What are your favorite doo-wop songs?

[red dog 1]

Ranked in order, mine are:

1) Sh-Boom - The Chords
2) Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler
3) Get a Job - The Silhouettes
4) He's So Fine - The Chiffons
5) The Great Pretender - The Platters
6) Book of Love - The Monotones
7) Denise - Randy and The Rainbows
8) Earth Angel - The Penguins
9) Heart and Soul - The Cleftones
10) The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
11) Blue Moon - The Marcels
12) Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
13) At the Hop - Danny and The Juniors
14) Yakety Yak - The Coasters
15) Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
16) Whispering Bells - The Dell Vikings
17) Come Go With Me - The Dell Vikings
18) Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners
19) Only You - The Platters
20) Silhouettes - The Rays
21) One Fine Day - The Chiffons
22) When You Dance - The Turbins
23) Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay - Danny & The Juniors
24) In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins
25) Rama Lama Ding Dong - The Edsels

[rzemanfl]

1. The Velvets-Tonight Could be the Night

[Tikki]

2. "I Only Have Eyes For You"...The Flamingos

Tikki

[JenniferJuniper]

3. The rarely heard "Little Girl of Mine" by

the Cleftones

[Hoyt]

4. I was looking for my favorite, Duke of Earl. Missed it at #2. Loved music in that period.

[FuzzyRabbit]

5. I Wonder Why - Dion and the Belmonts

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[red dog 1]

14. Great song!

Another great Dion & the Belmonts doo-wop song is "Runaround Sue"

[FuzzyRabbit]

6. Sixteen Candles - The Crests

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[red dog 1]

15. Outstanding song!

The Crests were the first interracially mixed Doo Wop group, consisting of three African American members (one female), one Puerto Rican, and one Italian-American.

Step by Step is another great song by The Crests

[FuzzyRabbit]

7. In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins

[bdtrppr6]

8. the entirety of

Cruising with Ruben and the Jets. Zappa's take is so perfect and they could sing. I love doo wop but that one is just too good.

[rzemanfl]

10. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs-"Stay"

[mpcamb]

11. Nice recycle of this by Jackson Browne in the 70s and since:

_ "Stay" comes on a little after 6 minutes if you can't do all 9.

[rzemanfl]

12. I have had the album in various formats for years.

Running on Empty fits my age exactly.

[red dog 1]

17. Truly great Doo Wop song, written by Maurice Williams & first recorded in 1960 by him,

with his group the Zodiacs.

Several other groups had successful covers of it including The Hollies & The Four Seasons

[MiltonBrown]

13. All of them are great but my favorite is Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers

Why Do Fools Fall in Love

Teenage Love (personal #1 favorite)

Also love his brother's group Louis Lymon and the Teenchords

I'm So Happy

Not Too Young to Fall in Love

Few other good ones that deserve mention:

The Crows- Gee (from 1953)

The Five Discs- Never Let You Go

The Delicates- Black and White Thunderbird

The Bobbettes- Mr Lee (caught this group several years back)

The Selections- Guardian Angel (Bada bada boop tia tia)

The Kodaks- Make Believe World

The Coasters- Bad Detective (and all their big hits too)

The Cadillacs- Zoom Boom Zing (and all of 'em best group besides the Teenagers)

The Valentines- Woo Woo Train

The Heartbreakers- Without a Cause (and Come Back My Love)

The Clovers- Love Potion Number 9 (this group dates to the 1940s- saw them a few years ago with one original member from 1948 Harold Winley)

The Orioles- Crying in the Chapel

The Spaniels- Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight

The Flamingos- Lovers Never Say Goodbye

The Students- Every Day of the Week

Doo Wop always puts me in a great mood thanks for posting!

[red dog 1]

16. Frankie Lyman's life was dramatized in the 1998 movie "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"

He died of a heroin overdose when he was only 25.

Love Potion No. 9 was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoler in 1959 & recorded by The Clovers that same year.

The Searchers recorded it a few years later in 1963.

Both The Clovers version and The Searchers version are up on You Tube.

[raccoon]

18. Little StAr by the Elegants. Nt

[red dog 1]

19. Good pick!

Great Doo Wop song!

[red dog 1]

20. Speedo by The Cadillacs (1955)