Comments on: Doo Wop

By: Tyler Woods

Tyler Woods — Thu, 05 May 2011 02:03:21 +0000

Ernie you as always have such great words to share! Thanks and doo wop back at ya…

By: Tyler Woods

Tyler Woods — Thu, 05 May 2011 02:02:35 +0000

Very cool!

By: Ernie McCray

Ernie McCray — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:42:01 +0000

Doo Wa…. ,:)

By: Dr. Diane Katz

Dr. Diane Katz — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:05:01 +0000

Love that doo wop! How about “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes?” :)

By: leftfield

leftfield — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:52:39 +0000

I have an entire playlist of Doo-Wop on my i-Pod and it gets a lot of airtime. I love Frankie Lymon’s voice; such a sad story.

The Girl Groups of the early 60′s are other favorites of mine.

By: Jensen Lee

Jensen Lee — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:47:21 +0000

That’s a great list and only the start of the rich catalog of songs from the era. The opening of the Silhouettes’ great hit, “Get A Job” — Sha na na na – sha na na na na – was the inspiration for the name of do wop revival group Sha Na Na.

I recently posted on my Rockaeology blog at http://bit.ly/mKEVzc the story behind “Get A Job.” It was written by Silhouette Rick Lewis and was considered a B side until local Philadelphia DJs made it a hit. His inspiration? When Lewis came back from the service and didn’t go straight to work, his mother said, “Get a job.”

By: Ernie McCray

Ernie McCray — Tue, 03 May 2011 18:26:28 +0000

Ah, I just love me some Doo Wop. We used to sing it all the time when I was growing up in the Old Pueblo: on the corners near Speedway and Stone, under the ramada at Dunbar; I remember harmonizing at Tucson High in the shade of a tree, hoping the sun ain’t out when it’s time for P.E. – Tommy Lee, Ira Lee, anybody else who wanted to join in and me… Earth Angel… Blue, blue, blue, blue moon, dipty, dipty, dip… I’ll be humming all day, Tyler. Thanks for the memories…
I’ve never felt that doo wop hasn’t gotten the credit it deserves as it lives on, like you’ve pointed out with the acapella choirs, rock-apella… There are some groups here in San Diego who sing such pretty doo wop it’ll knock off your socks. I think music fuses as time goes along. I hear doo wop every time some modern band looks to the audience to sing with them and clap their hands. Everything connects in some way.