Try showaddywaddy cover of this from the 70s it was a big hit for them they then did various old rock n roll covers they keep true to the originals try them out Jamel you would like them
not sure if you guys gives a shit but if you are stoned like me atm then you can watch pretty much all of the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Been streaming with my girlfriend for the last few weeks :)
This style is called "Doo-wop." This recording was made when I was in eighth grade. We were dancing the jitterbug, wearing straight skirts and sweaters as blouses, and saddle oxfords with bobby sox. If you want to see some dancing from the times, watch some of Dick Clark's American Bandstand shows.
Dion was included in the ill-fated Winter Dance Party with Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper. He was invited to fly but refused because he could not rationalize spending $36 to fly since that was his parents monthly rent. He was only 19 at the time. He went on to marry his Sue in 1963 and they are still together. He us now 81.
@Christel Headington I watched it too! A fun movie that also touches your heart & makes you wonder what you would do if you could go back (knowing what you know now). Love it!💙
Heck yeah!!!! Love me some Dion and the Belmonts!!!! This era is a rabbit hole that is well worth going down....SOOOOO Many great artist from back then
Oh, fun, throwbackness. Be fun if you could do a block of 50's stuff at some point. Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, Paul Anka. Whole different feel and sound than the 60's. And, of course, The Platters Only You th-cam.com/video/cl6ZjNjZcE8/w-d-xo.html and Great Pretender th-cam.com/video/Pzkszgjkj6Q/w-d-xo.html and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes th-cam.com/video/OsAhCvLbNrs/w-d-xo.html
@@David_Theisen Sh-Boom was by the Chords. The Crew Cuts did a vastly inferior cover version. Back in the mid 50s, when a black artist came out with a winner, it was common for some record company to quickly cover the song with a white artist. This was not like doing a cover a year or more down the road, these were done while the original was climbing the charts. This did great damage to sales for the original artists. Pat Boone made a career out of covering Little Richard. Usually the covers were greatly inferior.
I once met his sister, Donna (the Prima Donna). She said he's still living in Palm Beach, FL. To me, vocally, he and Johnny Maestro of the Crests helped define that era of Rock n Roll. Scream and shout, that's what rock and roll is all about...
Oh man!!! My mom used to take me 3 stops on the bus to go shopping on Arthur Ave about 2 or 3 times a week back in the early 70s. It used to feel like every Italian in the Bronx knew each other. I miss those days a lot
A much later Dion banger from the ‘90s is “King of the New York Streets” Lou Reed inducted Dion into the Rock Hall of Fame, called him one of the greatest singers of the r&r era.
My favorite doo wop songs - aside from this one (fall into the harmonies): Teenager in Love, Tell Me Why - Dion and the Belmonts Never Let You Go - The Five Discs Denise - Randy and the Rainbows Trouble in Paradise, The Angels Listened In - The Crests Little Darlin' - The Diamonds Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson Stay - Maurice Williams Come Go With Me - The Dell Vikings Blue Moon - The Marcels
Love Doo Wop! Big Bopper, Sha Na Na, Dion & The Belmonts...So many fun tunes from those days. A lot of kids would gather on street corners and harmonize like that.
Dion is now 81 years old living in Boca Raton....the Belmonts have passed away....this is the best Doo Wop song ever recorded.....thanks for the memories.
When I was working in New York City ages and ages ago back in 1980, I had a friend I worked with who loved Doo Wop. I remember going with her to a concert at Madison Square Garden. It was a brunch of Doo Woo groups, and the show was called “Doo Wop at the Garden”. The group I remember most was the Teenagers. Frankie Lymon had been gone for years, and they had a girl singer to sing his parts. The group was still awesome. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons also fell into the Doo Wop genre. Great stuff. 💜
Dude, this style of rock and roll is called doo-wop because the backup singers would often use the sound “wop” or “doo-wop” in their vocals. Some of the best rock songs ever are doo-wop songs. You can go on Spotify and look for just doo-wop songs.
This song was covered in the movie: Peggy Sue Got Married/1986..w/Nicholas Cage on lead vocals. Pretty cool the way they did it..great classic song 😊😊💕💕
The term "doo-wop" refers only to the nonsense syllables used as harmonies, generally they had no particular meaning. Apparently the term was invented after that period was over.
I just love your reaction! There is just something so magical about Doo Wop! My parents were both born in the 40s and my Mother was, and still is a huge 50s and 60s music fan. She was the one who introduced me to all of the Doo Wop groups in the 90s when I was a teenager. I use to wonder what life was like back then . Thank you for bringing me back to those special times I'd spend with my Mother. Maybe I'll show her this video so she knows that people still appreciate the oldies but goodies!
"Belmonts" came from Belmont Avenue in the Bronx, they were a neighborhood band -my old neighborhood- although I was born a few years later. A few years after that, about two miles away Hip Hop was born. The Bronx, representing musically in all possible styles, to the whole wide world.
It's really great that young people today are finally tuning in to doo-wop oldies (at least on youtube). I never thought that would happen. It's too bad most of them have no idea what that music was about. I mean, if you feel you have to analyze the song for a "message" you were simply born in the wrong era.
Grampa was a WOP. He had no papers because he joined the Italian Navy as a frogman, as Dad put it, when the boat docked in NYC and he found out how long they were going to have to wait.
Here (at 0:06:07) is Dion on a 1975 Sonny & Cher show, explaining Doo-Wop: "In the early '60s, the whole source of our inspiration was the alphabet. That was it. You take a 'B', you got a whole song." th-cam.com/video/uR7Fy0HCnIc/w-d-xo.html
I always found the "wop" of do-wop a little puzzling myself. Plus, don't forget these guys were ALL Americans of Italian descent! Honestly, I believe it was simply a syllable that happened to work too good to ever change it. Thanks for posting this and commenting on it. Cheers!! {8^)
If you noticed the kids in the audience are all chewing gum and have a button on them that says "IFIC". This was when Dick Clark had a Sat. show. The sponsor was Beech Nut Gum. Their catch phrase was "It's flavor-ific"
The "IFIC" button the kids in the audience were wearing was promo-schwag for Beechnut chewing gum. Notice how they're all smacking away as they cheer? If you're interested in exploring more Doo-wop from the 1950's, check out Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", The Marcels "Blue Moon", Gene Chandler "Duke Of Earl", The Monotones "The Book Of Love", and The Five Satins "In The Still Of The Night" among other songs from the era. PS. Oh yeah, and "Earth Angel" by The Penguins, which you might recognize from the movie Back to the Future.
The Doo Wop generation was the kind of "beginning of it all" with Rock n roll. Then the Beatles came and changed the game. But- there's such great beautiful doo wop music out there. Check out The Platters some time!
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Oh thanks Mel!! I Gotta Rep The Bronx!! 🙌🤣💯 Thanks Brotha!!
Hell, he has a New recording with all kinds of Big names guesting! Really good stuff, too!
Try showaddywaddy cover of this from the 70s it was a big hit for them they then did various old rock n roll covers they keep true to the originals try them out Jamel you would like them
not sure if you guys gives a shit but if you are stoned like me atm then you can watch pretty much all of the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Been streaming with my girlfriend for the last few weeks :)
@Erik Royce Definitely, I've been using instaflixxer for years myself :D
Why can't we have music like this today
This style is called "Doo-wop." This recording was made when I was in eighth grade. We were dancing the jitterbug, wearing straight skirts and sweaters as blouses, and saddle oxfords with bobby sox. If you want to see some dancing from the times, watch some of Dick Clark's American Bandstand shows.
Not only straight skirts, still wearing full skirts with the petticoats underneath that were SO easy and fun to dance in when you twirled around.
This is a must Dion Abraham, Martin, and John. The three names should say it all. Song will leave you speecless
I agree. Been waiting for that one!!!!!
@@imagine1004 ive been trying
@@imagine1004 when he does he will thank us
Oh yes. That song gives me shivers every single time. Classic
I like Dion's version, but I've got to say that I really love the version that Moms Mabley did in 1969.
The whole genre was called doo-wop. Not at all what you imagine.
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Duke of Earl
☝️for real!
@@kateritter5765 Excellent choice! The Great Pretender, also.
doo wop is the best
@@Schnitzeldawg Music that's straight up Acapella.
Jamel, You'll love their "A Teenager In Love", Dion's solo songs "Ruby Baby" and "Lovers Who Wander", edit- Dion DiMucci
Dion was included in the ill-fated Winter Dance Party with Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper. He was invited to fly but refused because he could not rationalize spending $36 to fly since that was his parents monthly rent. He was only 19 at the time. He went on to marry his Sue in 1963 and they are still together. He us now 81.
Homicidal car, Christine's favorite tune.
Just last night "Peggy Sue Got Married" was on TV, they sang this song among many other in it. I love the movie.
If we're heading this way: The Marcels-"Blue Moon" The Crew Cuts- "Sha boom Sha boom"....oooo and in' '77, Sha Na Na was bringing it all back.
Oh wow, I watched that last night, too! Great movie.
Love that movie.
@Christel Headington
I watched it too! A fun movie that also touches your heart & makes you wonder what you would do if you could go back (knowing what you know now). Love it!💙
@@Historian212 Hahahaha!! I saw it last night too!! What are the odds?!?
Memories going to a school sock hop! This is definitely a olde but a goodie!
Dion is an American treasure, and is still going strong
I love Dion. Toe tapping music, or great to dance to!
My momma was born in '58 as well. 😊
So many amazing songs from that era.
Thank you for sharing!
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Heck yeah!!!! Love me some Dion and the Belmonts!!!! This era is a rabbit hole that is well worth going down....SOOOOO Many great artist from back then
That’s why Dion and the Belmont’s were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the very first year
Oh, fun, throwbackness. Be fun if you could do a block of 50's stuff at some point. Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, Paul Anka. Whole different feel and sound than the 60's. And, of course, The Platters
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My favorite fifties group is The Platters. My favorite Platters tune is Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
Do some Drifters!!! They got great music!! Coasters!! And don’t forget the very first rock n roll song!! Sh-Boom by the Crew Cuts!!
@@David_Theisen Sh-Boom was by the Chords. The Crew Cuts did a vastly inferior cover version. Back in the mid 50s, when a black artist came out with a winner, it was common for some record company to quickly cover the song with a white artist. This was not like doing a cover a year or more down the road, these were done while the original was climbing the charts. This did great damage to sales for the original artists. Pat Boone made a career out of covering Little Richard. Usually the covers were greatly inferior.
They were the definitive doo-wop guys on the doorsteps in NY serenading the ladies as they passed by..
Dion just released an album this yr with other legendary performers. God bless him he is 80ys young!
'Your as young as you feel'; attitude 👍
Just saw him perform recently on his tour. I was probably the youngest in the crowd being 19.
@@shadowcloudgames2062 You saw a LIVING LEGEND! He toured with Buddy Holly!
This was my parents generation music but I grew up with it thanks to them. Love the oldies.
Hell yes I love this song! Makes you think of comic books and soda shops! And I grew up in the 80s 90s!
I once met his sister, Donna (the Prima Donna). She said he's still living in Palm Beach, FL. To me, vocally, he and Johnny Maestro of the Crests helped define that era of Rock n Roll. Scream and shout, that's what rock and roll is all about...
from the Bronx, NY - Named for Belmont Avenue in Little Italy, 10 blocks east of where I grew up much later tho
Me and you both!! Well I was born in 79, grew up only 5 minutes or so from Belmont. Still only about 15 minutes away! Small world! Lol 😂👍
Oh man!!! My mom used to take me 3 stops on the bus to go shopping on Arthur Ave about 2 or 3 times a week back in the early 70s. It used to feel like every Italian in the Bronx knew each other. I miss those days a lot
Check out Frankie Lymon when you've got time he was a 13 year old boy with a great voice😁
yes, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" and "Goody Goody"
I was born in 1956. Loved dion
Wow! Throwback for sure!! Dion you can't go wrong👍
A much later Dion banger from the ‘90s is “King of the New York Streets” Lou Reed inducted Dion into the Rock Hall of Fame, called him one of the greatest singers of the r&r era.
Jamel , love how you can find the joy in all the music.
Abraham, Martin & John by Dion is a must. Goosebump song!
Love watching how upbeat and happy you are in your reactions!!
My favorite doo wop songs - aside from this one (fall into the harmonies):
Teenager in Love, Tell Me Why - Dion and the Belmonts
Never Let You Go - The Five Discs
Denise - Randy and the Rainbows
Trouble in Paradise, The Angels Listened In - The Crests
Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
Stay - Maurice Williams
Come Go With Me - The Dell Vikings
Blue Moon - The Marcels
Great list.
I love it when you break out snapping your fingers and dancing lol not surprised at all that you’ve got rhythm lol
Thanks for updoading this on my birthday Jamal!!! You always put a smile on my face.
I would have been 7 yrs old...this is the rock & roll I was introduced too in grade school.
Love Doo Wop! Big Bopper, Sha Na Na, Dion & The Belmonts...So many fun tunes from those days. A lot of kids would gather on street corners and harmonize like that.
Dion was so slick and cool for a long time. He had a great stage presence.
I was born a year later, have always love Dion, the four seasons, del shannon,
I was 8yrs old in 58 and remember seeing them on American Bandstand. All the teenagers in the audience are now in their 70s.
-Or 80's
Dion is now 81 years old living in Boca Raton....the Belmonts have passed away....this is the best Doo Wop song ever recorded.....thanks for the memories.
My mom was a junior in high school when this song was released. She's 79 and just recovered from covid-19 last month.
glad to hear your mother pulled through-
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So happy to hear she recovered 🙏
Glad she recovered 🙏🙏
Bless her !!
You’re beautiful man. Love your respect and enthusiasm. God bless
Dion! My first crush! 💗
Just a little trivia. Notice the white shoes they’re wearing. They were called White Bucks and they were really cool back then.
Doo-Wop is one of my fave genres for putting a smile on my face and a bounce in my step.
You need to listen to more doo wop from the 50's. I was 15 when this song was on the radio every day with Wolfman Jack and Alan Freed in NYC,
Ah, Alan "Moondog" Freed... The man invented the phrase Rock & Roll. He's also a great part of the history of my home town of Cleveland.
That is the year i was born, aug of 1958. 62 and still love all this music
I'm a year older than your mom, buddy what music I witnessed as a boy. Certainly blessed indeed.
Wop Wop! Times were so innocent back then.Abraham,Martin and John is still a powerful song today. Thanku J
Best era of music.
Notice all the young girls in the audience?
Dion was a heart throb!
When I was working in New York City ages and ages ago back in 1980, I had a friend I worked with who loved Doo Wop. I remember going with her to a concert at Madison Square Garden. It was a brunch of Doo Woo groups, and the show was called “Doo Wop at the Garden”. The group I remember most was the Teenagers. Frankie Lymon had been gone for years, and they had a girl singer to sing his parts. The group was still awesome. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons also fell into the Doo Wop genre. Great stuff. 💜
Come Softly by The Fleetwoods is a beautiful sung tender 50's vocal. A must react if you do another song from this era.
Music is great! Jamel love your expressions!!😆
I'm happy that you're getting to see the music that shaped my life! I was 6 years old when this one came out.
In the 70's in the uk, we had a band who did wonderful covers of old 50's songs, Showaddywaddy, well worth a look.
Dude, this style of rock and roll is called doo-wop because the backup singers would often use the sound “wop” or “doo-wop” in their vocals. Some of the best rock songs ever are doo-wop songs. You can go on Spotify and look for just doo-wop songs.
Amazing that this kind of music is where it all began, all the way up to present day rock, and hip hop alike!
Oh wow, I’ve never heard this original! A British band called Showaddywaddy did covers of 50s music in the 70s. That’s the version I know very well xx
I's called Doo Wop!!! Hahahaa!!! That was the name of the singing style.
Got to watch these quick before TH-cam drags it under.
This song was covered in the movie: Peggy Sue Got Married/1986..w/Nicholas Cage on lead vocals. Pretty cool the way they did it..great classic song 😊😊💕💕
One of my favorite Dion and the Belmonts songs was Where or When.
Love love this song. Thanks Pete for the request!
I was born in 1958...good year!!
check out his facebook page, he's still making music
The term "doo-wop" refers only to the nonsense syllables used as harmonies, generally they had no particular meaning. Apparently the term was invented after that period was over.
This was when music was fun. Check out those moves
I just love your reaction! There is just something so magical about Doo Wop! My parents were both born in the 40s and my Mother was, and still is a huge 50s and 60s music fan. She was the one who introduced me to all of the Doo Wop groups in the 90s when I was a teenager. I use to wonder what life was like back then . Thank you for bringing me back to those special times I'd spend with my Mother. Maybe I'll show her this video so she knows that people still appreciate the oldies but goodies!
Fun fact: Dion & the Belmonts were on the 1959 tour with Buddy Holly, Richie Havens and the Big Bopper, when the plane crash happened.
"Belmonts" came from Belmont Avenue in the Bronx, they were a neighborhood band -my old neighborhood- although I was born a few years later.
A few years after that, about two miles away Hip Hop was born.
The Bronx, representing musically in all possible styles, to the whole wide world.
I guess YT doesn't like hyphens!
"Live" is almost always better; so much fun!
😅😅😅 your expressions & reactions are on point Jamel 😎😎😎
❤Dion and the Belmonts
Loved the 50's music. My older cousins had all kinds of great records that we listened to.
No kidding! One of the best doo wop songs of all time!
Love your channel! I’m old and so appreciate your openness to great music. Keep it alive man.
One of my personal vocal influences, as for many others. One of the true greats
It's really great that young people today are finally tuning in to doo-wop oldies (at least on youtube). I never thought that would happen. It's too bad most of them have no idea what that music was about. I mean, if you feel you have to analyze the song for a "message" you were simply born in the wrong era.
“Ruby Baby” is my favorite Dion tune. Dion is brilliant. He still sounds great, too. 💜
@Jill I haven't heard that one in ages! Thanks for the reminder. 😉
Was 10 years old when this came out and he was wearing and they were wearing “white bucks”. Back in the day we call that cool
Grampa was a WOP. He had no papers because he joined the Italian Navy as a frogman, as Dad put it, when the boat docked in NYC and he found out how long they were going to have to wait.
Dion is highly underrated.
Same outfits, sing in harmony from the 50's to the early 70's. Real singing, real talent. Love It.
😅😅😅 you're gonna appreciate & enjoy this one Jamel 😎😎😎
British group Showaddywaddy covered this in the 1970's. Their version is fantastic.
First 45 I bought! Keep rockin Jamel!
Doowop era! One of my favorite era of music.
Here (at 0:06:07) is Dion on a 1975 Sonny & Cher show, explaining Doo-Wop: "In the early '60s, the whole source of our inspiration was the alphabet. That was it. You take a 'B', you got a whole song."
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From one of my favorite movies CHRISTINE!!
I love that movie also! 🚘🤣
How could you not?? It's a badass possessed car with a great movie soundtrack
I had to put the movie on lol
I always found the "wop" of do-wop a little puzzling myself. Plus, don't forget these guys were ALL Americans of Italian descent! Honestly, I believe it was simply a syllable that happened to work too good to ever change it. Thanks for posting this and commenting on it.
Cheers!! {8^)
Abraham, Martin, & John By (Dion) Great Song! ✌️
If you noticed the kids in the audience are all chewing gum and have a button on them that says "IFIC". This was when Dick Clark had a Sat. show. The sponsor was Beech Nut Gum. Their catch phrase was "It's flavor-ific"
I was eleven and us kids went nuts over this song.
Lou Reed idolized Dion DiMucci and later became his friend and collaborator. Lou LOVED the doo wop.
The "IFIC" button the kids in the audience were wearing was promo-schwag for Beechnut chewing gum. Notice how they're all smacking away as they cheer? If you're interested in exploring more Doo-wop from the 1950's, check out Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", The Marcels "Blue Moon", Gene Chandler "Duke Of Earl", The Monotones "The Book Of Love", and The Five Satins "In The Still Of The Night" among other songs from the era. PS. Oh yeah, and "Earth Angel" by The Penguins, which you might recognize from the movie Back to the Future.
DION Has SOOOOO many great songs and then became a Christian artist and did a whole lot more
Dion is still very active making music and albums.
So much great rock n roll to react to. Diamonds, Platters, Five Satins, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Del-Vikings, Crests, Frankie Lymon, on and on...
The Doo Wop generation was the kind of "beginning of it all" with Rock n roll. Then the Beatles came and changed the game. But- there's such great beautiful doo wop music out there. Check out The Platters some time!
my favorite doo-wop is the Crest's (Johnny Maestro before he formed The Brooklyn Bridge) "The Angels Listened In". Dion and Belmonts rate highly too.
1958 Sweet 💙😁🎶