Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats (3-CD) Brand New! and 29 similar items

DOO WOP VOCAL GROUP GREATS (3 CD) Brand New Sealed- 60 Classic Songs OUT OF PRINT COLLECTIBLE BRAND NEW SEALED From the late 1950s through the early '60s, the pop charts were full of street corner harmony as scores of vocal groups formed and hit the recording studios. Drawing on the grandfathered styles of the Mills Brothers and the Ink Spots, and later the Ravens and the Orioles (which led to a grand procession of groups named after birds), these quartets and quintets added in a little gospel plus a slight dose of the old jump blues and hooked themselves to the rock roll train as it flew past. In time, the grittier RB roots were smoothed out for the teen market, and doo wop -- an umbrella term for all of these vocal incarnations -- was well on its way to becoming its own sort of instant, self-referencing nostalgia when the Beatles and the British Invasion hit to finish the matter. This three-disc set spreads its net fairly wide to include some early Motown acts as well as groups like the Platters and the Drifters who are probably closer to mainstream RB than they are to doo wop proper, if you're into splitting hairs. Either way, the end result is an impressive starter box for the genre, although a few tracks from the Mills Brothers, the Ink Spots, the Ravens, the Orioles, and the other late-'40s vocal groups who helped set the template for the harmony group form would have made a nice fourth-disc addition. DISC 1 for Doo Wop: Vocal Group Greats (CD) Album By Various Artists 1 Come Back My Love - The Cardinals 2 The Glory Of Love - The Five Keys 3 Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind - The Five Keys 4 Love Walked In - The Flamingos 5 Twilight Time - Platters 6 Blue Velvet - The Moonglows 7 The Wind - The Diablos 8 Work With Me Annie - Hank Ballard The Midnighters 9 My Memories Of You - The Harptones 10 Down On My Knees - The Heartbeats 11 The Letter - Vernon Green The Medallions 12 A Casual Look - The Six Teens 13 Please Send Me Someone To Love - The Moonglows 14 Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams) - Jessie Belvin 15 Count Every Star - The Rivieras 16 Every Night (I Pray) - The Chantels 17 I Met Him On Sunday (Ronde-Ronde) - The Shirelles 18 Bad Boy - The Jive Bombers 19 Sixty-Minute Man - The Dominoes 20 Star Dust - Billy Ward And His Dominoes DISC 2 for Doo Wop: Vocal Group Greats (CD) Album By Various Artists 1 For Sentimental Reasons - The Cleftones 2 The Girl I Love - The Cadillacs 3 I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent - Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers 4 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters 5 Come Softly To Me - The Fleetwoods 6 Chapel Of Dreams - The Dubs 7 Happy, Happy Birthday Baby - The Tune Weavers 8 Don't You Just Know It - Huey "Piano" Smith The Clowns 9 Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris The Sharps 10 Down The Aisle Of Love - The Quin-Tones 11 A Million To One - Jimmy Charles The Revelettes 12 Once Upon A Time - Rochell The Candles With Johnny Wyatt 13 Moonlight Cocktails - The Rivieras 14 Deep Purple - Billy Ward And His Dominoes 15 At The Hop - Danny The Juniors 16 Little Darlin' - The Diamonds 17 Lonely Way - The Skyliners 18 Sea Of Love - Phil Phillips With The Twilights 19 Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) - Little Caesar The Romans 20 I Believe - The Earls DISC 3 for Doo Wop: Vocal Group Greats (CD) Album By Various Artists 1 A Wonderful Dream - The Majors 2 Village Of Love - Nathaniel Mayer And The Fabulous Twilights 3 The Angels Listened In - The Crests 4 It Happened Today - The Skyliners 5 My Own True Love - The Duprees 6 Love Came To Me - Dion 7 Come On Little Angel - The Belmonts 8 I Count The Tears - The Drifters 9 Let Me In - The Sensations 10 Smoky Places - The Corsairs 11 I'm A Happy Man - The Jive Five Featuring Eugene Pitt 12 This Magic Moment - The Drifters 13 Angel Baby - Rosie The Originals 14 Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann 15 The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens 16 A Thousand Stars - Kathy Young The Innocents 17 You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles 18 Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles 19 You Were Mine - Fireflies 20 Forever - The Marvelette ? BRAND NEW SEALED