"Blue Moon" was written by Rodgers and Hart in 1934 as a ballad. Having said that, I do love the Marcels' version. Also, you really need to check out the 1961 Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." You will love it!
*The Lion Sleeps Tonight* Tokens Winner! First time I heard it was in the gym/lunchroom with my nose under a table looking at all the chewing gum. If you got in trouble Coach made you put your nose in a circle under the table. Can't remember what I did to get in trouble. You can bet I never did it again. 4th or 5th grade. See, there was music in the gym. We always had music.
When I was 15 (I am 63) my parents bought a second hand piano and piano stool. The seat of the stool could be opened and inside we found a stash of sheet music from the 1920s and 1930s. Many of them had beautiful monochrome Art Deco designs on their front covers, including the original publication of Blue Moon. (It was in blue ink with a stylized face in profile surrounded by bands of increasingly deep blue)
Doo-wap music is a true art. I was born in 65, but my parents raised me up listening to Doo-wap, blues, rockabilly, bluegrass, and country. So I had a pretty wide scope, and it only expanded from there.
You have heard this song before and you don't even realize it at all. You guys watched the movie "Grease". This song was sung by Sha Na Na at the school dance. It was during the part where 3 of the T-Birds pulled their pants down and mooned the camera 😂 Also, that isn't called scatting. It is called Doo Wop. Scatting is a style used in vocal jazz. Nice reaction youguys! ✌🏼❣️
Yep..and we're lucky to have a group called The Dop-Wop Daddies that plays throughout Wisconsin singing songs of that style and era. We are sooo lucky!
In Grease, Sha Na Na does it in the more traditional balled style and you don't hear very much of it. So, it's not surprising if they didn't recognize it. I think the Marcel's are the only ones I've heard do "Blue Moon" in the upbeat style.
I'm glad that you loved this, for songs like this I suggest: "Johnny Cymbal - Mr Bassman", "The Silhouettes - Get A Job", "The Chips - Rubber Biscuit", "The Diamonds - Little Darlin'" "Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One". There are plenty of others but these are good ones to continue with.
@@visaman Amen. I was a '70s kid and couldn't stand Happy Days, which was a silly rip off of American Graffiti. Loved the AG soundtrack then and still love it now. I had (and still have) the double album version, 8 track, cassette, CD, and now digital.
Great classic, 1961!! "Heartaches" was another top 10 hit for them! edit - Jay/Amber, The Drifters are another great late 50s/early 60s group you've done once. Check out their classics "Up On The Roof", "This Magic Moment" and "There Goes My Baby" !!!
This is NOT the original recording by the Marcels. It sounds like a re-recording by them. Here is the famous version…th-cam.com/video/qoi3TH59ZEs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0kvJSGJlpLj0dOVh
Doo-Wop at its best! You really need to dive into some of the best doo-wop groups of the 50s. The Teenagers, The Coasters, The Platters, The Chiffons, The Drifters, Little Anthony and the Imperials, and so many more.
This is an absolute CLASSIC! It was also played in the smash hit movie from 1981, “AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON” which I HIGHLY recommend!! Please react to the movie too.
@@tcpm You are clearly a very intelligent person! 😉 I really love that movie too ever since I saw it in the movie theaters. It opened in theaters on August 21, 1981 about 10 days after I turned 17 at the beginning of my senior year of high school. I LOVED it. As I told everyone one I knew, the movie was both scary and funny. I had really never seen anything like it. One minute you were laughing, the next minute you were jumping out of your seat and going….oh 💩. I think they’d really enjoy it like my friends and I did.
American Werewolf in London was the last movie I saw in 1981 before leaving my California home for college. I later lived in London in 1986 while studying abroad and visited many of the referenced sites from the movie. Pre-CGI effects were so startling at the time. Such an iconic film.
Do wop is a DEFINITE rabbit hole to go down, some of the BEST voices EVER came out of Do Wop! A good one to start with is I only have eyes for you by the Flamingos!!
I love watching their faces. They sat down and got serious, prepared to analyze the song. After all who knows how serious the song is about to be. And then the joy as they just relaxed and joined in the fun.
Doo-wop is a genre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States. Loved this era....a happy time and loads of fun.....So many good ones. Check out "Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee - 1961" Was one of my fav do-wop tunes. I was 11 yrs old at the time....Another was "Johnny Cymbal - Mr Bassman"
I love the version by The Marcels. It is a classic! A slow version by The Mavericks is in the movie Apollo 13. It’s in the background and it usually passes unnoticed. For more Doo-Wop “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers and "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" by Curtis Lee.
This is classic Doo-Wop from the 50's and very early 60's. It was all about the voices being part of the musical instrument, in addition to the harmonies.
I love this doo wop sound and in the 70’s we had an amazing band in England called Darts who had that same sound. They had so many great hits •Come back my love •Duke of Earl •Come back my love •Daddy cool •I can’t get enough of your love •It’s raining • Peaches to name but, a few. I used to love them and I convinced that you will too ❤️❤️
You guys are fantastic~! The Marcells are from my old home Town of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Saw these guys live at a small venue in Pittsburgh and they did a 20 minute version of "Blue Moon. You could do a whole series of Groups from Pittsburgh like the Del Vikings, The Skyliners, The Vogues, Lou Christy, Bobby Vinton and so many more.. I will recommend The Skyliners, "Since I don`t have You. It will blow your doors off. Amber will particularly love this tune.. Right up her Alley! Thanks for keeping the Oldies alive!
You just gotta love love the Marcels version of this tune, Feet tappin' heart liftin' that's what the world needs. OOOh how about Little Richard "Tutti Frutti"? Or Jackie Wilson "(Your love is liftin me) Higher & Higher". The ultimate feel good song.
@@hipsville Thank you! Considering how many comments are here, there are way, way, too few mentions that this was NOT the real recording. Surely I'm not the only one who noticed, my ears are NOT that good. Can't blame Rob Squad since first time listeners should NOT be expected to know the difference. I blame that sleazy K-Tel company that has littered iTunes with re-recordings and doesn't label them as such.
If you want to do a cover version of this 1934 song.... you'll need a LOT of time. Here is a list of covers: Frankie Avalon, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Stevens, Billie Holiday, Al Bowlly, Elvis Presley, Bobby Vinton, Sam Cooke, the Platters, the Mavericks, Dean Martin, Amália Rodrigues, Yvonne De Carlo, The Supremes, Cyndi Lauper, New Edition, Bob Dylan, Chromatics, Rod Stewart, and Bing Crosby
I could not believe you reacted to this song today. My alarm woke me up with this song this morning and I said "I wonder if Rob Squad reacted to this yet". And here it is! I know you're gonna love it
That happened to me once too. It was 'Paper Roses' by Marie Osmond. I don't know why it popped into my head that morning, but I wondered when they were going to react to it. Then, what do you know? It was one of the reactions later that evening. My sisters name is Dee Dee too.
One of my favorite doo wop songs. Another one I love is "life could be a dream" it was done by several groups. The chords, the crew cuts, the coasters and most recently (my favorite) Street Corner Renaissance
I still remember hearing Scott Muni of WNEW classic rock many years ago playing this song and then saying “speaking of bomp de bomp and dang de dang, here’s the traffic”
I was 5 years old in 1959 and this song was always on the radio. I can remember watching Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' tv show and all the teenagers would be on the dance floor rocking and rolling to this.
Yes! Love this song. Great reaction. More do-wop please. Check out In The Still Of The Night by The Five Satins, Pretty Little Angel Eyes by Curtis Lee, Book Of Love by The Monotones, There's A Moon Out Tonight by The Capris, Earth Angel by The Penguins, Duke Of Earl by Gene Chandler, Get A Job by The Silhouettes and Tears On My Pillow by Little Anthony And The Imperials. That's a good start.
There was about a doo-wop revival in the early 90s leading to a cover of In the Still of the Night by Boyz-II-Men and So Much In Love by All-4-One, as well as Shai''s If I Ever Fall In Love (A Capella) and 4PM's cover of Sukiyaki.
Can we get some reactions to Gene Pitney? Another great artist from the Oldies but Goodies era or as you guys call it" The Soda Pop Shop era" of the 50s to Early to mid 60s( Pre British Invasion) Songs by Gene Pitney are " The Man who shot Liberty Valance" " Town without pity" " Twenty four hours from Tulsa" " Im gonna be strong" " It hurts to be in love" and the one i think you should start with ," Only love can break a heart" all from the early to mid 60s. He was a Pop artist RIP
DooWop, originally WAS acappela! Kids standing on the street corners looking for something to do started singing one at a time, and the others would jump in and add to the song. Before they knew it, they would develop their style and their sound and VOILA, DOO WOP!!!!
This is the first song My Father taught me how to sing with him. This is not the original recording. It's worth going back to listen to the record version. Thanks for making me smile guys. ~Red
Sometimes I worry about y’all. The kids, the channel, everything else occasionally you seem tired and a little worn down please take care of yourselves. You are one of my top few channels to watch.
Nice!! This was one of my Dad's favorite songs - he sang it all the time! Here's my list of suggestions for doo-wop songs from the 50's & early 60's: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, "Speedoo" by The Cadillacs, "Come Go with Me" & "Cool Shake" by The Del-Vikings, "Charlie Brown" & "Poison Ivy" by The Coasters, "Up on the Roof" by The Drifters, "Book of Love" by The Monotones, "Sh-boom" by The Chords, "Remember Then" by The Earls, "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop" by Little Anthony & The Imperials, and "Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens.
You'll get round to the UK Doo-Wop masters, The Darts, one day! They're from the south of England, and were pretty popular around the late 70's-early 80's, and performed some great old covers as well as some fantastic original songs, written by various band members. I think their USP was the fact that all four singers sang lead vocals, depending on the song!! Bob Fish (RIP) had a fabulous falsetto Griff Fender was the 'rocker', on faster tempo songs Rita Ray (the only girl in the 9 piece band!) sang the 'he done me wrong' songs, & was the pin-up girl for all the guy fans!! 😍 Last, but not least, Den Hegarty was the ultimate the bass-man! Mad as a box of frogs, but with a sublime bass vocal, that really drove the songs along!! Play literally ANYTHING by The Darts, & marvel at the most rocking-est band the UK had to offer!! 😃😃😃
SNN also had good versions of Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay and Remember Then. A group called Harmony Street does a real nice version of Remember Then on YT
Yes, take me back, way back to the music i remember falling in love with when i came to the US at 8 years of age. The neighborhood teens singing DooWop late at night in the darkened schoolyard across the street, they sounded so cool. Been in love with DooWop ever since. I only wish you had the studio version that the radio stations played. Want some classic DooWop gems?, give a listen to " One Summer Night " by The Danleers, " Sixteen Candles " by The Crests, " Remember Then " by The Earls, and "So Fine " by The Fiestas. I have a ton more, but i won't clog up the system. Keep them coming guys, like your breakdown in your reactions.
A group called Showaddywaddy did an accapella version of this that was a big hit in the UK in the 70s. they specialised in that type of tune ans had spectaucular 50s Teddy boy clothes!!
I was 13 with my transistor radio turned up loud just jammin' to this. Now I have ear buds and I'm still loving rock and roll in all its genres. y'all are so much fun. thanks.
Have to be honest in saying this was one of my favorite songs growing up (I'm 36) and listened to the oldies station in elementary school. Fast forward to senior year of high school and songs like these had me singing bass parts in the musical because of my bottom vocal range.
I was born in 1956....so the 60's and 70's was my tunes...so glad to watch you guys rock out to them...I'm a big Frank Zappa(RIP) fan...not much radio play was mostly word of mouth..try "yellow snow" it's 3 short songs run together...or "stinkfoot" I can give you many more if you like...enjoy
The Marcels were a doowop quintet from Pittsburgh named after a popular hairstyle of the time. A staff producer at Colpix Records, Stu Phillips, believed in them when no one else at the company did, and snuck them into the studio at 8pm for a clandestine four-song session. Unfortunately, the group only had three songs. Phillips asked 'em what else they sang. They offered this number and that number, and he didn't care for any of 'em, except for one little itty-bit in the middle of one tune. It had the same chord progressions as "Heart And Soul" and "Blue Moon" and so he asked the Marcels if they knew either of those numbers. "Heart And Soul"? Nah, they didn't know it. But one of the Marcels was familiar with "Blue Moon". "So I gave him an hour to teach it to the others," said Phillips. When he returned, they had just eight minutes of studio time left on the clock. The Marcels did two full takes, and nailed it in the second. At any rate, two takes, a bomp-ba-ba-bomp and a reworked release, and the Marcels were out of there. Oh, and that little itty-bit from one of the rejected songs? Phillips figured that would make a great intro for the record. So they stuck it on the front of "Blue Moon". A Colpix promotions man chanced to hear the song, asked Stu Phillips for a tape, and passed it on to Murray the K at WINS New York. On his next show, Murray the K played "Blue Moon" 26 times. It knocked Elvis off the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot One Hundred in April 1961, and went to Number One in Britain a few weeks later. -- Mark Steyn (Blue Moon - Steyn's Song of the Week)
I love it!!! Still can sing the right amount of bomp a bomp bomps, dag a dag dags, and dig a dong dings, after all these years. 😄. Doo Wop for sure. Here's a good fun one for you. The Tokens: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (video when they're young or old, both are great!) And here's a wonderful ballad love song.... "You Belong To Me" by The Duprees. (It's a cover of a Jo Stafford ballad ) Both of these songs were on diner juke boxes for decades. ( every booth seat in a diner and on the counters were small nuke boxes. 25¢ bought you 3 songs.) Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife" and The Drifter's "Under The Boardwalk" were other standards that were on for decades too.). I miss those juke boxes. May I also suggest these: *The Rays: "2 Silhouettes on the Shade" *The Drifters: "Up on the Roof" *Ben E. King:: "Spanish Harlem" These were all big hits too from the 50's to early 60's. I used to listen to all of these at night on my radio when I went to bed. As a see note, back then radios where really big and tv screens really small and both had glass tubes ( like cylindrical light bulbs) inside them to conduct the electricity and sound.
Me and my sister used to copy the deep , deep "blue Moon" at the end and then for fun, we'd add "yellow Sun" in as high a note as we could muster. Listening to this I couldn't help to do it again 😂
Sir Jay and Lady Amber, originally sung by Connee Boswell, Al Bowlly,Mel Tormé, Nat Cole, Frank Sinatra this is a very popular cover. Elvis does a slow western style rendition, and Willie Nelson even Robert De Niro and Mary Kay Place,just to name a few. It's doo-wop gold. Nice reaction 👊🏾👊🏾🖖🏾
An interesting tidbit of information. "Blue Moon" was written in 1934 and was recorded many times by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Dean Martin and even Bob Dylan, to name a few. But this song, recorded by The Marcels was the only one to make it to the top and become unforgettable. It is such a great Doo-Wop number. BTW, the Blue Moon is the 2nd Full Moon in a month.
"Blue Moon" was written by Rodgers and Hart in 1934 as a ballad. Having said that, I do love the Marcels' version. Also, you really need to check out the 1961 Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." You will love it!
I second the nomination for "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens. Please be careful NOT to react to a live performance or a recent re-recording.
@@gregorymoore2877I 3rd the nomination for The Lion Sleeps Tonight!
Seconded!
Edit:or rather fourth lol
*The Lion Sleeps Tonight*
Tokens
Winner!
First time I heard it was in the gym/lunchroom with my nose under a table looking at all the chewing gum. If you got in trouble Coach made you put your nose in a circle under the table. Can't remember what I did to get in trouble. You can bet I never did it again. 4th or 5th grade.
See, there was music in the gym. We always had music.
When I was 15 (I am 63) my parents bought a second hand piano and piano stool. The seat of the stool could be opened and inside we found a stash of sheet music from the 1920s and 1930s. Many of them had beautiful monochrome Art Deco designs on their front covers, including the original publication of Blue Moon. (It was in blue ink with a stylized face in profile surrounded by bands of increasingly deep blue)
Doo-wap music is a true art. I was born in 65, but my parents raised me up listening to Doo-wap, blues, rockabilly, bluegrass, and country. So I had a pretty wide scope, and it only expanded from there.
You have heard this song before and you don't even realize it at all. You guys watched the movie "Grease". This song was sung by Sha Na Na at the school dance. It was during the part where 3 of the T-Birds pulled their pants down and mooned the camera 😂
Also, that isn't called scatting. It is called Doo Wop. Scatting is a style used in vocal jazz.
Nice reaction youguys! ✌🏼❣️
Yep..and we're lucky to have a group called The Dop-Wop Daddies that plays throughout Wisconsin singing songs of that style and era. We are sooo lucky!
😂😂😂😂
It’s just “Sha Na Na”, not “The Sha-na-nas.”
In Grease, Sha Na Na does it in the more traditional balled style and you don't hear very much of it. So, it's not surprising if they didn't recognize it. I think the Marcel's are the only ones I've heard do "Blue Moon" in the upbeat style.
It was also used by the movie "An American Werewolf of London" back in the 1980's.
I'm glad that you loved this, for songs like this I suggest:
"Johnny Cymbal - Mr Bassman",
"The Silhouettes - Get A Job",
"The Chips - Rubber Biscuit",
"The Diamonds - Little Darlin'"
"Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One".
There are plenty of others but these are good ones to continue with.
Who Put the Bomp by Barry Mann 😂
@@thomastimlin1724Yes, another great example.
Great List! :)
I love Rubber Biscuit! The Blues Brothers re-recorded it for their album, and it always made me laugh when it came on. Such a funny song! X)
That is the music i grew up on. It was before my time but it's what my mother listened to. i still love it till this day.
So much fun! We ‘70’s kids were introduced to ‘50’s music because of Happy Days. It is fun to hear these 45 years later still.
For me it was American Graffiti. I had the soundtrack album.
@@visaman Amen. I was a '70s kid and couldn't stand Happy Days, which was a silly rip off of American Graffiti. Loved the AG soundtrack then and still love it now. I had (and still have) the double album version, 8 track, cassette, CD, and now digital.
@@2259r3z that's a lot of music. I miss 8 tracks
Sha Na Na!
This was at the height of the "Doo-Wop" era. Very unique period of music.
Great classic, 1961!! "Heartaches" was another top 10 hit for them!
edit - Jay/Amber, The Drifters are another great late 50s/early 60s group you've done once.
Check out their classics "Up On The Roof", "This Magic Moment" and "There Goes My Baby" !!!
ALL GREAT SUGGESTIONS!! SO GOOD!!
@@Jude_196 thank you!!
Original drifters one of the best vocal groups of all time
Under the Boardwalk by the Drifters
@@DianeTaylor-m9c they already reacted to Under The Boardwalk
I’m so glad you did this Doo-Wop classic!! Every time I hear this, I sing the bass part!!
Yes me too. I like the Sha Na Na version. Go go Bowser.
This is NOT the original recording by the Marcels. It sounds like a re-recording by them. Here is the famous version…th-cam.com/video/qoi3TH59ZEs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0kvJSGJlpLj0dOVh
It's fun to sing it. Actually not that low, oddly.
I still prefer Elvis' 1956 cover.
Doo-Wop at its best! You really need to dive into some of the best doo-wop groups of the 50s. The Teenagers, The Coasters, The Platters, The Chiffons, The Drifters, Little Anthony and the Imperials, and so many more.
Since I Don't Have You by The Skyliners would be a good addition.
Used on the closing credits to "An American Werewolf In London". Most versions are much slower than this version.
Ohhhh! I was a teenager when this came out. I’m almost 82 & haven’t heard this for a lonnngggg time!
This is an absolute CLASSIC! It was also played in the smash hit movie from 1981, “AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON” which I HIGHLY recommend!! Please react to the movie too.
I came into the comments to say the same thing!
@@tcpm You are clearly a very intelligent person! 😉 I really love that movie too ever since I saw it in the movie theaters. It opened in theaters on August 21, 1981 about 10 days after I turned 17 at the beginning of my senior year of high school. I LOVED it. As I told everyone one I knew, the movie was both scary and funny. I had really never seen anything like it. One minute you were laughing, the next minute you were jumping out of your seat and going….oh 💩. I think they’d really enjoy it like my friends and I did.
Me too!@@tcpm
Came here to say the same!! American Werewolf In London is a must review movie
American Werewolf in London was the last movie I saw in 1981 before leaving my California home for college. I later lived in London in 1986 while studying abroad and visited many of the referenced sites from the movie. Pre-CGI effects were so startling at the time. Such an iconic film.
Do wop is a DEFINITE rabbit hole to go down, some of the BEST voices EVER came out of Do Wop! A good one to start with is I only have eyes for you by the Flamingos!!
My mother sang in a Doo Wop group (Gwen Edwards and The Co-Eds), and so did my uncle (The Packards). Check them out!
The Number 1 song on the charts on the day I was born.
Love it!
It looks like I am a few weeks older than you. Surrender by Elvis was #1 when I was born.
I love watching their faces. They sat down and got serious, prepared to analyze the song. After all who knows how serious the song is about to be. And then the joy as they just relaxed and joined in the fun.
Doo-wop is a genre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States. Loved this era....a happy time and loads of fun.....So many good ones. Check out "Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee - 1961" Was one of my fav do-wop tunes. I was 11 yrs old at the time....Another was "Johnny Cymbal - Mr Bassman"
This is one of several "Moon-related" songs featured in the iconic John Landis werewolf film An American Werewolf In London ( a MUST Watch)
Yep, you beat me. I was going to post the same thing. Love that movie.
AGREE!!!
Yes you MUST watch this movie it great.
Heard this song before the movie cam out. It will always be AWiL to me.
The Marcels were a rarity back then (and even now) a multi-racial group
The were one of a few integrated vocal groups to hit big!
An oldie but a goodie! Classic song! Great reaction!
I love the version by The Marcels. It is a classic! A slow version by The Mavericks is in the movie Apollo 13. It’s in the background and it usually passes unnoticed. For more Doo-Wop “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers and "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" by Curtis Lee.
This is classic Doo-Wop from the 50's and very early 60's. It was all about the voices being part of the musical instrument, in addition to the harmonies.
Another great doo-wop song that came along as late as the mid-'60s (1965) was "The Boy from New York City," by The Ad-Libs. Great song.
Absolutely
I agree!
I love this doo wop sound and in the 70’s we had an amazing band in England called Darts who had that same sound. They had so many great hits
•Come back my love
•Duke of Earl
•Come back my love
•Daddy cool
•I can’t get enough of your love
•It’s raining
• Peaches
to name but, a few. I used to love them and I convinced that you will too ❤️❤️
In my opinion…this is the best version of this song ❤
It's certainly the definitive version.
NAHHH! Elvis Presley cover from 1956 is the Best - it's NOT a Doo-Wop rendition, though.
You guys are fantastic~! The Marcells are from my old home Town of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Saw these guys live at a small venue in Pittsburgh and they did a 20 minute version of "Blue Moon.
You could do a whole series of Groups from Pittsburgh like the Del Vikings, The Skyliners, The Vogues, Lou Christy, Bobby Vinton and so many more.. I will recommend The Skyliners, "Since I don`t have You. It will blow your doors off. Amber will particularly love this tune.. Right up her Alley! Thanks for keeping the Oldies alive!
Love it! I'm going to have it in my head for the rest of the night!
You just gotta love love the Marcels version of this tune, Feet tappin' heart liftin' that's what the world needs. OOOh how about Little Richard "Tutti Frutti"? Or Jackie Wilson "(Your love is liftin me) Higher & Higher". The ultimate feel good song.
'I only have eyes for you " by The Flamingos
This is one of the best Doo Wop songs ! Love this song ! Keep playing these kind of songs !
It's just wonderful wonderful. Yeah love it I do I can not allow it all day
Another great song in this genre that you would like(if you have not reacted to it already) is "Lil Darling" by The Diamonds.
They have reacted to it. It’s one of my faves.
This is before my time, but I have heard my mom talk about this so much! Thank you for playing and have a good day.
I believe you guys have actually heard a slower version of this song that was featured in the movie Grease!
Yes, this isn't the original which is at a faster and smoother tempo. Kinda disappointed they didn't hit the original tract.
@@hipsville Thank you! Considering how many comments are here, there are way, way, too few mentions that this was NOT the real recording. Surely I'm not the only one who noticed, my ears are NOT that good. Can't blame Rob Squad since first time listeners should NOT be expected to know the difference. I blame that sleazy K-Tel company that has littered iTunes with re-recordings and doesn't label them as such.
@@hipsvilleI noticed that too. This version sounds more like a live version.
If you want to do a cover version of this 1934 song.... you'll need a LOT of time. Here is a list of covers: Frankie Avalon, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Stevens, Billie Holiday, Al Bowlly, Elvis Presley, Bobby Vinton, Sam Cooke, the Platters, the Mavericks, Dean Martin, Amália Rodrigues, Yvonne De Carlo, The Supremes, Cyndi Lauper, New Edition, Bob Dylan, Chromatics, Rod Stewart, and Bing Crosby
Jo Stafford is my favorite.
The Beatles version was just a short studio jam, not an official cover on an album on single.
You forgot Sha Na Na from the “Grease” soundtrack.
No love for the Cowboy Junkies or Showaddywaddy versions 😪
The Beatles never recorded this song.
Great choice guys. Love Doowop. Couple of suggestions. The Skyliners-Since I Don't Have You, Little Anthony- Tears On My Pillow.
I could not believe you reacted to this song today. My alarm woke me up with this song this morning and I said "I wonder if Rob Squad reacted to this yet". And here it is! I know you're gonna love it
Serendipity ✌️
That happened to me once too. It was 'Paper Roses' by Marie Osmond. I don't know why it popped into my head that morning, but I wondered when they were going to react to it. Then, what do you know? It was one of the reactions later that evening. My sisters name is Dee Dee too.
One of my favorite doo wop songs. Another one I love is "life could be a dream" it was done by several groups. The chords, the crew cuts, the coasters and most recently (my favorite) Street Corner Renaissance
For this era, listen to my favorite.. Ruby and the Romantics “Our Day will Come”
🐺Yes! Another vote for watching 'An American Werewolf in London'!
I think of poor guy at the end every time I hear this song. 😂
I can't hear this song & NOT think of that classic movie
I still remember hearing Scott Muni of WNEW classic rock many years ago playing this song and then saying “speaking of bomp de bomp and dang de dang, here’s the traffic”
Cool tune from 1961! The background singers are in the foreground almost making you forget the lead singer’s great voice!
I was 5 years old in 1959 and this song was always on the radio. I can remember watching Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' tv show and all the teenagers would be on the dance floor rocking and rolling to this.
Yes! Love this song. Great reaction. More do-wop please. Check out In The Still Of The Night by The Five Satins, Pretty Little Angel Eyes by Curtis Lee, Book Of Love by The Monotones, There's A Moon Out Tonight by The Capris, Earth Angel by The Penguins, Duke Of Earl by Gene Chandler, Get A Job by The Silhouettes and Tears On My Pillow by Little Anthony And The Imperials. That's a good start.
There was about a doo-wop revival in the early 90s leading to a cover of In the Still of the Night by Boyz-II-Men and So Much In Love by All-4-One, as well as Shai''s If I Ever Fall In Love (A Capella) and 4PM's cover of Sukiyaki.
We always had fun trying to sing this song when we were kids. ha,ha!
This song was wrote 6 years before I was born.. I love every song type from the 40s to the 80s
Can we get some reactions to Gene Pitney? Another great artist from the Oldies but Goodies era or as you guys call it" The Soda Pop Shop era" of the 50s to Early to mid 60s( Pre British Invasion) Songs by Gene Pitney are " The Man who shot Liberty Valance" " Town without pity" " Twenty four hours from Tulsa" " Im gonna be strong" " It hurts to be in love" and the one i think you should start with ," Only love can break a heart" all from the early to mid 60s. He was a Pop artist RIP
Absolutely love this guys. Thanks for awesome reactions 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
DooWop, originally WAS acappela! Kids standing on the street corners looking for something to do started singing one at a time, and the others would jump in and add to the song. Before they knew it, they would develop their style and their sound and VOILA, DOO WOP!!!!
This is the first song My Father taught me how to sing with him.
This is not the original recording.
It's worth going back to listen to the record version.
Thanks for making me smile guys.
~Red
BTW, they used this song at the editing credits of the classic werewolf horror movie, "An American Werewolf In London" (1981).
I was 15 when this came out and just about every kid tried to sing it, but very few came even close. But, it was fun as hell!
Sometimes I worry about y’all. The kids, the channel, everything else occasionally you seem tired and a little worn down please take care of yourselves. You are one of my top few channels to watch.
3 reaction videos a day would do that.
Nice!! This was one of my Dad's favorite songs - he sang it all the time! Here's my list of suggestions for doo-wop songs from the 50's & early 60's: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, "Speedoo" by The Cadillacs, "Come Go with Me" & "Cool Shake" by The Del-Vikings, "Charlie Brown" & "Poison Ivy" by The Coasters, "Up on the Roof" by The Drifters, "Book of Love" by The Monotones, "Sh-boom" by The Chords, "Remember Then" by The Earls, "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop" by Little Anthony & The Imperials, and "Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens.
A classic that defines an era.
Greece, Happy Days, and my parent's kind of music. And what my generation called tv re-runs.
Classic! It reminds me of watching Sha Na Na as a kid!
Oh we need more people to request them
First time I heard this song was while watching the television show "Happy Days" back in the 70's.
the song was featured in the horror movie An American Werewolf In London. with different versions throughout but this was featured at the end credits.
Yes....... 50s and early 60s....... my high school years (class of 1963)....... soooooooo much fun music and dances.....
You'll get round to the UK Doo-Wop masters, The Darts, one day!
They're from the south of England, and were pretty popular around the late 70's-early 80's, and performed some great old covers as well as some fantastic original songs, written by various band members.
I think their USP was the fact that all four singers sang lead vocals, depending on the song!!
Bob Fish (RIP) had a fabulous falsetto
Griff Fender was the 'rocker', on faster tempo songs
Rita Ray (the only girl in the 9 piece band!) sang the 'he done me wrong' songs, & was the pin-up girl for all the guy fans!! 😍
Last, but not least, Den Hegarty was the ultimate the bass-man!
Mad as a box of frogs, but with a sublime bass vocal, that really drove the songs along!!
Play literally ANYTHING by The Darts, & marvel at the most rocking-est band the UK had to offer!! 😃😃😃
I remember when this came out, my older sisters played it all the time and it was all over their radio
This song really reminds me of the ‘50’s!! 😘
Should listen to "Sha Na Na"
ANOTHER great GROUP!!
Yes!!🙌👏👏
Originally written by Rodgers & Hart in 1934. Many covers over the decades.
I like Sha Na Na, they are a group that had their own TV show! Their bass singer is amazing!
They had a great version of Blue Moon.
Bowzer?
Bowzer! To this day I love them. Plus Sha Na Na was in Grease as the band at Rydell's prom
Bowser! YES!
SNN also had good versions of Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay and Remember Then. A group called Harmony Street does a real nice version of Remember Then on YT
Doo wop fanatic here. NYC street music. Give the Chantels a listen, young folks will love it.
I love “Maybe” by the Chantels
@@joyceedwards2708 That is a great song, i love it too, and also " I Love You So ".
Puuuuuure crisp and clear Doo-wop! Love it!
This is in the movie Grease, in a different (slower) pace at the dance (When Sonny, Doody and Putzie showed their own "Full moon")
One of the bangers on my Dad's oldies mixtapes in the 80s
Yes, take me back, way back to the music i remember falling in love with when i came to the US at 8 years of age. The neighborhood teens singing DooWop late at night in the darkened schoolyard across the street, they sounded so cool. Been in love with DooWop ever since. I only wish you had the studio version that the radio stations played. Want some classic DooWop gems?, give a listen to " One Summer Night " by The Danleers, " Sixteen Candles " by The Crests, " Remember Then " by The Earls, and "So Fine " by The Fiestas. I have a ton more, but i won't clog up the system. Keep them coming guys, like your breakdown in your reactions.
A group called Showaddywaddy did an accapella version of this that was a big hit in the UK in the 70s. they specialised in that type of tune ans had spectaucular 50s Teddy boy clothes!!
Jay and Amber i love this song from 1957. I wasn't born till 69 but i know a lot of music as i am a record collector.
Wonderful music. I miss the innocence so much.
I was 13 with my transistor radio turned up loud just jammin' to this. Now I have ear buds and I'm still loving rock and roll in all its genres. y'all are so much fun. thanks.
Love, love, love Doo-wop music! This has always been one of my faves! Thanks for the reaction!
You have heard this song before in Grease. It played at the big dance when the t-birds mooned the camera.
Have to be honest in saying this was one of my favorite songs growing up (I'm 36) and listened to the oldies station in elementary school. Fast forward to senior year of high school and songs like these had me singing bass parts in the musical because of my bottom vocal range.
This kind of music, this time period, had such fun, playful and fantastic ingenuity!
Love this versions, it was used as the credits tune to An American Warewolf in London 😊
I was born in 1956....so the 60's and 70's was my tunes...so glad to watch you guys rock out to them...I'm a big Frank Zappa(RIP) fan...not much radio play was mostly word of mouth..try "yellow snow" it's 3 short songs run together...or "stinkfoot" I can give you many more if you like...enjoy
This song was in movie Grease sung by different group but good.
The Marcels were a doowop quintet from Pittsburgh named after a popular hairstyle of the time. A staff producer at Colpix Records, Stu Phillips, believed in them when no one else at the company did, and snuck them into the studio at 8pm for a clandestine four-song session. Unfortunately, the group only had three songs. Phillips asked 'em what else they sang. They offered this number and that number, and he didn't care for any of 'em, except for one little itty-bit in the middle of one tune. It had the same chord progressions as "Heart And Soul" and "Blue Moon" and so he asked the Marcels if they knew either of those numbers. "Heart And Soul"? Nah, they didn't know it. But one of the Marcels was familiar with "Blue Moon". "So I gave him an hour to teach it to the others," said Phillips.
When he returned, they had just eight minutes of studio time left on the clock. The Marcels did two full takes, and nailed it in the second. At any rate, two takes, a bomp-ba-ba-bomp and a reworked release, and the Marcels were out of there. Oh, and that little itty-bit from one of the rejected songs? Phillips figured that would make a great intro for the record. So they stuck it on the front of "Blue Moon".
A Colpix promotions man chanced to hear the song, asked Stu Phillips for a tape, and passed it on to Murray the K at WINS New York. On his next show, Murray the K played "Blue Moon" 26 times. It knocked Elvis off the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot One Hundred in April 1961, and went to Number One in Britain a few weeks later. -- Mark Steyn (Blue Moon - Steyn's Song of the Week)
I was 8 when this came out and it's been a favorite of mine ever since.
This is my karaoke jam. Also Sha Na Na does a great version with Bowzer on bass of course, and Lenny (RIP) on lead.
The movie "American Werewolf in London" includes this, and pretty much every other moon-related rock tune, in its soundtrack.
Another good song from that era, “Charlie Brown” by the Coasters.
I love it!!! Still can sing the right amount of bomp a bomp bomps, dag a dag dags, and dig a dong dings, after all these years. 😄. Doo Wop for sure.
Here's a good fun one for you.
The Tokens: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (video when they're young or old, both are great!)
And here's a wonderful ballad love song.... "You Belong To Me" by The Duprees. (It's a cover of a Jo Stafford ballad )
Both of these songs were on diner juke boxes for decades. ( every booth seat in a diner and on the counters were small nuke boxes. 25¢ bought you 3 songs.) Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife" and The Drifter's "Under The Boardwalk" were other standards that were on for decades too.). I miss those juke boxes.
May I also suggest these:
*The Rays: "2 Silhouettes on the Shade"
*The Drifters: "Up on the Roof"
*Ben E. King:: "Spanish Harlem"
These were all big hits too from the 50's to early 60's. I used to listen to all of these at night on my radio when I went to bed.
As a see note, back then radios where really big and tv screens really small and both had glass tubes ( like cylindrical light bulbs) inside them to conduct the electricity and sound.
Such a cool song. I've tried the acapella version with some friends. Great fun!!!
This song takes me back in time to the "Super Gold" Saturday night radio program!
Me and my sister used to copy the deep , deep "blue Moon" at the end and then for fun, we'd add "yellow Sun" in as high a note as we could muster. Listening to this I couldn't help to do it again 😂
Yes definitely a classic of its kind, great vocals and way back from 1961 .Great you guys cover old and new-Colin Ward
The movie American Werewolf in London featured this version at the end and the ballad version at the beginning. Both are great in their own way
As an absolute Led zeppelin/Metallica/Pink Floyd 24/7 maniac, I fell in love with this song as a 10 year old boy. It’s a great song
I remember singing this song with my sisters, when I was probably six or seven years old
Blue full moon 🌝 🌕 🌚 🌙 💙, ty guys love this song and doo wop ✌️❤️🌎
I was 10 when it came out and still react the same way today as then..thanks for the oldies
AWWWW - SO GOOD! This, to me, SCREAMS 50s, even though it came out in '61!! LOVE THIS ONE!!!
I love this song, a Doo Wop great. I believe this was in 1958 or 1959. There were many great songs during this era.👍👏👏👏♥️♥️
This song has a great use of syncopated rhythm.
Sir Jay and Lady Amber, originally sung by Connee Boswell, Al Bowlly,Mel Tormé, Nat Cole, Frank Sinatra this is a very popular cover. Elvis does a slow western style rendition, and Willie Nelson even Robert De Niro and Mary Kay Place,just to name a few. It's doo-wop gold. Nice reaction 👊🏾👊🏾🖖🏾
An interesting tidbit of information. "Blue Moon" was written in 1934 and was recorded many times by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Dean Martin and even Bob Dylan, to name a few. But this song, recorded by The Marcels was the only one to make it to the top and become unforgettable. It is such a great Doo-Wop number.
BTW, the Blue Moon is the 2nd Full Moon in a month.