So I go through phases were I just can't get enuf of the vocal blasts ...croon or growl...swing or howl...I needs to get hip to mo' of thee dop-wop boppers! I made a MixWit fer my chick to give her an intro to the stuff (all favs of mine)...check it out here ...now I know all the cuts ain't strict doo-wop, but all are heavy on the vocal group sound...dig it? So what doo-wop gets y'all goin'?

gong-gong song! the ikettes. ps... where's hot slop?

I am proud to be one of the youngest people at every doo-wop show I attend. And I do every chance I get. They are always lots of fun! Kenny Vance (& the Planotones -- check out their "Looking For An Echo") is tops for me, Dion, the Marvellettes, too, but there's so many greats. Shep & the Limelights, Larry Chance & the Earls, etc. Vocals. When you don't really need anything else. At their finest. Telling stories. Anywhere. Like this... (even on Shindig!) So yeah, I digs it.

with doo wop it's really a case of I gotta hear it for myself... too many geezer collectors out there willing to pony up big money for total schlock, more impressed by rarity than the quality of the song...

despite that, here's one rarity that I wouldn't mind dishin' a little dinero to have - Sun Ra's "Papa's Gonna Tell You No Lie"

One of the best comps I've ever bought was "Cruisin' The Drag" on Relic... It's a bunch of Oklahoma City vocal/doo wop groups that were on Wheel records. (One of the bands was named "The Sonics" which is why I bought it at the time, not paying much attention to the liner notes explaining how it was an entirely different group.)

the Checkmates "White Cliffs of Dover" -- it swings!

I LOVE doo-wop! I heartily recommend the Rhino Doo-wop box, four discs worth of greasy goodness.

I'd have to say that my favorite doo-wop tune has to be The Flamingos' "I Only Have Eyes For You." That brings back some pretty intense memories of early childhood from the 1950s (yes, kiddies, I'm an old fuck). I always see myself as 3 years old or so looking out the window on a rainy day, with that song coming over the radio like a voodoo chant.

Dion - Lovers who wander
Lou Reed - So Blue

Doo-what?