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 más tarde algo de instrumentación. A finales de los cincuentas, el Doo-wop consigue propagarse por diversos países con la formación de 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, escuchamos algunos éxitos...
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Earth Angel - The Penguins
Runaround Sue - Dion & The Belmont
The Great Pretender - The Platters
Barbara - The Temptation
Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka
Look in my eyes - 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
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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
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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
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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
"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
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.
1. I Love You 1000 Times 2. Only You 3. The Magic Touch 4. With This Ring 5. Harbor Lights 6. Sweet, Sweet Lovin’ 7. Enchanted 8. One In A Million 9. Heaven On Earth 10. Twilight Time 11. Red Sails In The Sunset 12. I’ll Be Home 13. Washed Ashore 14. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 15. The Great Pretender 16. I’m Sorry 17. My Prayer Escúchalo AQUÍ
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) Adquiérelo AQUÍ
