal and ragged background voices created an amateurish" sound in the best sense.
The simple lyrics ("Earth Angel, will you be mine...") have an innocence that the untrained voices and the "garage" sound only served to heighten. "Earth Angel" was literally recorded in the garage of Dootsie Williams, owner of Dootsie Records. The Penguins sound like what they were: a group of high school students singing a song for one of their girlfriends. The message of "Earth Angel" was "That it could be me," by aspiring young singers who couldn't imagine singing like The Ink Spots or leading a jump band like Louis Jordan, but could imagine writing or singing a song like "Earth Angel." 1
Its been said that there were 15,000 Doo Wop groups that recorded at least one record. While that might been an exaggeration certainly a few thousand that did. Hundreds of those had hits, but were found a second one to be elusive. Many would spend a few years trying. The same qualities that made them initially successful would doom them. Youth and inexperience caused them to make bad business decisions. As they married and started families came responsibility and they no longer could chase their dreams. ---history-of-rock.com
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