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The Complete Story Of Doo Wop, Vol.04 1952 (BCD 17282)




As Bill Dahl points out in his terrific liner notes for the fourth volume of Bear Family's ongoing doo wop history Street Corner Symphonies, 1952 finds the rise of independent labels specializing in vocal harmony and R&B. They filled the gap left by the slowly retreating major labels and, as they did, they capitalized on the growing shift toward gospel and blues-inflected harmony groups. Again the Dominoes, fronted by Clyde McPhatter, lead the charge but right alongside them were the "5" Royales, whose robust harmonies were rowdier and churchier than those of the Dominoes, and showcased to great effect on "Baby Don't Do It." While there are, as always, quite a lot of sweet, slow harmonies, overall the rhythms are changing and getting livelier, a shift heard quite clearly in the Clovers, the Diamonds, and the Heartbreakers. Things are starting to rock, doo wop is coming into view, and the results are pretty exciting.




 Have Mercy Baby 
Rose Marks / William Ward  The Dominoes   2:22 
 2 The Wheel of Fortune 
Bennie Benjamin / George Weiss  The Cardinals   2:51 
 3 Be True 
Joseph Duncan / Bobby Robinson  The Vocaleers   3:15 
 4 Baby Don't Do It 
Lowman Pauling  Charlie Ferguson & His Orchestra / The "5" Royales   2:45 
 5 That's When Your Heartaches Begin 
Fred Fisher / Billy Hill / William Raskin  Billy Bunn & His Buddies   2:33 
 6 One Mint Julep 
Rudy Toombs  The Clovers   2:27 
 7 But I Forgive You 
Hudson Whittaker  The Serenaders   3:06 
 8 Every Beat of My Heart 
Johnny Otis  The Royals   2:55 
 9 Rock Me All Night Long 
Jimmy Ricks / Bill Sanford  The Ravens   2:45 
 10 Hold Me 
Jack Little / Dave Oppenheim / Ira Schuster  The Larks / Eugene Mumford   2:40 
 11 That's the Way It's Gonna Be 
Howard Biggs / Joe Thomas  The Four Knights   2:36 
 12 Beside You 
Bill Conrad / William Levinson  The Swallows   2:33 
 13 You're Part of Me 
Leon Harrison  Four Buddies   2:32 
 14 Don't Cry Baby 
Saul Bernie / James Johnson / Stella Unger  Buddy Lucas Orchestra / The Orioles   2:44 
 15 Let's Give Love Another Chance 
Deek Watson  The Four Tunes   3:01 
 16 The Last of the Good Rocking Men 
Ralph Bass / Rick Darnell / Mario Delagarde / Ray Charles Robinson  The Four Jacks   2:38 
 17 Make Me Thrill Again 
Samuel Matz / Homer Murray / William Robertson  The Marylanders / Buddy Lucas & His Band Of Tomorrow   3:11 
 18 Rug Cutter 
Duke Ellington  The Four Blazes   2:54 
 19 Don't Be Angry 
Clyde Wright  The Sultans   2:28 
 20 A Beggar for Your Kisses 
Marco Rosales / Sylva Rosales  The Diamonds   2:58 
 21 Can't Do Sixty No More 
Caleb Ginyard  The Du Droppers / Ben Smith's Quintet   2:50 
 22 I've Lost 
Chris Towns  The Enchanters   3:04 
 23 Flame In My Heart 
Andrew McCarter  The Checkers   2:55 
 24 Serve Another Round 
Rudy Toombs  The Five Keys   2:33 
 25 One More Time  The Mel-O-Dots / Ricky Wells   2:43 
 26 You're My Inspiration 
Lover Patterson  The Five Crowns   2:32 
 27 Rockin' Daddy-O  The Heartbreakers   2:36 
 28 Later 
Clyde Tillis  The Four Flames   2:31 
 29 That's What You're Doing to Me 
Rose Marks / William Ward  The Dominoes   2:25 
 30 Stormy Weather 
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler  The Five Sharps   2:36 
 31 Ting-a-Ling 
Ahmet Ertegun  The Clovers   3:05


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