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The Complete Story Of Doo Wop, Vol.06 1954 (BCD 17284)



The sixth volume of Bear Family's doo wop history Street Corner Symphonies chronicles the year 1954 -- a year when the style was starting to hit its stride just as R&B began to bubble up elsewhere. Certainly, some crossovers can be heard, particularly in the lewd "Work with Me Annie" from the Royals, the Clovers' loose "Lovey Dovey," the frenetic rhythms of the Chords' "Sh-Boom" and, especially, the Robins' rollicking "Riot in Cell Block #9," but even the dreaminess of the Penguins' "Earth Angel," the Moonglows' "Sincerely," and the Spaniels' "Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite" have an earthiness the post-Platters doo wop lacked. In other words, the times were changing, and it's possible to hear that on this sixth volume, where the sweetness still outweighs the swinging, and where there are still plenty of neglected gems to be discovered among the standards.




1 Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) 
Jesse Belvin / Gaynel Hodge / Curtis Williams  The Penguins   2:54 
 2 Work with Me Annie 
Henry Ballard  The Royals   2:48 
 3 Gloria 
Esther Navarro  The Cadillacs   2:54 
 4 Ling, Ting, Tong 
Mabel Godwin  The Five Keys   2:09 
 5 The Wind 
Bob Edwards / Quentin Eubanks / Juan Gutierrez / Willie Hunter / Nolan Strong  The Diablos / Nolan Strong   3:03 
 6 Lovey Dovey 
Memphis Curtis / Ahmet Ertegun  The Clovers   2:42 
 7 My Memories of You 
Raoul J. Cita  The Harptones   3:11 
 8 Hearts of Stone 
Rudolph Jackson / Eddie Ray  The Charms   2:35 
 9 Darling Dear 
The Counts  The Counts   3:29 
 10 I'm Slippin' In 
Dave Bartholomew  The Spiders   2:31 
 11 Sincerely  
Alan Freed / Harvey Fuqua  The Moonglows   3:11 
 12 Honey Love 
Clyde McPhatter / Gerald Wexler  The Drifters / Clyde McPhatter   2:24 
 13 A Thousand Stars 
Gene Pearson  The Rivileers   3:04 
 14 Boot 'Em Up 
Rose Marie McCoy / Charles Singleton  The Du Droppers   2:40 
 15 Dear One 
Fred Parris  The Scarlets   3:04 
 16 Oop Shoop 
Shirley Gunter / Blondine Taylor  Shirley Gunter & The Queens   2:14 
 17 God Only Knows 
Ruben Wright  The Capris   3:15 
 18 Sh-Boom 
William Edwards / Carl Feaster / Claude Feaster / James Keyes / Floyd McRae  The Chords   2:23 
 19 Tryin' to Get to You 
Rose Marie McCoy / Charles Singleton  The Eagles   2:39 
 20 I Used to Cry Mercy, Mercy 
Rudolph Toombs  The Lamplighters   2:39 
 21 Dream of a Lifetime  The Flamingos   2:54 
 22 Mary Lee 
The Rainbows  The Rainbows   2:28 
 23 Please Remember My Heart 
Bobby Baylor / Herman Curtis / Winston Willis  The Solitaires   2:51 
 24 It Ain't That Way 
Dave Bartholomew / Allen Matthews  The Hawks   2:47 
 25 I Do 
Lowman Pauling  Charlie "Little Jazz" Ferguson & His Orchestra / The "5" Royales   2:33 
 26 House with No Windows 
Henry Glover  The Checkers   2:27 
 27 My Buddy Done Stole My Chippie  The Playboys   3:16 
 28 Maybe You'll Be There 
Rube Bloom / Sammy Gallop  Lee Andrews & the Hearts   2:49 
 29 Oh Yes I Know  The Jewels   2:28 
 30 The Letter 
Vernon Green  The Medallions   2:49 
 31 Riot in Cell Block #9 
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller  The Robins   2:58 
 32 Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite 
Calvin Carter / Pookie Hudson  The Spaniels   2:40



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