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Various - Street Corner Symphonies: Vol.10, 1958 Street Corner Symphonies

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Street Corner Symphonies
The Complete Story Of Doo Wop
Volume 10 - 1958

The term 'doo-wop' is bandied about much too freely as a catch-all phrase for every R&B vocal group that emerged during the 1950s, harking back to the early part of the decade. Impeccably polished aggregations such as The Orioles, Five Keys, and Flamingos simply don't qualify as doo-woppers (although New York deejay Gus Gossert is often credited with coining the term in the early '70s, The Bagdads cut Bring Back Those Doo-Wopps in 1968 for L.A.-based Double Shot Records).

The street corner-style harmonies that were seemingly everywhere in 1958 came a whole lot closer to defining the true doo-wop experience. Newcomers such as The Collegians, Crests, Videos, Fiestas, and Edsels were more likely influenced by the pioneering rock and roll groups than venerated elders such as The Drifters and Clovers. Girl groups, most notably The Shirelles and Quin-Tones, continued to knock down gender barriers, advancing their cause in the wake of The Chantels.

No longer was doo-wop the exclusive domain of African-American youth. 1958 saw a strong influx of young Caucasian groups who embraced the legitimate sound as closely as white on rice. The Elegants, Capris, Skyliners, and Dion and The Belmonts were all dedicated R&B fans, unlike the white pop cover groups that proliferated only a short time earlier - as a quick listen to any of their hits on this collection immediately underscores.

The kiddie sound that Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers introduced remained in vogue. Even if Frankie was no longer a hot commodity, The Students, Chanters, and Kodoks were happy to follow in his footsteps. And the humorous storylines that The Coasters found so much rock and roll success with (springing from the genius of writer/producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) were being channeled by freshly minted groups such as The Olympics and Eugene Church & The Fellows.

The Drifters were struggling to remain relevant in the midst of constant personnel turnover, but The Moonglows, Midnighters, Flamingos, and Lee Andrews & The Hearts continued to score major hits. You could hear the roots of soul music in Jerry Butler & The Impressions' For Your Precious Love and James Brown & The Famous Flames' Try Me (I Need You). And a new crop of balladeers - The Fidelitys, Avalons, Danleers, Shields, Pastels, Valiants, Little Anthony and The Imperials - provided an intimate soundtrack for lovers.

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Various - Street Corner Symphonies - Vol.10, 1958 Street Corner Symphonies CD 1
01 16 Candles Crests, The
02 Lama Rama Ding Dong (aka Rama Lama Ding Dong) Edsels, The
03 For Your Precious Love Jerry Butler & the Impressions
04 I Wonder Why Dion and The Belmonts
05 Tears On My Pillow Little Anthony and The Imperia
06 So Fine Fiestas, The
07 One Summer Night Danleers, The
08 Stormy Weather Spaniels, The
09 I Love You So Chantels, The
10 Trickle, Trickle Videos, The
11 This Is The Nite Valiants, The
12 Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart Coasters, The
13 Drip Drop Drifters, The
14 Ten Commandments Of Love Harvey and The Moonglows
15 Little Star Elegants, The
16 Pretty Girls Everywhere Eugene Church and The Fellows
17 You Cheated Shields, The
18 Western Movies Olympics, The
19 Try Me James Brown and The Famous Fla
20 There's A Moon Out Tonight Capris, The
21 Lovers Never Say Goodbye Flamingos, The
22 No, No, No Chanters, The
23 So Far Away Pastels, The
24 Hearts Desire Avalons, The
25 Down The Aisle Of Love Quin-Tones, The
26 Since I Don't Have You Skyliners, The
27 Try The Impossible Lee Andrews and The Hearts
28 I'm So Young Students, The
29 Here I Stand Wade Flemons and The Newcomers
30 Teardrops On Your Letter Hank Ballard and The Midnighte
31 Zoom Zoom Zoom Collegians, The
32 The Things I Love Fidelity's, The with Teacho Wi
33 I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde) Shirelles, The
34 Oh Gee, Oh Gosh Kodoks, The featuring Pearl Mc
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Street Corner Symphonies

  • 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!
  • The first five volumes covering 1939-1953 are out now! q Every Doo-Wop hit!
  • Every neglected classic!
  • Every ground-breaking record!
  • Detailed song-by-song notes and amazing rare photos from the golden era!

Street Corner Symphonies

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 re- cords 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 Sym- phonies' 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. There have been plenty of Doo-Wop compilations, even a few Doo-Wop boxed sets, but this se- ries is the last word on the genre. Truly definitive! Every hit, every underground classic, every song that lit up the airwaves at the dawn of rock 'n' roll. Every shoop, every doop, every doo-doo-wah! 

 

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17 Oct 2017

A Musthave for the real Doo Wop Fan!!

This realy is the story of Doo Wop. This series gives you a good impression of the development in R&B troughout the years.
It's the cradle of good old R&B as we know it today.

13 Mar 2014

Besser geht’s nicht!
R & R Musikmagazin 1/2013 H.G. Hartig

13 Mar 2014

Nach der Lektüre der Liner Notes darf man sich schon als Fachmann in Sachen DooWop fühlen.
Stereo 1/2013 Franz Schöler

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Tracklist
Various - Street Corner Symphonies - Vol.10, 1958 Street Corner Symphonies CD 1
01 16 Candles
02 Lama Rama Ding Dong (aka Rama Lama Ding Dong)
03 For Your Precious Love
04 I Wonder Why
05 Tears On My Pillow
06 So Fine
07 One Summer Night
08 Stormy Weather
09 I Love You So
10 Trickle, Trickle
11 This Is The Nite
12 Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart
13 Drip Drop
14 Ten Commandments Of Love
15 Little Star
16 Pretty Girls Everywhere
17 You Cheated
18 Western Movies
19 Try Me
20 There's A Moon Out Tonight
21 Lovers Never Say Goodbye
22 No, No, No
23 So Far Away
24 Hearts Desire
25 Down The Aisle Of Love
26 Since I Don't Have You
27 Try The Impossible
28 I'm So Young
29 Here I Stand
30 Teardrops On Your Letter
31 Zoom Zoom Zoom
32 The Things I Love
33 I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde)
34 Oh Gee, Oh Gosh