1-CD-Album DigiPac (4-plated) with 84-page booklet, 32 tracks. Playing time approx. 88 mns

Doo-Wop is one of the foundation stones of rock 'n' roll. Bear Family will issue the defintive story of Doo-Wop from 1939-1963! Every Doo-Wop hit! Every neglected classic! Every ground-breaking record! Detailed song-by-song notes and amazing rare photos from the golden era!

Like Rap, Doo Wop music was an urban American art-form. It was sung on street-corners, in stairwells of tenement apartments, in high school toilets ... and it was preserved for posterity in recording studios. Most of the performers were African American, and many of the songs were romantic - in sharp contrast to the bleak reality of urban African American life at the time. Doo-wop had its origins in the black pop and gospel groups of the pre-World War II era, but it flourished in the years after World War II and became a major contributing force to the evolution of rock 'n' roll. In fact, some eminent cultural historians cite records like 'Sixty Minute Man' and 'Gee' as among the first rock 'n' roll records. Both of those classics, along with many more, are on Bear Family's defintive history of Doo-Wop, 'Street Corner Symphonies. ' As always, you can trust Bear Family to get it right.

Starting in 1939 with pre-Doo-Wop acts like the Golden Gate Quartet, the Ink Spots, and the Mills Brothers, 'Street Corner Symphonies' will take the story until the end of the Doo-Wop era in 1963. The first five volumes cover the years 1939 to 1953: in other words, Doo-Wop's true golden era. There are simply too many hits to list. Just look at the track listing! Suffice to say that these were the records that provided the soundtrack to the rock 'n' roll revolution ... and the records that changed American and global popular music forever.

This series has been compiled and annotated by R&B music's foremost scholar, Chicago's Bill Dahl, and every song comes with detailed notes and illustrations. Read more at: https://www.bear-family.de/

Track Listing

• McPhatter, Clyde and The Drifters - Money Honey
• Orioles - Crying In The Chapel
• Spaniels - Baby, It's You
• Checkers - White Cliffs Of Dover
• Moonglows with Red Holloway Orch. - Baby Please
• Vocaleers - Is It A Dream
• Crows - Gee
• Coronets - Nadine
• Crickets - You're Mine
• '5' Royales with Charlie 'Little Jazz' Ferguson and His Orch. - Too Much Lovin' (Much Too Much)
• Harp-Tones - A Sunday Kind Of Love
• Flamingos with Red Holloway's Orch. - Golden Teardrops
• Clovers - Good Lovin'
• Robins - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
• Castelles - My Girl Awaits Me
• Four Tunes with Sid Bass Orch. - Marie
• Ward, Billy and His Dominoes - These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You
• Wanderers - We Could Find Happiness
• Du Droppers - I Wanna Know
• Buccaneers with The Joe Whalen Trio - Dear Ruth
• Prisonaires - Just Walkin' In The Rain
• Royals - Get It
• Cardinals - Lovie Darling
• Flairs - I Had A Love
• Five Keys - My Saddest Hour
• Platters - Hey Now
• Velvets - I
• Five Echoes with Fats Cole's Band - Baby, Come Back To Me
• Swallows - Nobody's Lovin' Me
• Vann Walls and The Rockets - Big Leg Mama
• Hornets - I Can't Believe
• Spiders - You're The One

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Pop/Rock

Run Time: 88 mins

Release Date: 04/23/12

UPC: 4000127172839