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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
"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!
"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).
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...🎶...”
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...ua-cam.com/video/ngZh6ZSRoYg/v-deo.html
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'.
"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.
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!
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.
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!
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 ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
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.
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".
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.
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!.
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.
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 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.
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.....
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.)
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!
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!!
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.
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.
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
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!!
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 ;=)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 think you 2 are an amazing couple , I love the fact that you go all the way back to the 50's and earlier and enjoy all the different types of music . I think it's great that young people like you are listening to music from these different times and also learning about the history about the musicians and the songs when most of the people your age do not know or care about all this great music .
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 😁
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.
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.
I really liked Dion, Ricky Nelson, Frankie Avalon, and a host of other great singers from back in the day. I really hope that you will react to the Platters. They were huge in the 50s but more romantic and mellow. The Andrews Sisters began in the late 30s through the 50s. They entertained the troops during World War Two. Now that is an era that you two should explore. Some of the most beautiful songs were recorded then.
This was my parents music so I grew up on it. I just love the oldies. It brings back my mom and pop when I hear these great tunes. I can see them doing the Lindy.
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.
Do wop was in the 50’s early 60’s,Big Band, swing, boogie woogie 30’s 40’s, that’s where The Andrew Sisters fall in. Scat is a vocal jazz improvisation made with wordless vocals developing melodies and rhythms use using voice as an instrument. Ella Fitzgerald was one of the greatest at this. In the 1950’s Louis Prima had a song I’m Just a Gigolo (I Ain’t Got Nobody) Three decades later David Lee Roth introduced it to a whole generation. You have to react soon to both!
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!
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
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!!!!!!!
"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!
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!
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...
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.
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.
Talk about a song from an innocent time. LUV U Guys. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
"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!!!
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.
"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).
'my prayer' from the platters is one of the most beautiful songs.
So true! My favorite of theirs.
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!!!
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...ua-cam.com/video/ngZh6ZSRoYg/v-deo.html
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.
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
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
Add “American Graffiti” to your movie list. Great soundtrack!! All 50’s music! And a great movie with Ron Howard.
"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.
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!
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.
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!
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.😊 👍✌️🇨🇦
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.
You need to watch the live version to really enjoy this song.
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".
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.
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.
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!.
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 UA-cam too. It is a great video.
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?
This song always makes me think of the movie “ PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED”!! Ugh …. Such a classic. Classic movie and song! 💜💜💜
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!!🤘🔥
Great song from a great time.
Still say you gotta check out “come go with me” by the Del Vikings! Think you’ll enjoy it
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.
THE BEST doo wop song of all time. Glad you got to hear it!
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
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.....
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.
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!
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
Dion and the Belmonts were on the Winter Dance Party tour with Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper
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.
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.
This music will bring you up if you're down ever time. How could it not.
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.
Yes! The decade I was born! Love you two!--Cindi
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.
This song was featured in the beginning of ‘A Bronx Tale ‘ which takes place in Dions old neighborhood, Belmont Avenue!
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
Dion "Abraham, martin and John 1968 Iconic song
Y'all missed how smooth their co-ordinated stage moves were. Check out the performance video, too!❤
Life could be a dream by the coasters is my favorite doo wop song!
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.
Great Pretender, Smoke gets in your eyes, Only you, Twilight time.... all songs by wonderful The Platters. ❤️
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.
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!!
I saw him back around 1992 very small venue. Probably 500 people he was fantastic.
dion was like 21 when he sing this love this band heard this song first on bronx tale. great movie
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.
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.
This was recorded in one take, with all the singers gathered around one mic.
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
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!!
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 ;=)
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!!
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.
A great movie of this era is American Graffiti. I grew up with this music, such a great time. Thanks for the memories.
This is dowop and many groups added it to their songs awesome Jay and Amber thanks love you guys enjoy yourselves 👍😜♥️
LOVE this era in music, MORE! LAST KISS by The Cavaliers is a MUST HEAR!!!
Have always enjoyed Doo Wop. Reminds me of the street corner groups from Philly and NYC back (way back!) in the day.
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.
SO MANY GOOD DOO-WOP SONGS THE DOO-WOP BACKGROUND VOCALS WE'RE ALMOST LIKE ANOTHER INSTRUMENT
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.
Dion and the Belmonts "Teenager in Love", Sonny James "Young Love", Dickie Lee "Patches", Jimmy Clanton "Venus In Blue Jeans"
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 💗
"So Much in Love" by the Tymes. Great!
How in the world were able to coordinate the wording and the timing WoW !!!
Dion's most powerful song from the late 60s is "Abraham Martin and John". It's a must listen! ♥️
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.
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
Check out the video of the Belmonts doing this song...they had some sharp dance steps to go with those great vocals.
I think you 2 are an amazing couple , I love the fact that you go all the way back to the 50's and earlier and enjoy all the different types of music . I think it's great that young people like you are listening to music from these different times and also learning about the history about the musicians and the songs when most of the people your age do not know or care about all this great music .
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 😁
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.
. Dion and The Belmonts were on Buddy Holly's last tour and Dion has a channel and he talks about that time .
4 part vocals making magic--bass, falsetto, 2 mids
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.
Now you know why we loved The Beatles after listening to this music!!
I really liked Dion, Ricky Nelson, Frankie Avalon, and a host of other great singers from back in the day. I really hope that you will react to the Platters. They were huge in the 50s but more romantic and mellow. The Andrews Sisters began in the late 30s through the 50s. They entertained the troops during World War Two. Now that is an era that you two should explore. Some of the most beautiful songs were recorded then.
Frankie Avalon was a great singer? Omg hahahahs
This was my parents music so I grew up on it. I just love the oldies. It brings back my mom and pop when I hear these great tunes. I can see them doing the Lindy.
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.
Dion was one of the Kings of 50s and 60s
Do wop was in the 50’s early 60’s,Big Band, swing, boogie woogie 30’s 40’s, that’s where The Andrew Sisters fall in. Scat is a vocal jazz improvisation made with wordless vocals developing melodies and rhythms use using voice as an instrument. Ella Fitzgerald was one of the greatest at this. In the 1950’s Louis Prima had a song I’m Just a Gigolo (I Ain’t Got Nobody) Three decades later David Lee Roth introduced it to a whole generation. You have to react soon to both!