Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
Doo Wop
THE PHILLE Engineered By Doc Siegal Flip Written By Clarence Armstrong & John Coleman Arranged By Arthur Wright & Hank Jacobs Written By Clarence Armstrong This is a really GREAT record, a new dance, and how about that name, the Originators of M&M’s chocolate coated peanuts! The other side – I Found My Love Doo … Read more
Ain’t That kinda Sad A really slow doo wop style Soul recording by The Question Marks. Definitely an end of the night track.
Speed Up Sorry I Ran All The Way Home The Impalas recorded in the 1950/60’s as a Doo Wop group mixed race. Their track Sorry was a hit and the videos of it show a smooth dance routine similar to how Motown groups performed in later years. A well polished act and fun to watch. … Read more
BABY (1957) Doo Wop The Bop Chords were founded in 1955 and hailed from Harlem. They were part of the doo wop scene and Baby was one of their best. A real smoochie number to played at the end of the night at any teen dance. The Bop Chords – Wikipedia
SOUL MUSIC & CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE USA – an article on the subject. The Soul Music of Civil Rights – Here we list some of the best and most interesting songs from the period in the sixties and later. Many artists had to hide the underlying meaning of their lyrics so as not to attract … Read more
There’s Got To Be A Loser FINE LITTLE GIRL RUBY LEE MY LOVE The Arcades take of from the rhythm of I’m The One Who Loves You by the Impressions, very Impressions’ orientated too. But as they say; not bad – not bad at all.
Another Day Another Day by The Ascots is the one that makes it onto the Northern Soul scene positioned at a set of fours: 444 on Kev Roberts Top 500. Originally a Doo Wop group.
Bad Boy Devil In His Heart 1962 A sort of girly Doo Wop style of the times by The Donays. Devil In His Heart was released in the UK on the Oriole label, same one that also released early Tamla Motown. It was covered by George Harrison on the Beatles second LP: With The Beatles.
Just A Boy’s Dream DON’T LET LOVE GET YOU DOWN Falsetto Doo Wop / Soul by The Phonetics – Excellent. (1964) Lead singer Willie Hutch.
Job Opening Discovered by who else but Ian Levine this recording is now worth a small fortune but only number 337 on Kev Roberts Top 500. To be honest, not a brilliant record but again, it’s rare! The Del-Larks started out in 1958 as Sammy and The Del-Larks a Doo Wop group with a stateside hit: REMEMBER … Read more