I’m shocked . Glad to see someone from these days likes this stuff to. Only wish I was back in these times hot rods and good tunes ahh I’d be in heaven
1957, my late brother-in-law Frankie Smith sang bass on one of the most popular "Doo-Wop" songs of all time: "(Who Wrote) The Book of Love", by Newark, New Jersey's The Monotones. When my brothers and I first met him (when I was 7 years old) he told us that, the previous week, he'd been performing on Dick Clark's American Bandstand show--and we thought he was joking! But, here's the video-proof. At my sister's funeral last March, almost the entire congregation sang the intro to the song, as a tribute to their undying love.
Frankie was pretty much like a godfather top me. Both he and my dad,George Malone, spent a lot of time singing together. Whether with the group or the choir, they were thick as thieves. I miss them both
It doesn't get more hard core 1950s than this. What a classic from days we all wish we could bring back. This was played in an awesome scene in the film "American Graffitti" along with an awesome '57 Chevy.
It wasn't as easy as you looked. There was a lot of Segregation, The Monotones couldn't mix with the Whit eKids. Nobody talked about Homosexuality, Sexual Abuse and Alcohol Abuse not to mention Domestic Violence. AZhoffman the kids were chewing gum because it was courtesy of it's Sponsor Beechnut Gum. It was called The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show. If I were in The Music Business, I'd make ever up and coming Boy Band watch these Clips and say "This is how it was originally done".
@@QueenFan12 This is just me but @laminage has a point. I can see some tension in the crowd. Most are enjoying it but this was the 50's. A lot of people weren't very approving of colored bands/acapella groups.
One of the greatest doo-wop songs of all, only this one also has a fantastic drum beat! Loved it when I was pre-adolescent and still today as a septuagenarian!
I remember being around 4 years old when this music was on the radio. Incredible just how it gets in your head. I remember telling a friend I liked Chuck Berry. He replied "do you know what he looks like"? There was no MTV video in those days.
Rafe my rafe hu it's against be afraid hu if you catching people shooting at you tell Mohammed grandson Jesus sent me here his name David stop from sin he played hallelujah for you on Facebook so you would know its him were clear the way
NRRArchives holds some fine Rock and Roll memories! The Monotones were, in my memory from the day, one of the first groups to put together a flashy stage presentation.
Yes ! There's a Victorian painting, called ' The Ragamuffins '; street-urchins on a bench, with holes in their rags. They were children; uneducated, wretched, pitiable: but they knew it, and hadn't spent their hard-begged pennies buying them.
This is actually my favorite song ever sung by the Monotones but yet I was actually born in December 1966. These cats appear on the Ed Sullivan Show back then as well. They don't make any great entertainment on television shows and songs anymore.
Eternal thanks for preserving this doo wop monument. Rarely have I see six people have this much fun...the choreography is pure planned chaos! As for the song, what mad genius though of using a bass drum as a solo instrument? There should be a channel just for history making videos like this.
In 58 I met my ONE and ONLY who became my husband for 51 yrs. This was our song. Id like to know how they got the name Monotones. They had a great sound with those close harmonies.
I came here b/c my mom used to sing this all the time. She talked about how she bought all the 45 singles at 11 yrs old. The song just popped into my head.
I WAS 8 YEARS OLD DANCING TO THIS SONG ON TV WATCHING AMERICAN BANSTAND THAT WAS ONLY BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVED IN PHILLY, PA.. THE GOOD OLE DAYS..
This is why oldies are preferred. Musical ability was required back then. With the right software today, anyone could be a superstar...until they have to sing a cappella.
@@timmyymmit615 Actually he's right. It's well known that popstars these days are chosen merely for their looks and stage personality. All their songs are written in house and they are autotuned to hell and back.
@@10th_Doctorice spice and nicki minan are great examples, like, if you look at an ice spice concert, they start cheering ONLY when she starts twerking
I helped my sister to dance to that song in a beauty peagent she passed away almost 20 years ago and i was just thinking about her and reamber how much we liked to dance
No less than Six Guys on Harmony counting the Lead Vocal. And the strong influence on The Impressions, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and The Delfonics to name just four such Classic Groups couldn't be clearer!😉😉🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎼🎵🎶🎸🎹🥁B.W.
@ilanamillion8942 From one Canadian to another we never had Beechnut Fruitstripe Gum. This was Dick Clark's first show outside of American Bandstand, the other of course would be Where The Action Is. Johnny O'Keefe acquired the rights for his own country and simply called it Action and in 1964 he hosted a Talent Contest that Olivia Newton-John won at 16.
Wow, I can't believe how strange this looks. I was 4 month shy of my 3rd birthday when this show played. The song probably got a lot of play time on the jukebox at my dad's diner. We lived in the apartment right above the diner. I'm told it was our town's high school hangout in the 50s. In 1962 they built a new high school on the far side of town and dad had to close. If I had a time machine I'd love to go back and see the diner in it's heyday.
I usually hate when I read comments about " xxxxx brought me here" but I must thank the videogame "Mafia II" for introducing me to these great songs. This is one of my favorites. I think all of the music of that videogame (40s and 50s hits) is my favorite music of all the time from now on.
I met the guy who sang the I wonder wonder line. He was still cashing royalty checks 50 years later. One of the few groups that didn’t get totally hosed contract wise.
I really enjoyed loving this song when I was born my grandma always played it in her car cuz she was born in 1953 n I was born in 1998 anyways I love oldies too their magnificent I hear this song alll the time in Mafia 2 :D
I wonder, wonder who, who-oo-ooh, who (Who wrote the book of love) Tell me, tell me, tell me Oh, who wrote the Book Of Love I've got to know the answer Was it someone from above (I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, who) (Who wrote the Book Of Love) I love you darlin' Baby, you know I do But I've got to see this book of love Find out why it's true (I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, who) (Who wrote the Book Of Love) (Chapter one says to love her) (You love her with all your heart) (Chapter two you tell her you're) (Never, never, never, never, never gonna part) (In chapter three remember the meaning of romance) (In chapter four you break up) (But you give her just one more chance) (Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, wWho) (Who wrote the book of love) Baby, baby, baby I love you, yes I do Well it says so in this book of love Ours is the one that's true (Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, who) (Who wrote the book of love) (Chapter one says to love her) (You love her with all your heart) (Chapter two you tell her you're) (Never, never, never, never, never gonna part) (In chapter three remember the meaning of romance) (In chapter four you break up) (But you give her just one more chance) (Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, Who) (Who wrote the book of love) Baby, baby, baby I love you, yes I do Well it says so in this book of love Ours is the one that's true (Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, who) (Who wrote the book of love) I wonder who (yeah) Who wrote the Book Of Love
I wish we could go back to the times like this. Everything seemed more peaceful, and people got along better. Well, at least in the 70s and 80s, when I grew up, it was such better times. I truly believe social media corrupted this world. I would love to see the internet go out and people have to get out into the world and have to communicate face-to-face and learn how to interact with each other and learn how to take criticism and learn to ignore others.
If Carlsburg did music, they would have done it in the 50's, cos thats when the best music was made. Love this and everything like it. Thank god for the Monotones, Millie Small, Chubby Checker, Frankie Lymon, The Platters, Johnny Preston, The Diamonds, Bobby Darrin, Dion and the Belmonts etc etc Imagine what crap we would have now if they didnt open peoples eyes? Oh hang on, we would have rap etc! :) 50's when music was born
There's a tie in the audience, between people who can, and cannot clap on two. This makes a clapping extravaganza on all four notes for the whole song. One, two, three, four, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP.
As a 20 year old in this new generation, I love this song.
🤗
Stay gold ponyboy
I'm 16 lol
I’m shocked . Glad to see someone from these days likes this stuff to. Only wish I was back in these times hot rods and good tunes ahh I’d be in heaven
fam, im 25, glad to know i aint the only one into oldies
1957, my late brother-in-law Frankie Smith sang bass on one of the most popular "Doo-Wop" songs of all time: "(Who Wrote) The Book of Love", by Newark, New Jersey's The Monotones. When my brothers and I first met him (when I was 7 years old) he told us that, the previous week, he'd been performing on Dick Clark's American Bandstand show--and we thought he was joking! But, here's the video-proof.
At my sister's funeral last March, almost the entire congregation sang the intro to the song, as a tribute to their undying love.
Thank you for this info. Your brother-in-law gave the signature note of this song - the yeaaah at the end
Hello, that is my step father. I am trying to figure out who you are. Because his wife (my mother) is alive and well.
Frankie was pretty much like a godfather top me. Both he and my dad,George Malone, spent a lot of time singing together. Whether with the group or the choir, they were thick as thieves. I miss them both
@DrRose-wm8xl did you know George??
It doesn't get more hard core 1950s than this. What a classic from days we all wish we could bring back.
This was played in an awesome scene in the film "American Graffitti" along with an awesome '57 Chevy.
“Hey cousin, how’s your bod?”
I would have loved to experience that generation, the music, the clothes and more were amazing!
It wasn't as easy as you looked. There was a lot of Segregation, The Monotones couldn't mix with the Whit eKids. Nobody talked about Homosexuality, Sexual Abuse and Alcohol Abuse not to mention Domestic Violence. AZhoffman the kids were chewing gum because it was courtesy of it's Sponsor Beechnut Gum. It was called The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show. If I were in The Music Business, I'd make ever up and coming Boy Band watch these Clips and say "This is how it was originally done".
@@laminage what do you mean the monotones couldn't mix with white people? Look at that crowd!
@@QueenFan12 This is just me but @laminage has a point. I can see some tension in the crowd. Most are enjoying it but this was the 50's. A lot of people weren't very approving of colored bands/acapella groups.
Well I'm still here if you'd like a date.
@@laminage do you really prefer 2020??? Come on, don't be silly
This song always reminds me of my best friend when I was growing up. This was his favorite song.
One of the greatest doo-wop songs of all, only this one also has a fantastic drum beat! Loved it when I was pre-adolescent and still today as a septuagenarian!
me too - 71 & counting :)
I live these older songs. This has always been one of my favorites.
This song is WONDERFUL!
Me too think so!!
I remember being around 4 years old when this music was on the radio. Incredible just how it gets in your head. I remember telling a friend I liked Chuck Berry. He replied "do you know what he looks like"? There was no MTV video in those days.
Who came here because it's a good song?
Me.
Wtf ? ... Potato
Rafe my rafe hu it's against be afraid hu if you catching people shooting at you tell Mohammed grandson Jesus sent me here his name David stop from sin he played hallelujah for you on Facebook so you would know its him were clear the way
David Simmons Hush...we're talking about music, not about religion. So shut up and listen...
I like the music and "American Graffiti".
Such fantastic voices!
NRRArchives holds some fine Rock and Roll memories! The Monotones were, in my memory from the day, one of the first groups to put together a flashy stage presentation.
Great music.Plus it's great to see performers dressed up in other than holey jeans.
Yes !
There's a Victorian painting, called ' The Ragamuffins '; street-urchins on a bench, with holes in their rags. They were children; uneducated, wretched, pitiable: but they knew it, and hadn't spent their hard-begged pennies buying them.
This is actually my favorite song ever sung by the Monotones but yet I was actually born in December 1966. These cats appear on the Ed Sullivan Show back then as well. They don't make any great entertainment on television shows and songs anymore.
Eternal thanks for preserving this doo wop monument. Rarely have I see six people have this much fun...the choreography is pure planned chaos! As for the song, what mad genius though of using a bass drum as a solo instrument? There should be a channel just for history making videos like this.
I remember this in real time. Still tremendous. Love these guys.
Wow...Dick Clark looks soo young. :-) Great group of talented brothas from Jersey!! The audience was into it.
The book of love Cavin James
Dick Clark never aged. I would really have loved to have seen his Dorian Gray.
i grew up in this era, this is 1 classic tune!
I woke up and randomly thought about this song. This is the first time I'm really appreciating this song
ALL you need is a thick milkshake,salty french fries,chesseburger, 195o's car and a girl in your arms at the drive-inn movies...HEAVEN ON EARTH !!
What's a drive-in theatre? Another great thing of our past that has gone.
00:45 - Totally love it - Man in a frock!
Sharp looking guys , great vocals , great song
In 58 I met my ONE and ONLY who became my husband for 51 yrs. This was our song. Id like to know how they got the name Monotones. They had a great sound with those close harmonies.
What a time to be alive. This just popped into my head randomly and now I can’t stop thinking about it.
I came here b/c my mom used to sing this all the time. She talked about how she bought all the 45 singles at 11 yrs old. The song just popped into my head.
Song has been in my head all morning long. Seems I wake everyday with a song in my head and can't get it out until I hear it.
Hat für mich Kult Status, zumal damals alles Live gesungen wurde
I lived through all that time, but I never heard "The Book of Love " song before, not until I heard some of it in the movie "American Graffiti".
I WAS 8 YEARS OLD DANCING TO THIS SONG ON TV
WATCHING AMERICAN BANSTAND THAT WAS ONLY BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVED IN PHILLY, PA.. THE GOOD OLE DAYS..
This is why oldies are preferred. Musical ability was required back then. With the right software today, anyone could be a superstar...until they have to sing a cappella.
You can take the music off this song and its still gold...try it..lol
Youre wrong but thats okay :-)
@@timmyymmit615 Actually he's right. It's well known that popstars these days are chosen merely for their looks and stage personality. All their songs are written in house and they are autotuned to hell and back.
@@10th_Doctorice spice and nicki minan are great examples, like, if you look at an ice spice concert, they start cheering ONLY when she starts twerking
@@Magedoth Gets like for shaking your ass like a street walker. That's what they do.
Timeless. Anytime I hear the words "I wonder" this is the first thing I think of.
Saturday's at the ice rink, with my girlfriend, Gwen, brings back some memories, hand in hand skating round and round
I used to watch them when they practice in Newark
Awesome...Can't get any better than this...!!!!
Omg I love these rock n roll songs there a blast
One of the best & one of the most recognizable& memorable doo woo records of 1958
Bartley Walton - No, in 1958 the only new "song" I heard at that time was "Beep Beep".
NO, wait ...on the radio, didn't I also hear Debbie Reynolds singing "Tammy" around then?
Really lovely performance, wish I could have been around to see it back then.
One of my favorite Doo Wop songs! But I wonder who was passing out all of that gum!!!! Those kids were chewing the hell out of that gum LOL
You fine AF.
@@jtstevenson81 lol…. Thank u ☺️
The show was sponsored by Beech-Nut chewing gum, so gum was given out to all the kids
One of the classics of all time.
I helped my sister to dance to that song in a beauty peagent she passed away almost 20 years ago and i was just thinking about her and reamber how much we liked to dance
this is the best music of all time and always will oldies but goodies for life
2017 and I'm still listening to this 67 year old song
Fav song from the 50s used to listen to this every day back then
Motown girl from the 50s forward. A great period for music.
No less than Six Guys on Harmony counting the Lead Vocal. And the strong influence on The Impressions, The Temptations, The Four Tops, and The Delfonics to name just four such Classic Groups couldn't be clearer!😉😉🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎼🎵🎶🎸🎹🥁B.W.
6 great voices
Rock and roll is the thing to see and always remember and this hits the spot at the top!!!!!
Amazing to see the crowd actually get up for this number.
Amazing that you think it's amazing.
OMG! My dad had the tape of best of golden hits he played on his 8 track so many memories
1
Outstanding Total Perfection Wow
Who passed away
Warren - 1982
John ( his brother)-1972
Frank -2000
George -2007
😢😢😢😢
Warren Davis 17-4-2016, Charles Patrick 11-9-2020
Wow this is special
Every person in the audience was given a packet of Beech-Nut chewing gum to help to promote it.
no wonder :l
Is Beech-Nut gum still around somewhere? Just curious. I don't recall it here in Canada.
@ilanamillion8942 From one Canadian to another we never had Beechnut Fruitstripe Gum. This was Dick Clark's first show outside of American Bandstand, the other of course would be Where The Action Is. Johnny O'Keefe acquired the rights for his own country and simply called it Action and in 1964 he hosted a Talent Contest that Olivia Newton-John won at 16.
great song
I came here because it was right to show respect for awsome classic songs and groups like this that you will never see again. Well not on X Factor
i love this song.
_baby, baby, baby, oh who wrote the book of love? I got to know the answer, was it someone from above?_
Captin Chibi Minji
someone who knows great music finally, when it comes to old songs
Wow
Captin Chibi Minji i heard of them
animal lover yup
Me too budy
Такое удовольствие - послушать этих ребят!
Pure style. Pure class. Pure talent.
Thank you MAFIA 2 ! I love this music ... what happened to the music ? Where is this kind of music ? Shame on our ears nowdays
Brilliant time...u wld hv loved the break thru in music
Sometimes I admit I feel old, then realising this wonderful song was 25 ish before me even entering this world. Such gentlemen and what a great song.
Brings back memories
Cool music!I loved it by Mafia II!
Freddy Fazbear "by mafia" Maria didn't create it...
I'm here for mafia 2
I have a harmony for this. Been carrying it with me for 65 years.
my mom said back in the days the bands know how to do allot of things related to music and you can feel the music
Wow, I can't believe how strange this looks. I was 4 month shy of my 3rd birthday when this show played. The song probably got a lot of play time on the jukebox at my dad's diner. We lived in the apartment right above the diner. I'm told it was our town's high school hangout in the 50s. In 1962 they built a new high school on the far side of town and dad had to close. If I had a time machine I'd love to go back and see the diner in it's heyday.
0:56 What a cutie! Adorable smile! Love his dimples!
There is just nothing you can say about this song...it's *too* great.
Very good voice's
Great song.
God bless these gentleman!
Tengo 80 años y recuerdo esta melodia que parece que fue ayer. 😢
I usually hate when I read comments about " xxxxx brought me here" but I must thank the videogame "Mafia II" for introducing me to these great songs. This is one of my favorites. I think all of the music of that videogame (40s and 50s hits) is my favorite music of all the time from now on.
I met the guy who sang the I wonder wonder line. He was still cashing royalty checks 50 years later. One of the few groups that didn’t get totally hosed contract wise.
When was that
@@liltree8382 2005 ish.
@@Biggdoom344 Yo how you know it was him
His son in law told me who he was.
Fantastic.
I really enjoyed loving this song when I was born my grandma always played it in her car cuz she was born in 1953 n I was born in 1998 anyways I love oldies too their magnificent I hear this song alll the time in Mafia 2 :D
THAT’S GOOD MUSIC!
I listen to metal, but when i was playing Mafia II, i Herd this song and Its amazing!
Same
I’m 38 YOA. This music of today’s world seems so watered down compared to this gold.
Kiedyś To umieli Pięknie śpiewać 😍
That’s when we had good music 50s and 60s the rock and roll groups poured there heart out on there music. / have a good day. / Bill S. Canada
Born in the 90's but damn my generation don't know shit about the book of love. I still love American pie!!!!!!
No me cansare de mencionar que esta música es la mejor que ha existido
It makes you wonder where are all of those teens singing and dancing are now haha oh how I wish I lived in that time period :)
Thanks, Mafia 2!
I wonder, wonder who, who-oo-ooh, who
(Who wrote the book of love)
Tell me, tell me, tell me
Oh, who wrote the Book Of Love
I've got to know the answer
Was it someone from above
(I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, who)
(Who wrote the Book Of Love)
I love you darlin'
Baby, you know I do
But I've got to see this book of love
Find out why it's true
(I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, who)
(Who wrote the Book Of Love)
(Chapter one says to love her)
(You love her with all your heart)
(Chapter two you tell her you're)
(Never, never, never, never, never gonna part)
(In chapter three remember the meaning of romance)
(In chapter four you break up)
(But you give her just one more chance)
(Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, wWho)
(Who wrote the book of love)
Baby, baby, baby
I love you, yes I do
Well it says so in this book of love
Ours is the one that's true
(Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, who)
(Who wrote the book of love)
(Chapter one says to love her)
(You love her with all your heart)
(Chapter two you tell her you're)
(Never, never, never, never, never gonna part)
(In chapter three remember the meaning of romance)
(In chapter four you break up)
(But you give her just one more chance)
(Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, Who)
(Who wrote the book of love)
Baby, baby, baby
I love you, yes I do
Well it says so in this book of love
Ours is the one that's true
(Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, who)
(Who wrote the book of love)
I wonder who (yeah)
Who wrote the Book Of Love
Fantastic . love it .
I LOVE these guys
Excellent
Even with the lip syncing, it’s still wonderful!!
I wish we could go back to the times like this. Everything seemed more peaceful, and people got along better. Well, at least in the 70s and 80s, when I grew up, it was such better times. I truly believe social media corrupted this world. I would love to see the internet go out and people have to get out into the world and have to communicate face-to-face and learn how to interact with each other and learn how to take criticism and learn to ignore others.
Enjoyed the songs ousome frank
The off-time clapping makes me crazy!!
THIS IS GREAT.
If Carlsburg did music, they would have done it in the 50's, cos thats when the best music was made.
Love this and everything like it.
Thank god for the Monotones, Millie Small, Chubby Checker, Frankie Lymon, The Platters, Johnny Preston, The Diamonds, Bobby Darrin, Dion and the Belmonts etc etc
Imagine what crap we would have now if they didnt open peoples eyes?
Oh hang on, we would have rap etc! :)
50's when music was born
Best song I ever heard
There's a tie in the audience, between people who can, and cannot clap on two. This makes a clapping extravaganza on all four notes for the whole song. One, two, three, four, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP.
I like how at 1:58-1:59 you hear his landing
adoro esta música, ela marcou minha vida
How ?
One of the really GREAT LATE 50'S HITS
What a time to have lived through.