DOO-WOP

El Doo-wop es un estilo musical nacido en los Estados Unidos a principios de los años '50s, alcanzando gran popularidad específicamente entre 1954 y 1964. Sus orígenes datan del rhythm and blues y el rock and roll y se caracteriza por estar interpretado por grupos de armonía vocal, conformados por un vocalista principal y tres o cuatro cantantes de distintos registros vocales, basándose en el sonido armónico de voces entrelazadas con frecuente uso de falsetes.
En un principio, el Doo-wop fue cantado por jóvenes de barrios afroamericanos, quienes a fin de imitar sonidos de instrumentos con los que normalmente es respaldado el vocalista principal, formaban coros a capella repitiendo silabas como “doo-bee-bop, doo-da-wop, doo-wah-doo-wop” (de donde proviene su nombre), añadiéndosele mas tarde algo de instrumentación. A finales de los cincuentas, el Doo-wop consigue propagarse en diversos países, creándose una gran variedad de agrupaciones. Algunos de los exponentes de este estilo fueron: The Penguins, The Platters, The Imperials, The Temptations, The Moonglows, entre otros.(Más información...)

Aunque muchos digan que el Doo-wop ya está pasado de moda, no deja de ser un estilo favorito entre mucha gente. A continuación, algunos grandes temas!

Earth Angel - The Penguins Runaround Sue - Dion & The Belmonts The Great Pretender - The Platters Barbara - The Temptation Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka The Chantels - The Chantels Tears On My Pillow - Little Anthony & The Imperials Where I Fell In Love - The Capris Blue Moon - The Marcels Bad Girl - The Miracles

Sea Of Love - Phil Phillips Little Darlin' - The Diamonds Sincerely- The Moonglows Tonite, Tonite - The Mello-Kings Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs Florence - The Paragons Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters So Much In Love - The Tymes Wishful Thinking - Little Anthony & The Imperials Sixteen Candles - The Crests Maybe - The Chantels

When I Woke Up This Morning - Ray & The Darchaes There Goes My Baby - The Drifters You Belong To Me - The Duprees Tell Me Why - Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys Dream Girl - Norman Fox & Rob Roys I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos Baby oh Baby - The Shells Heart and Soul - The Cleftones Devil or Angel - The Clovers Come Go With Me - The Del-Vikings Silhouettes - The Rays

Life Is But A Dream - The Harptones Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes Church Bells May Ring - The Willows Don't Ask Me to Be Lonely - Cleveland Stills & The Dubs Oh What a Night - The Dells Tonight I Fell In Love - The Tokens I Really Love You - The Danleers Long Lonely Nights - Lee Andrews & The Hearts You've Really Got a Hold On Me - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins Two People In the World - Little Anthony & the Imperials

LOOKING FOR AN ECHO

"Buscando un eco", es una hermosa composición de Richard Reicheg, interpretada por Keny Vance & the Planotones e incluida en los discos: Vance 32 (1975), looking for an Echo (1996) y el soundtrack del mismo nombre(2000). (Más info...)

 

LOOKING FOR AN ECHO
KENNY VANCE & THE PLANOTONES

At Erasmus Hall high school we used to harmonize
Me and Frankie and Adam and two Italian guys
We were singing oldies but they were newies then
And today when I play my old 45's I remember when

We practiced in a subway, in a lobby or a hall
Crowded in a doorway singing doo wops to the wall
And if we went to a party and they wouldn't let us sing
We'd lock ourselves in the bathroom and nobody could get in

'Cause we were looking for an echo an answer to our sound
A place to be in harmony a place we'd almost found ooh

And the girls would gather 'round us and our heads would really swell
We'd sing songs by the Moonglows, the Harptones and the Dells
And when we sang sincerely, we really sang it high
Even though it was falsetto we almost reached the sky

We've sung a lot of changes since 1955
And a lot of bad arrangements we've tried to harmonise
Now they've turned into oldies but they were newies then
And today when I play those old 45's I remember when

'Cause we were looking for an echo an answer to our sound
A place to be in harmony a place we'd almost ...
looking for an echo an answer to our sound
A place to be in harmony a place we'd almost ...
looking for an echo an answer to our sound
A place to be in harmony a place we'd almost found

Wooh ooh ooh oh
You are an angel
Angel divine
You're sent from heaven
You're really mine
Oh darling
Oh darling
Oh, oh my darling
Lorraine

Oh what a night
This is the night
This is the night
This is the night for love

RECOMENDADOS EN PAR XVI

GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD
Intérprete: LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS
Álbum: GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD / MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF (SINGLE)
Año: 1964

Well, I think I'm goin' out of my head
Yes, I think I'm goin' out of my head
Over you, Over you
I want you to want me, I need you so badly
I can't think of anything but you

And I think I'm goin' out of my head
Yes, I think I'm goin' out of my head
Over you, Over you

I see you each morning
But you just walk past me You don't even know that I exist

Goin' out of my head over you
Out of my head over you Out of my head day and night
Night and day and night, Wrong or right

I must think of a way Into your heart
There's no reason why My being shy Should keep us apart
And I think I'm goin' out of my head
Yes, I think I'm goin' out of my head

Goin' out of my head over you
Out of my head over you Out of my head day and night
Night and day and night, Wrong or right
Night and day and night
Wrong or right, day or night
everyday, every, every day

A LOVER'S QUESTION
Intérprete: CLYDE MCPHATTER
Álbum: A LOVER'S QUESTION (SINGLE)
Año: 1958

Does she love me, with all her heart
should I worry, when we're apart
it's a lover's question, I'd like to know.

Does she need me, as she pretends
is this a game, well then will I win
it's a lover's question, I'd like to know

I'd like to know when she's not with me
if she's still true to me
I'd like to know when we're kissing
does she feel just what I feel,
and how am I to know it's really real.

Oh, tell me where, the answer lies
is it in her kiss or in her eyes
it's a lover's question I'd like to know.

I'd like to know when she's not with me
if she's still true to me
I'd like to know when we're kissing
does she feel just what I feel,
and how am I to know it's really real.

Oh, tell me where, the answer lies
is it in her kiss or in her eyes
it's a lover's question I'd like to know.

MELODÍA FETÉN

BLUES SLOW
Ritchie Valens

The Platters

GREATEST HITS

1. Only You
2. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
3. My Prayer
4. The Magic Touch
5. Remember When
6. My Dream
7. The Great Pretender
8. Twilight Time
9. I'm Sorry
10. Enchanted
11. Alone In The Night
12. Heaven On Earth
13. Hard To Get A Thing Called Love
14. Ill Be Home
15. Im Sorry
16. Red Sails In The Sunset
17. So Many Tears
18. Unchained Melody
19. Sentimental Journey
20. If You Need Me
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Little Anthony & The Imperials

GREATEST HITS

1. Goin' Out of My Head
2. Tears on My Pillow
3. Hurt So Bad
4. I Miss You So
5. Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop
6. I'm on the Outside (Looking In)
7. Take Me Back
8. Out of Sight, Out of Mind
9. Ten Commandments of Love
10. Help Me Find a Way (To Say I Love You)
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