Be-bop is the name of the music that has all the sounds… it so much fun to try and keep up with the singing ! When the song is repeated enough you will start to know the sounds and you find yourself singing along!
Tom Petty loved that song. In his song "Running down a dream" his line "me and del were singing, little runaway" he was talking about singing along with that song while driving.
More from Del Shannon: "Runaway" (the hit that put him on the map) "Hats Off To Larry" "Keep Searching (Follow The Sun)" "I Go To Pieces" (most known by Peter & Gordon, but written by Del Shannon. Del Shannon recorded it at least twice, shortly after he first wrote it, and later in a more modern version produced by Jeff Lynne.) "Walk Away" (produced by Jeff Lynne. This might give you an idea what a ELO or Traveling Wilburys song might sound like with Del Shannon on lead vocal. Also hints at his older song "Runaway.") Del Shannon was supposed to join the Traveling Wilburys after Roy Orbison passed away, but sadly he committed suicide before this could happen.
You mentioned maybe doing more Disco and the Bee Gees. Would you consider reacting to the 1960's and early 70's Bee Gees. They had some monster hits with songs like Massachusetts, and I started a Joke, and Lonely Days. You are missing out on a whole different side of the Bee Gees. Even hearing Robin and Maurice singing lead vocals.
You guys have got to listen to "I Only Have Eyes For You" by The Flamingos. One of the best ever songs of the 50s. Great background, great harmonies, fabulous slow dance song.
J & Amber, you'll love his "The Wanderer", "Teenager In Love" and "Donna The Prima Donna"!!!! edit - 50s recommendation- The Five Satins- "In The Still Of The Night", beautiful love song that was #1 song on oldies stations for years. It starts out with 'sh-doop doobie doo' 4 times in the intro
I always think of Doo Wop as the updated rock version of barbershop quartets with the tight 4 part harmonies. And I think technically, scatting is an improv thing whereas the doo wop made up words are just a fun filler that they can all harmonize on. Plus I think.they used the feel of the words as a sort of backing "rhythm section" for the song since the original groups were doing it all a cappella on the street corner.
Yeah, exactly, all of that. Doo-wop actually started as an evolution of jazz and blues in African-American communities in the 1940s, so I think it's fair to say that the "nonsense" words of doo-wop evolved from scatting. As the style spread, it was adopted and influenced by other groups like Latin-Americans and Italian-Americans (like Dion & the Belmonts, e.g.) and became kind of an early rock 'n' roll version of a barbershop quartet with a high tenor singing lead and the other voices acting as instruments and creating the rhythm. Although doo-wop typically did have instruments (usually playing a swing beat and using the off-beat to keep time), you're right that it was a style that allowed kids to stand in stairwells, bathrooms, or on the corner of their economically-depressed neighborhood and make full-on music without instruments. And, of course, as the "scatting" evolved into those fun, funny words through the rebellious, irreverent nature of rock, obviously teens were going to adopt it because teens love anything that's fun, different, and annoys their parents.
Give 'Mr. Sandman' by 'The Chordettes' a try. It's quite iconic and came out in 1954. And definitely very soda pop shop. Another 50s track but with a very different feel is 'Istanbul, Not Constantinople' by 'The Four Lads'. It came out in 1953.
same here, some of those slow-dance doo wop songs were as delicious as this one, here's the ravishing "Since I Don't" by the Skyliners...th-cam.com/video/ngZh6ZSRoYg/w-d-xo.html
Tears on my Pillow, by Little Anthony and The Imperials!! Plus, there was a group waaaay into thev90's called Sha Na Na who covered many songs of the do wop era. Or you could do one of my favorite songs, from 1957, The Diamonds singing Daddy Cool!.
Thank you!! You've brought a tear to this old cynics eye. I haven't heard this song in sssooooo long, and it still gives me chills up and down my spine. I'm sitting here bebopping, and reliving hundreds of memories of listening to this. Some of his other great songs were "Teenager In Love", "Teen Angel", and the classic "Wanderer". Other great do-wop songs would have to be "In The Still of the Night", "Life Is But A Dream", "Let's Dance", "At The Hop", "Get A Job", "Shake, Rattle, and Roll", and on and on and on...
"Lollipop" by the Chordettes is a great song. "Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler, "Get a Job" by the Silhouettes, and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by the Platters are a good start.
Beautiful! Now hit "One Summer Night," by the Danleers, and "My Prayer," by the Platters. My dad is 86, and these are two of his favorites from the '50s. Totally different than Dion, but two of the most beautiful songs you'll hear from that era.
YES!!! Not to mention Twilight Time, Only You, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Great Pretender, The Magic Touch...also by The Platters...and I Only Have Eyes For You by The Flamingoes, Earth Angel by The Penguins...so many more, great doo-wop songs!
Another great reaction, Jay and Amber, thanks. Tracks to check out: 'The Silhouettes - Get a Job', 'The Chips - Rubber Biscuit', 'Thurston Harris - My Little Bitty Pretty One', 'The Chordettes - Mr Sandman', 'The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You', 'The Marcels - Blue Moon', 'The Skyliners - Since I Can't Have You', 'Del Shannon - Runaway'.
Dion.. The Wanderer, lots of saxophone. There was a movie made from this song also called The Wanderers. From 1952 to 1989. new music was introduced and rated by teens on American Bandstand. I was 4 in 52 but watch with my mother then any myself later. Just about every Rock and Roll singer passed through American Bandstand on their way to success.
"I Wonder Why" was the 1st single from Dion & The Belmonts to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked @ #22 in 1958. Between 1958 - 1970, Dion (1958 - mid-1960 w/ The Belmonts, in late 1960, as a solo artist), charted 32 singles on the Hot 100 with a late addition in 1989 "And the Night Stood Still" (featuring back-up vocals by Dave Edmunds, Patty Smyth & Mark Lennon). So 33 charted singles featuring 11 Top 10s including 1@ #1 ("Runaround Sue" -1961).
Just FYI the Andrew Sisters were not Doo Wop genre and not from the 1950s. They were at their peak in the 1940s, their style was Swing & Boogie-Woogie, and during Word War II, hence their military outfits.
Always good to hear Dion. The Wanderer by Dion was the very first record I ever bought, a 45 (the small record with the large hole in the middle and only one song per side). I was in the 2nd grade and saved birthday money to buy it. It's still a great song!
Yay! More" Oldies but Goodies" May I request "Venus" by Frankie Avalon from 1959. Frankie Avalon appears in Grease in the Beauty School Dropout scene. In the 50s he was a teen hearthrob in the 60s he starred opposite Annette Funicello in lots of "Beach" movies(surf culture was popular at that time) one of the Beach movies pokes fun at the Beatles who were popular at that time(Frankie Avalon plays a British artist called Potato bug and speaks with a British accent) The Andrews sisters would be considered "Boogie Woogie" music from the two decades before(1930s, 40s) Doo Wop in the 50s early 60s Thanks you guys ☺😀😂 PS There is a great Black and White clip of Frankie Avalon performing "Venus" here on YT 😀
Frankie Avalon is married to the sister of one of my junior high school teachers... My teacher married John Wayne’s oldest son, Michael... Robert England...Freddy Kruger...was one year behind me in high school... John Elway is a graduate of my high school...as is Valerie Bertinelli... “It’s a small world after all...🎶...”
I'm glad you got one of the best doo wop songs to react to! And Barry Mann the other day. You really should do another king of doo wop- Gene Chandler, and his 'Duke of Earl'. If you haven't.
The beginning and through the recording horns are vocalized . This is sort of like NY City street corner singing. They take their name from Belmont Ave in NY City's Bronx Borough
"I Only Have Eyes For You" by The Flamingos is a gorgeous doo wop song with a slower, more romantic feel. It's one of the most beautiful songs of the 50's, and you may recognize it because it's iconic, so they use it in movies and commercials and such.
I don’t know if you watch PBS but occasionally the PBS stations will offer fundraising shows by bringing back the Doo Wop artists. In fact my southern Arizona PBS has a Doo Wop program scheduled for 7 pm Saturday evening.
Do Wop was street music, no instruments . Songs of the radio and rocked up. When taken off the street and instruments added the harmonies and rhythms were kept in. Every neighborhood in the Bronx (home of Dion & The Belmonts) had a group
Originally, Groups got together on the street corners. Since they had no music to back them up, they made doo-wop noises to carry the tune. It is also known as Acapella.
That angelic falsetto wasn’t Dion it was Angelo D’Aleo, one of the Belmonts. He’s not pictured there, he missed alot of photo ops because he was in the navy. The deep scat like bass was the late great Carlo Mastrangelo. Freddy Milano is the third Belmont. Dion was only 18 when he recorded this song.
If you’re listening to 50’s music, you’re listening to dance music! *Everybody* danced in the 50’s. The stops, the bops, the beat…all of it designed to dance around and through.
ROB SQUAD IF YOU REMEMBER FROM YOUR ROCKY MOVIE REACTION THE GROUP OF GUYS THAT WERE STANDING ON THE CORNER SINGING WHEN ROCKY WALKED PAST IS HOW DOO WOP BEGAN!! IN THE 50S THERE WOULD BE GROUPS LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE JUST STANDING AROUND AND HARMONIZING!! SOME OF THEM GOT RECOGNIZED AND RECORDED!! WHEN I HEAR A SONG LIKE THIS ONE, THAT IS THE MENTAL PICTURE THAT I GET!!
The Wanderer Ruby Baby Donna the Prima Donna Teenager in Love Run around Sue This was their first release in 1958 and reached Number 22 on the Billboard 100. More 50's and 60's please. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
One of the Goats singer songwriter musician. Dion DiMucci an American Icon, 2021 Stomping Ground, and 2022 Blues with friends feature collaborations with other goats like Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Boz Scaggs,Peter Frampton,Brian Setzer,Jeff Beck,Van Morrison,Billy Gibbons,Steven Van Zandt. Everyone loves this man who just turned 83 in July. There is even a stage musical about his life!
Its was the best teenage fast- dance music I ever heard, and I was a preteen then. Nothing better. Total body involvement, they were human, not blips or effects. And that sexy wall of sound feel..so block-dance yummy!! They literally sang down the long hall of some old building to get the echo effect. Real musicianship too. Love this song ;=)
I like Dion and my favorite by him is Run Around Sue! I always listen to it at least three times!! lol!!! 50's music always makes me wish I was a teenager during that time but my era is the 70's, Tears on my pillow by Little Anthony , Never let me go by The Van Dykes are fantastic! the harmony is out of this world!!
They are from the Belmont section of Bronx, New York. Arthur Avenue is the main drag there- Little Italy. I go there and sing all of these songs in the restaurants-live 😁
You had to have heard that song before! Especially watching movies, Bronx Tail, Deuces Wild, Christine, ect. One of the best Rock n Roll songs of all time....Thanks for sharing.....
Dion was a late addition to the Winter Party Tour that Buddy Holly was on, when he died. There's a video where he talks about those last days of the tour.
Dion actually turned down a seat on the plane because he couldn't see paying $36 to fly. It was the same amount his parents paid monthly for rent. He won the coin toss and gave it up after hearing the price.
I always thought of the "Doo-Wop" sounds like an instrument in itself, a human instrument. It's fun to "Doo-Wop" along with them. It's like "Back to the Future" soda shop music. I think that's the appeal of "Doo-Wop".
You’d like “Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow” by the Rivingtons and “Surfin Bird - Bird Is the Word” by The Trashmen both from 1963). In fact, you could do them together, they’re very similar and it’d be fun!
a lot of this was new york street corner singing. they had no instruments so they filled it in with guys singing different parts and it was amazing. i don't know how they came up with this sound but it just grabs you and takes you in and back to what was going on in the late '50's. back then this was cutting edge and has stood the test of time. every time you hear this it seems as great as the first time. another cool dion song is "love came to me ' check it out.
The name the Belmonts was derived from two of the four singers having lived on Belmont Avenue in the Bronx, and the other two lived near Belmont Avenue.
Most Doo Wop bands started singing on the street corners without instruments. They would often use their voices to substitute for the instruments, especially the bass. This resulted is a lot of experimentation and improvisation with the voices. This is why you hear so many sounds using the voices. It's also where the Doo Wop name came from. They would usually keep these sounds and phrases later, even when they sang with instruments.
Jan and Dean, Lou Christie, Ricky Nelson...there are sooo many greats from the early 60's on! You guys did the Seekers the other day, one of my faves "I'll never find another you", right after Judith died...but did you know the "B side" of that 45rpm disc was "open up them pearly gates"? I was listening to that song the day BEFORE Judith died. I just thought that was an odd b-side for the song that I heard right before she died. Anyway...great review.
Some of Dion DiMucci's other biggest hits include "Ruby Baby", "Runaway", "Lovers Who Wander", and "Donna the Prima Donna". (He had a LOT of songs with girls' names in them.)
I like to think of this style of music as singing the instruments parts. The Belmonts do the bass, keyboards and guitar parts. They just sing the parts. ☮💛🎶
I recall how the late Steve Allen would sometimes stand at a lectern on one of his talk shows and recite one of these doo wop numbers. My parents loved it.
Hello again 😄. I forgot to mention: Del Vikings.... "Cone and Go With Me" The Duprees... "You Belong to Me" Th Corsaires..."Smokey Places" Ben E. King.... "Spanish Harlem" Gene Chandler.... "The Duke Earl" Gene Pitney.... "The Town Without Pity"
@@paulneighbors6066 Not sure 10 years after what. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, JFK was assassinated in 1963, and MLK was assassinated in 1968. This song was released in 1968
The rehearsed dance routine in the video was great as well and watching the reaction on these guys sang and performed. Another one of my favorites by Benny King singing Spanish Harlem, the horn solo is fantastic.
I want to just shout out today for one of my best friends who passed away about 3 months ago after 3 months in the hospital. Even though he was 72 he had a spirit that was never ending and Doo-Wops were his favorite. Of the 12 weeks in the hospital I only got to speak to him one time and played Doo-Wops for him where he tapped his feet. Forever Love to Roger "Mr. Miyagi" Fong.
The feel of this just warrants a recommendation to watch Peggy Sue Got Married. Made in the 80s but set in the late 50s/early 60s. Starring a young Nicholas Cage and Kathleen Turner. It also has Jim Carey as a side character.
Dion started with the group Dion and The Belmonts in mid to late '50's. Started a solo career in '61- releasing the hit "Runaround Sue" about a non-loyal lover. He answered that later that year with the hit song "The Wanderer" about a guy who "plays the field". His career spanned from the doo-wop era of the '50's and into pop, rock, R&B, folk and some blues through the 60's into the 80's. Was one of the most popular male singers during the British Invasion of the 60's. In 1968 he wrote and released the hit - "Abraham, Martin and John" (also includes Bobby in the song). He was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Runaround Sue in 2002; inducted into music Hall of Fame in 1989 and the the song "Run around Sue" is #351 of the top 500 songs of all time. Quite an amazing singer and songwriter.
I LOVE this song. I used to sing along with it when I played my oldies cassette tape when I was a kid. I'd sing Dion's part one time, then switched up which backup singer's part I'd take another time. Consequently, I was a decent doo-wop singer when I was younger. Unfortunately, I wouldn't sing for anyone except my family. Anyway, I never get tired of Dion and the Belmonts. Do a reaction to every song they ever did and I'll be happy with every one. Thanks for this reaction.
Dion has said that he started doing doo-wop because they couldn't afford instruments back in the day. So, they used their voices to imitate instruments. He's still around - in his 80s, & still recording. A survivor. Still worth listening to.
Do you ever notice when you listen to the 50's music, you almost always find yourself smiling? I must have a fabulous time, I was born in 1959 but I heard my Mother and Father's records all growing up, then when I was 14 Happy Days came on TV it was Happy and Fun music for sure.
So, I just went on a marathon of watching you two doing reactions to The Beatles And I have to laugh. Watched the very first one you did and the number one comment was: " if you're going to go down the rabbit hole of The Beatles You better pack a lunch because it's going to be a long journey". And now I have got to laugh😅🤣😂🤣😅 You went down that rabbit hole and so far you haven't even skimmed the surface of all of their great songs together and solo. But I can see you are enjoying the journey😁👍
Great song! This is my parents' time. Please do "Bristol Stomp" by The Dovells. That was my father's first small record that he bought in 1961. Thanks!
I saw an interview with Deon Delmucci and he said that he and his friends would go to clubs that had bands blowing horns, and they used that in their music replicating what they heard from the horns.
Origins of Doo-Wop: In the late '50s, in Italian, Hispanic, and black neighborhoods in cities, there were teenage boys who couldn't afford musical instruments. A group would gather on a street corner. Each member of the group would take a low, medium, or high vocal part to imitate the sound of a swing band. Part of the style was "scat," nonsense rhythmic syllables such as bip-bop, doo-wop, etc.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - The Tokens "Blue Moon" - The Marcels "Mr. Bassman" - Johnny Cymbal "Runaway" - Del Shannon "At the Hop" - Danny & The Juniors "Book of Love" - The Monotones "Little Darlin'" - The Diamonds
I absolutely love Doo-wop, and I am so happy to see you delving more into it! This is indeed a great one, as are most songs by Dion and the Belmonts, however my favorite Doo-wop classic of all (and my recommendation this time) is actually "Come Go with Me" by The Del-Vikings from 1957. Such a great song! I know you'll love it! EDIT: The Del-Vikings are also notable for being one of the early racially mixed groups; that was very rare in their time.
Yes. "Come Go With Me" by the Del Vikings is the ULTIMATE Doo Wop song. "Whispering Bells" I believe was the B side and is... not exactly Doo Wop... but is none-the-less one of the most beautiful recordings you will ever find anywhere.
A great song with what is widely acknowledged as the most intricate glorious “vocal run in” throughout all songs of this era! Thank you for choosing this song and a great reaction💕
You would love Del Shannon's "Runaway," a classic of the late 50s-early 60s sound.
Be-bop is the name of the music that has all the sounds… it so much fun to try and keep up with the singing ! When the song is repeated enough you will start to know the sounds and you find yourself singing along!
That's the song I was reminded of! I wa wa wa wa wonder, why, a why why why why why she went away...
Loved Del Shannon!
@@wendywoodruff2871 yep, is a great song, the peak of do-woop. So good, and sad, but upbeat, lust like big band/swing the crooners, u til do-whoop.
That's funny because when I first read this title that's the song I thought of
I agree…”Runaway” by Del Shannon is quite possibly one of the best songs ever written and recorded. His vocals are just perfect.
Tom Petty loved that song. In his song "Running down a dream" his line "me and del were singing, little runaway" he was talking about singing along with that song while driving.
More from Del Shannon:
"Runaway" (the hit that put him on the map)
"Hats Off To Larry"
"Keep Searching (Follow The Sun)"
"I Go To Pieces" (most known by Peter & Gordon, but written by Del Shannon. Del Shannon recorded it at least twice, shortly after he first wrote it, and later in a more modern version produced by Jeff Lynne.)
"Walk Away" (produced by Jeff Lynne. This might give you an idea what a ELO or Traveling Wilburys song might sound like with Del Shannon on lead vocal. Also hints at his older song "Runaway.")
Del Shannon was supposed to join the Traveling Wilburys after Roy Orbison passed away, but sadly he committed suicide before this could happen.
My mom and dad lived next door to Del Shannon in Michigan at one time.They said he was a really nice guy.
@@gregorymoore2877 Here's the Wilbury's version of "Runaway"
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More than sixty years from the original recording and this is a stone killer!
"A Teenager In Love" is their best song!!! That one should be next.
Agreed - my favorite!
@@cjpew "Where or When" Classic!!
@@user-jn6bi7mn4m and don't forget Ruby Baby!
You mentioned maybe doing more Disco and the Bee Gees. Would you consider reacting to the 1960's and early 70's Bee Gees. They had some monster hits with songs like Massachusetts, and I started a Joke, and Lonely Days. You are missing out on a whole different side of the Bee Gees. Even hearing Robin and Maurice singing lead vocals.
@@bgallagher8129 Oh yeah! To Love Somebody is another great one!
You guys have got to listen to "I Only Have Eyes For You" by The Flamingos. One of the best ever songs of the 50s. Great background, great harmonies, fabulous slow dance song.
Yes¡!!
Yes-this is one of the most beautiful songs- so haunting!
My favorite. You float dancing to this song
CLASSIC!!!!!!!
J & Amber, you'll love his "The Wanderer", "Teenager In Love" and "Donna The Prima Donna"!!!!
edit - 50s recommendation-
The Five Satins- "In The Still Of The Night", beautiful love song that was #1 song on oldies stations for years.
It starts out with 'sh-doop doobie doo' 4 times in the intro
I agree, they need to do all 3 but the 'Wanderer' and 'Teenager In Love' are my favorites...
Runaround Sue!
@@dannysalamon5731 they did that already. They loved it! Worth the watch.
@@dannysalamon5731 Wow forgot that one...you are totally right~!
I always think of Doo Wop as the updated rock version of barbershop quartets with the tight 4 part harmonies. And I think technically, scatting is an improv thing whereas the doo wop made up words are just a fun filler that they can all harmonize on. Plus I think.they used the feel of the words as a sort of backing "rhythm section" for the song since the original groups were doing it all a cappella on the street corner.
Yeah, exactly, all of that. Doo-wop actually started as an evolution of jazz and blues in African-American communities in the 1940s, so I think it's fair to say that the "nonsense" words of doo-wop evolved from scatting. As the style spread, it was adopted and influenced by other groups like Latin-Americans and Italian-Americans (like Dion & the Belmonts, e.g.) and became kind of an early rock 'n' roll version of a barbershop quartet with a high tenor singing lead and the other voices acting as instruments and creating the rhythm.
Although doo-wop typically did have instruments (usually playing a swing beat and using the off-beat to keep time), you're right that it was a style that allowed kids to stand in stairwells, bathrooms, or on the corner of their economically-depressed neighborhood and make full-on music without instruments.
And, of course, as the "scatting" evolved into those fun, funny words through the rebellious, irreverent nature of rock, obviously teens were going to adopt it because teens love anything that's fun, different, and annoys their parents.
@@johnplaysgames3120 that's it in a nutshell. great explanation!
Give 'Mr. Sandman' by 'The Chordettes' a try. It's quite iconic and came out in 1954. And definitely very soda pop shop. Another 50s track but with a very different feel is 'Istanbul, Not Constantinople' by 'The Four Lads'. It came out in 1953.
Everybody has heard some of that from Back To The Future. 😁
On that note lets get a bit more obscure with The Teddy Bears song To Know Him Is To Love Him which is one of the most beautiful
songs ever recorded.
Wonderful suggestion.
I’m new here and I’m 76 years old the memories your giving me thank you
You're going to love these two.
Welcome to the RSR family🙋🏻♀️
same here, some of those slow-dance doo wop songs were as delicious as this one, here's the ravishing "Since I Don't" by the Skyliners...th-cam.com/video/ngZh6ZSRoYg/w-d-xo.html
Ruby Baby and The Wanderer are 2 of Dion's best! Another great '50s song would be Since I Don't Have You by the Skylines.
"Since I Don't Have You" by the Skyliners.
@@bobbyd968 thank you, I just edited it.
Tears on my Pillow, by Little Anthony and The Imperials!! Plus, there was a group waaaay into thev90's called Sha Na Na who covered many songs of the do wop era. Or you could do one of my favorite songs, from 1957, The Diamonds singing Daddy Cool!.
Thank you!! You've brought a tear to this old cynics eye. I haven't heard this song in sssooooo long, and it still gives me chills up and down my spine. I'm sitting here bebopping, and reliving hundreds of memories of listening to this.
Some of his other great songs were "Teenager In Love", "Teen Angel", and the classic "Wanderer".
Other great do-wop songs would have to be "In The Still of the Night", "Life Is But A Dream", "Let's Dance", "At The Hop", "Get A Job", "Shake, Rattle, and Roll", and on and on and on...
"Lollipop" by the Chordettes is a great song. "Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler, "Get a Job" by the Silhouettes, and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by the Platters are a good start.
Lollipop? Please spare us
@@fidge54 what wrong with lollipop? Its a cute song .
@@ryansgirl74 Let's say Lollipop is a stupid song with very stupid lyrics. Does it make it a great song ? Maybe.
Beautiful! Now hit "One Summer Night," by the Danleers, and "My Prayer," by the Platters. My dad is 86, and these are two of his favorites from the '50s. Totally different than Dion, but two of the most beautiful songs you'll hear from that era.
YES!!! Not to mention Twilight Time, Only You, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Great Pretender, The Magic Touch...also by The Platters...and I Only Have Eyes For You by The Flamingoes, Earth Angel by The Penguins...so many more, great doo-wop songs!
@@kdm71291 Those are great suggestions, but I believe they've already reacted to "Earth Angel."
Only you!!!
'my prayer' from the platters is one of the most beautiful songs.
So true! My favorite of theirs.
Another great reaction, Jay and Amber, thanks. Tracks to check out: 'The Silhouettes - Get a Job', 'The Chips - Rubber Biscuit', 'Thurston Harris - My Little Bitty Pretty One', 'The Chordettes - Mr Sandman', 'The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You', 'The Marcels - Blue Moon', 'The Skyliners - Since I Can't Have You', 'Del Shannon - Runaway'.
Whenever I hear Blue Moon, I think of the Sam Cooke version in American Werewolf in London.
"Get a Job" by the Silhoettes was one of the first records I owned.
Dion.. The Wanderer, lots of saxophone. There was a movie made from this song also called The Wanderers. From 1952 to 1989. new music was introduced and rated by teens on American Bandstand. I was 4 in 52 but watch with my mother then any myself later. Just about every Rock and Roll singer passed through American Bandstand on their way to success.
"I Wonder Why" was the 1st single from Dion & The Belmonts to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked @ #22 in 1958. Between 1958 - 1970, Dion (1958 - mid-1960 w/ The Belmonts, in late 1960, as a solo artist), charted 32 singles on the Hot 100 with a late addition in 1989 "And the Night Stood Still" (featuring back-up vocals by Dave Edmunds, Patty Smyth & Mark Lennon). So 33 charted singles featuring 11 Top 10s including 1@ #1 ("Runaround Sue" -1961).
Just FYI the Andrew Sisters were not Doo Wop genre and not from the 1950s. They were at their peak in the 1940s, their style was Swing & Boogie-Woogie, and during Word War II, hence their military outfits.
Dion and the Belmonts were on the Winter Dance Party tour with Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper
Love to see you react to the Dion classic, "Abraham, Martin and John".
That probably won't happen. I don't think they will touch CCM music. It would be nice though.
Man I love his voice. Always have since I was a kid in the late 80's/early 90's listening to the oldies station in the car with my parents lol
Always good to hear Dion. The Wanderer by Dion was the very first record I ever bought, a 45 (the small record with the large hole in the middle and only one song per side). I was in the 2nd grade and saved birthday money to buy it. It's still a great song!
Yay! More" Oldies but Goodies" May I request "Venus" by Frankie Avalon from 1959. Frankie Avalon appears in Grease in the Beauty School Dropout scene. In the 50s he was a teen hearthrob in the 60s he starred opposite Annette Funicello in lots of "Beach" movies(surf culture was popular at that time) one of the Beach movies pokes fun at the Beatles who were popular at that time(Frankie Avalon plays a British artist called Potato bug and speaks with a British accent) The Andrews sisters would be considered "Boogie Woogie" music from the two decades before(1930s, 40s) Doo Wop in the 50s early 60s Thanks you guys ☺😀😂 PS There is a great Black and White clip of Frankie Avalon performing "Venus" here on YT 😀
Yeeesssss ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💃💃💃💃💃💕👍👏
Frankie Avalon is married to the sister of one of my junior high school teachers...
My teacher married John Wayne’s oldest son, Michael...
Robert England...Freddy Kruger...was one year behind me in high school...
John Elway is a graduate of my high school...as is Valerie Bertinelli...
“It’s a small world after all...🎶...”
Not sure about Avalon, but Frankie Valli and Dion are still alive!!!
Talk about a song from an innocent time. LUV U Guys. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm glad you got one of the best doo wop songs to react to! And Barry Mann the other day. You really should do another king of doo wop- Gene Chandler, and his 'Duke of Earl'. If you haven't.
The beginning and through the recording horns are vocalized . This is sort of like NY City street corner singing.
They take their name from Belmont Ave in NY City's Bronx Borough
"I Only Have Eyes For You" by The Flamingos is a gorgeous doo wop song with a slower, more romantic feel. It's one of the most beautiful songs of the 50's, and you may recognize it because it's iconic, so they use it in movies and commercials and such.
Add “American Graffiti” to your movie list. Great soundtrack!! All 50’s music! And a great movie with Ron Howard.
I love this group as a teenager.
They had some great hits this was one of them, and I also love Dion when he went solo he also had a lot of hits
THE BEST doo wop song of all time. Glad you got to hear it!
This song was featured in the beginning of ‘A Bronx Tale ‘ which takes place in Dions old neighborhood, Belmont Avenue!
I don’t know if you watch PBS but occasionally the PBS stations will offer fundraising shows by bringing back the Doo Wop artists. In fact my southern Arizona PBS has a Doo Wop program scheduled for 7 pm Saturday evening.
The scat is actually the instrumentation. When you sing on the street corner
you do your own fill! That's where this music came from!
its kinda like a wall of sound, like a real stage backdrop when u dont have one. ya know?
dion was like 21 when he sing this love this band heard this song first on bronx tale. great movie
Do Wop was street music, no instruments . Songs of the radio and rocked up. When taken off the street and instruments added the harmonies and rhythms were kept in. Every neighborhood in the Bronx (home of Dion & The Belmonts) had a group
. Dion and The Belmonts were on Buddy Holly's last tour and Dion has a channel and he talks about that time .
How in the world were able to coordinate the wording and the timing WoW !!!
Originally, Groups got together on the street corners. Since they had no music to back them up, they made doo-wop noises to carry the tune. It is also known as Acapella.
Life could be a dream by the coasters is my favorite doo wop song!
That angelic falsetto wasn’t Dion it was Angelo D’Aleo, one of the Belmonts. He’s not pictured there, he missed alot of photo ops because he was in the navy. The deep scat like bass was the late great Carlo Mastrangelo. Freddy Milano is the third Belmont. Dion was only 18 when he recorded this song.
It would have been better if they used the old video of them doing this song. It’s on TH-cam too. It is a great video.
If you’re listening to 50’s music, you’re listening to dance music! *Everybody* danced in the 50’s. The stops, the bops, the beat…all of it designed to dance around and through.
ROB SQUAD IF YOU REMEMBER FROM YOUR ROCKY MOVIE REACTION THE GROUP OF GUYS THAT WERE STANDING ON THE CORNER SINGING WHEN ROCKY WALKED PAST IS HOW DOO WOP BEGAN!! IN THE 50S THERE WOULD BE GROUPS LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE JUST STANDING AROUND AND HARMONIZING!! SOME OF THEM GOT RECOGNIZED AND RECORDED!! WHEN I HEAR A SONG LIKE THIS ONE, THAT IS THE MENTAL PICTURE THAT I GET!!
The Wanderer
Ruby Baby
Donna the Prima Donna
Teenager in Love
Run around Sue
This was their first release in 1958 and reached Number 22 on the Billboard 100.
More 50's and 60's please. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
Yes! Do " Ruby Baby"! Totally different feel. Also, "Abraham, Martin and John" for his later folk stuff.
@@sherylmos461 Abraham, Martin and John. Absolutely beautiful nostalgic song. Love it.😊 👍✌️🇨🇦
Still say you gotta check out “come go with me” by the Del Vikings! Think you’ll enjoy it
Here I go again but I've seen Dion in concert I believe three times 😊 He and I share the same birthday; I'm younger than Dion though LOL 💗
One of the Goats singer songwriter musician. Dion DiMucci an American Icon, 2021 Stomping Ground, and 2022 Blues with friends feature collaborations with other goats like Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Boz Scaggs,Peter Frampton,Brian Setzer,Jeff Beck,Van Morrison,Billy Gibbons,Steven Van Zandt. Everyone loves this man who just turned 83 in July. There is even a stage musical about his life!
You need to watch the live version to really enjoy this song.
Its was the best teenage fast- dance music I ever heard, and I was a preteen then. Nothing better. Total body involvement, they were human, not blips or effects. And that sexy wall of sound feel..so block-dance yummy!! They literally sang down the long hall of some old building to get the echo effect. Real musicianship too. Love this song ;=)
I like Dion and my favorite by him is Run Around Sue! I always listen to it at least three times!! lol!!! 50's music always makes me wish I was a teenager during that time but my era is the 70's, Tears on my pillow by Little Anthony , Never let me go by The Van Dykes are fantastic! the harmony is out of this world!!
They are from the Belmont section of Bronx, New York. Arthur Avenue is the main drag there- Little Italy. I go there and sing all of these songs in the restaurants-live 😁
You had to have heard that song before! Especially watching movies, Bronx Tail, Deuces Wild, Christine, ect. One of the best Rock n Roll songs of all time....Thanks for sharing.....
Dion was a late addition to the Winter Party Tour that Buddy Holly was on, when he died. There's a video where he talks about those last days of the tour.
Dion actually turned down a seat on the plane because he couldn't see paying $36 to fly. It was the same amount his parents paid monthly for rent. He won the coin toss and gave it up after hearing the price.
@@teerat8451 I remember that part now.
I always thought of the "Doo-Wop" sounds like an instrument in itself, a human instrument. It's fun to "Doo-Wop" along with them. It's like "Back to the Future" soda shop music. I think that's the appeal of "Doo-Wop".
You’d like “Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow” by the Rivingtons and “Surfin Bird - Bird Is the Word” by The Trashmen both from 1963). In fact, you could do them together, they’re very similar and it’d be fun!
Great song from a great time.
a lot of this was new york street corner singing. they had no instruments so they filled it in with guys singing different parts and it was amazing. i don't know how they came up with this sound but it just grabs you and takes you in and back to what was going on in the late '50's. back then this was cutting edge and has stood the test of time. every time you hear this it seems as great as the first time. another cool dion song is "love came to me ' check it out.
Love came to me is one of my favorites also.
I for one do miss listening to oldies from a record player. I like the hissing and popping noises the record player gives off.
The name the Belmonts was derived from two of the four singers having lived on Belmont Avenue in the Bronx, and the other two lived near Belmont Avenue.
This music will bring you up if you're down ever time. How could it not.
Most Doo Wop bands started singing on the street corners without instruments. They would often use their voices to substitute for the instruments, especially the bass. This resulted is a lot of experimentation and improvisation with the voices. This is why you hear so many sounds using the voices. It's also where the Doo Wop name came from. They would usually keep these sounds and phrases later, even when they sang with instruments.
SO MANY GOOD DOO-WOP SONGS THE DOO-WOP BACKGROUND VOCALS WE'RE ALMOST LIKE ANOTHER INSTRUMENT
Check out the video of the Belmonts doing this song...they had some sharp dance steps to go with those great vocals.
Jan and Dean, Lou Christie, Ricky Nelson...there are sooo many greats from the early 60's on! You guys did the Seekers the other day, one of my faves "I'll never find another you", right after Judith died...but did you know the "B side" of that 45rpm disc was "open up them pearly gates"? I was listening to that song the day BEFORE Judith died. I just thought that was an odd b-side for the song that I heard right before she died. Anyway...great review.
Have always enjoyed Doo Wop. Reminds me of the street corner groups from Philly and NYC back (way back!) in the day.
Some of Dion DiMucci's other biggest hits include "Ruby Baby", "Runaway", "Lovers Who Wander", and "Donna the Prima Donna". (He had a LOT of songs with girls' names in them.)
Dion did not sing “Runaway” that was Del Shanon.
I like to think of this style of music as singing the instruments parts. The Belmonts do the bass, keyboards and guitar parts. They just sing the parts. ☮💛🎶
“The Wander” is my favorite!!🤘🔥
Y'all missed how smooth their co-ordinated stage moves were. Check out the performance video, too!❤
This song always makes me think of the movie “ PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED”!! Ugh …. Such a classic. Classic movie and song! 💜💜💜
A great movie of this era is American Graffiti. I grew up with this music, such a great time. Thanks for the memories.
Great Pretender, Smoke gets in your eyes, Only you, Twilight time.... all songs by wonderful The Platters. ❤️
He also wrote the moving Abraham,Martin and John
Really ? I never knew that.
Dion was the first one to record the song, but it was written by Richard Holler
I recall how the late Steve Allen would sometimes stand at a lectern on one of his talk shows and recite one of these doo wop numbers. My parents loved it.
Hello again 😄. I forgot to mention:
Del Vikings.... "Cone and Go With Me"
The Duprees... "You Belong to Me"
Th Corsaires..."Smokey Places"
Ben E. King.... "Spanish Harlem"
Gene Chandler.... "The Duke Earl"
Gene Pitney.... "The Town Without Pity"
This was really fun to listen to. Thank you!
"So Much in Love" by the Tymes. Great!
If you like older Dion you must listen to "Abraham, Martin & John"
Well, in all fairness A.M and J is like 10 years later.
@@paulneighbors6066 Not sure 10 years after what. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, JFK was assassinated in 1963, and MLK was assassinated in 1968. This song was released in 1968
This is dowop and many groups added it to their songs awesome Jay and Amber thanks love you guys enjoy yourselves 👍😜♥️
The rehearsed dance routine in the video was great as well and watching the reaction on these guys sang and performed. Another one of my favorites by Benny King singing Spanish Harlem, the horn solo is fantastic.
Dion just came out with a new Album last year it's real good you need to give The Wanderer a listen by Dion thanks
I want to just shout out today for one of my best friends who passed away about 3 months ago after 3 months in the hospital. Even though he was 72 he had a spirit that was never ending and Doo-Wops were his favorite. Of the 12 weeks in the hospital I only got to speak to him one time and played Doo-Wops for him where he tapped his feet. Forever Love to Roger "Mr. Miyagi" Fong.
The feel of this just warrants a recommendation to watch Peggy Sue Got Married. Made in the 80s but set in the late 50s/early 60s. Starring a young Nicholas Cage and Kathleen Turner. It also has Jim Carey as a side character.
Dion started with the group Dion and The Belmonts in mid to late '50's. Started a solo career in '61- releasing the hit "Runaround Sue" about a non-loyal lover. He answered that later that year with the hit song "The Wanderer" about a guy who "plays the field". His career spanned from the doo-wop era of the '50's and into pop, rock, R&B, folk and some blues through the 60's into the 80's. Was one of the most popular male singers during the British Invasion of the 60's. In 1968 he wrote and released the hit - "Abraham, Martin and John" (also includes Bobby in the song). He was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Runaround Sue in 2002; inducted into music Hall of Fame in 1989 and the the song "Run around Sue" is #351 of the top 500 songs of all time. Quite an amazing singer and songwriter.
I respect these guys because this man shares my name.
Their voices were the main instruments. Any backing instruments were in the background.
I LOVE this song. I used to sing along with it when I played my oldies cassette tape when I was a kid. I'd sing Dion's part one time, then switched up which backup singer's part I'd take another time. Consequently, I was a decent doo-wop singer when I was younger. Unfortunately, I wouldn't sing for anyone except my family. Anyway, I never get tired of Dion and the Belmonts. Do a reaction to every song they ever did and I'll be happy with every one. Thanks for this reaction.
Dion has said that he started doing doo-wop because they couldn't afford instruments back in the day. So, they used their voices to imitate instruments. He's still around - in his 80s, & still recording. A survivor. Still worth listening to.
Frankie Lymon. An amazing young singer who died to young.
Yes. "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" and "I Want You To Be My Girl" are a couple of the songs.
I saw him back around 1992 very small venue. Probably 500 people he was fantastic.
Do you ever notice when you listen to the 50's music, you almost always find yourself smiling? I must have a fabulous time, I was born in 1959 but I heard my Mother and Father's records all growing up, then when I was 14 Happy Days came on TV it was Happy and Fun music for sure.
So, I just went on a marathon of watching you two doing reactions to The Beatles And I have to laugh.
Watched the very first one you did and the number one comment was:
" if you're going to go down the rabbit hole of The Beatles You better pack a lunch because it's going to be a long journey".
And now I have got to laugh😅🤣😂🤣😅
You went down that rabbit hole and so far you haven't even skimmed the surface of all of their great songs together and solo.
But I can see you are enjoying the journey😁👍
Great song! This is my parents' time. Please do "Bristol Stomp" by The Dovells. That was my father's first small record that he bought in 1961. Thanks!
I saw an interview with Deon Delmucci and he said that he and his friends would go to clubs that had bands blowing horns, and they used that in their music replicating what they heard from the horns.
Origins of Doo-Wop: In the late '50s, in Italian, Hispanic, and black neighborhoods in cities, there were teenage boys who couldn't afford musical instruments. A group would gather on a street corner. Each member of the group would take a low, medium, or high vocal part to imitate the sound of a swing band. Part of the style was "scat," nonsense rhythmic syllables such as bip-bop, doo-wop, etc.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - The Tokens
"Blue Moon" - The Marcels
"Mr. Bassman" - Johnny Cymbal
"Runaway" - Del Shannon
"At the Hop" - Danny & The Juniors
"Book of Love" - The Monotones
"Little Darlin'" - The Diamonds
Dion is still making music, He plays the blues now and has worked with some great musicians.
AGH I LOVE THEM SM!!! Listen to “I’ve cried before” chills!!
This was recorded in one take, with all the singers gathered around one mic.
I absolutely love Doo-wop, and I am so happy to see you delving more into it! This is indeed a great one, as are most songs by Dion and the Belmonts, however my favorite Doo-wop classic of all (and my recommendation this time) is actually "Come Go with Me" by The Del-Vikings from 1957. Such a great song! I know you'll love it!
EDIT: The Del-Vikings are also notable for being one of the early racially mixed groups; that was very rare in their time.
Yes. "Come Go With Me" by the Del Vikings is the ULTIMATE Doo Wop song.
"Whispering Bells" I believe was the B side and is... not exactly Doo Wop... but is none-the-less one of the most beautiful recordings you will ever find anywhere.
A great song with what is widely acknowledged as the most intricate glorious “vocal run in” throughout all songs of this era! Thank you for choosing this song and a great reaction💕