This is so Doo-Wop.... My time of starting my life in the early 60's.... If you wasn't as lucky as I.... I am so sorry you didn't get to experience this beautiful part of your life as I did.. So Many years have passed.. But I have kept my music alive... By playing this music and keeping it alive for so many years..... for me... I am still so into Doo-Wops .
Had the pleasure and honor of working with all these wonderful people in the recording studio and on stage. True legends and incredible people. Magical memories.
Thank you for posting this awesome video. OMG, the memories of those “yesterday’s “. I cried , danced, and smiled. Those were the best days. This was music, I feel sorry for this generation, they have nothing in their so called “music”. How I wished this music would find its way back. Thank you for let me relive those beautiful and wonderful memories ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Man, what a show. Deeeeep Doo Wop. I remember hunting for this stuff back in the 80's when I was a teenager. I was drawn to the Wrens, the Larks, Harptones, Jacks, really sincere styles of singing.
i salute all the vocal bands of the mid 40's to mid 50's, in my opinion the greatest sounds of all time come from this genre of music.....LET IT ROLL!!
Damn ... Lillian Leach and Bobby Mansfield died this year, and Arthur Crier died in 2004. These super-talented vocalists can never be replaced ... replicated maybe, but never replaced!
I feel sorry for kids today whose ears are being destroyed by loud, screechy sounds that have no business being called music. THIS is music - harmony, melody and rhythm - it's like velvet to my ears. Am so glad I grew up to it.
This is awesome, raised in the Bronx I never knew about the Doo-Wop’s originating in my home town. Dion and the Belmonts came from the Bx as Earl Lewis an the Channels among others. This music needs to make its return, it’s magic to the ears. Thx for the memories.
Had to a wonderful time back then li ving in the city the Bronx, Brookly, Ne w Jersey when street corner singing was big in the 50's and 60's life was totally different then so many great g roups were from the east coast I list end to my radio and heard all the mu sic and wished I lived in NYC I'm fro m Kentucky doowop will live forever
Sha boom is just a fantastic song, so to see the Chords was wonderful, and the Mellows Smoke from your cigarette is a killer, so nice to see Lillian Leach looking and sounding so well. Doo Wop is just brilliant!
so glad I found this documentary, awsome and then some, love this music and considerate an art form. In my family it was passed on to younger generations. People who have never experienced doo wop missed out the talent and emotion that this music brought!!!!!!
My cousins from the Bronx (5) males taught me how to DoWoop and then lead. 8 years later I auditioned for THE SOCIALITES (from the Bronx) and passed like flying colors!
I sure do wish I could have transferred to that high school when I was being bullied out of mine in i962. Amazing how a good song can transcend all ages and most races.
Doo Wop, the original Rock ''n Roll. It was either the Chords or the Orioles that began this wonderful music back in the day. Thanks for sharing this great interview 😎
Doowop went right back to the 30's but it wasn't Rock n' Roll until The Crows hit with Gee early in 54 on its second release as it was originally recorded and released in 53 on a blue RAMA label and red RAMA on its second 54 release.
@@DoowopJohnnyBoy Listen to the 1950 Ravens recording of "Count every star" and you will hear the first authentic Doo Wop song ever recorded. This is the one.
@@hillcresthiker that my friend is a beautiful Doowop song had on cassette for many years defo one of the first to truly utilise the Doowop rotation progression 🥃👌🏽
Great video of days gone by. I am lucky enough to have been growing up during the hey day of R&B and Vocal Group Harmony. I am internet DJ and play the music every Friday night from 8-10pm pst.
THIS IS THE BEST DOCUMENTARY EVER PUT TOGETHER... I HAVE LISTEN TO THIS OVER & OVER...... SUCH A PART OF MY LIFE... I LIVED THIS LIFE....... OH YES....... I JUST LOVE THIS... SO MANY MEMORIES..
I HAD THIS VIDEO MANY YEARS AGO, I VIDEO TAPE THIS FROM THE TV I LOST IT, I CRIED!! TONIGHT 5-8-12 IT SHOWS BACK ON YT!! OH I CRIED AGAIN BECAUSE I HAVE IT BACK!! THANKS SO MUCH!
I was six years old in 1953 and just starting school. I don't remember hearing my first doowop record until the early 1960's. There was just no such thing as a musically inclined school where I lived in Burnaby, B.C. It was all sports and i was an artist, not an athlete. Now I'm a singer/songwriter longing for those good old days I never knew, How I'd love to sing doowop music with a group but that music is still totally non existent around here.
Doo wop singers are some of the greatest singers from Willie Winfield to Tony Williams to johnny maestro they deserve to be recognized like singers like Freddie Mercury toroy Orbison these doowop singersarejust as good if not better that's why I am working on a TV show that takes place in that era up on Sullivan county during the hotel era
This was the first Rock n' Roll in fact the very first doowop RnR smash hit was Gee by The Crows whom I believe were from Baltimore followed by The Chords Sh-boom However 'Gee' was recorded a year earlier in 53 and released but did better on its second release early in 54 still 2 months before the Chords hit with Sh-Boom.
The first Rock N Roll and pre Doo Wop went further back to the late forties with the Ravens, the Orioles and the Cardinals- the original bird groups. Alan Freed official called the music "Rock N Roll" in 1951. How beautiful to see black and white join together in mutual love and appreciation.
Rayos, nose como llegué aquí , yo solo quería escuchar a Rosie Hamlin cantando Angel Baby pero woww, me encontré una hermosa joya con este genero 😎😎🔥🔥🔥
The pool story from the Chords was relatable. Did you hear them in "Lovecraft Country"? Fittingly, they started the series with the milquetoast yaddadaDAdada of the Crewcuts, with appropriate comments from the cast, and ended with the Chords' version.
There was no race barrier among us. Was egged on by the powers that be, as in today's world. We had love and harmony no hate we were ALL brothers and sisters. And era gone but not in our hearts, the sad things are the generations that missed it.
The same music with different names- in the 40s it was called race music, then it became Rhythm N Blues, then Freed coined it Rock n Roll...and Gossert made the term Doo Wop popular in the 70s- even though there were references to Doo Wop in the late 60s. ,,,
When gangs of the 1950s rode to rumble with another gang whether the gang was black or white there was no prejudice to who was singing on the radio, the groups singing could be black, white or latino.
I think my interest in Doo Wop got a huge boost from the "Crazy Eddie" Doo Wop commercial of the mid 70s in the NYC area...a bunch if greasers singing in the boy's room..looking for that elusive echo...BTW... the Crew Cuts (a white group) covered "ShBoom"...so called 'race music' was frowned upon...but the kids accepted it despite their parents objections...same with the Beatles and Stones years later....
@@nickmad887 ,,,,,,,Yes...I Hear You. I also Love Our Great Music!......I am A Dominant Dj/Music Entertainer...70 yrs. old.....And Agree with you wholeheartedly!
We always knew when we 'nailed it' when a cranky neighbor would yell out the window "HEY!!! Turn that radio down!!!"
This documentary needed to be about 10x longer.
This is so Doo-Wop.... My time of starting my life in the early 60's.... If you wasn't as lucky as I.... I am so sorry you didn't get to experience this beautiful part of your life as I did.. So Many years have passed.. But I have kept my music alive... By playing this music and keeping it alive for so many years..... for me... I am still so into Doo-Wops .
This is vocal group royalty right here!
Long Live Doo Wop.
Can't wait till this music dominant again and young and old will get back to that style of singing
Sh Boom has everything i love about doo wop
It just doesn't get any better than this!! Real Music, Real Talent!! People who can actually sing!
Had the pleasure and honor of working with all these wonderful people in the recording studio and on stage. True legends and incredible people. Magical memories.
Me too!
Definitely “MAGICAL” 💫👏🏽🎶💫👏🏽🎶🎶💫🎵👏🏽
Thank you for posting this awesome video. OMG, the memories of those “yesterday’s “. I cried , danced, and smiled. Those were the best days. This was music, I feel sorry for this generation, they have nothing in their so called “music”. How I wished this music would find its way back. Thank you for let me relive those beautiful and wonderful memories ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Man, what a show. Deeeeep Doo Wop. I remember hunting for this stuff back in the 80's when I was a teenager. I was drawn to the Wrens, the Larks, Harptones, Jacks, really sincere styles of singing.
i salute all the vocal bands of the mid 40's to mid 50's, in my opinion the greatest sounds of all time come from this genre of music.....LET IT ROLL!!
Damn ... Lillian Leach and Bobby Mansfield died this year, and Arthur Crier died in 2004. These super-talented vocalists can never be replaced ... replicated maybe, but never replaced!
So proud that I was able to call them friends. Very special people..I miss them all very much
I feel sorry for kids today whose ears are being destroyed by loud, screechy sounds that have no business being called music. THIS is music - harmony, melody and rhythm - it's like velvet to my ears. Am so glad I grew up to it.
This is the earth that gave birth to the music.
This is awesome, raised in the Bronx I never knew about the Doo-Wop’s originating in my home town. Dion and the Belmonts came from the Bx as Earl Lewis an the Channels among others. This music needs to make its return, it’s magic to the ears. Thx for the memories.
Had to a wonderful time back then li ving in the city the Bronx, Brookly, Ne w Jersey when street corner singing was big in the 50's and 60's life was totally different then so many great g roups were from the east coast I list end to my radio and heard all the mu sic and wished I lived in NYC I'm fro m Kentucky doowop will live forever
Lillian is tremendous, what a great lady, with a great voice. A big kiss to her. What a kind face.
a true collector will take this to his or her grave
Time for a doo wop revival 👍
YESTERDAY MEMORIES,,,,,,,Wonderful Documentary..... about how Doo-Wop all got started.......
Excellent show. I use to work with Bobby Mansfield at NYC transit. RIP, Bobby.
Sha boom is just a fantastic song, so to see the Chords was wonderful, and the Mellows Smoke from your cigarette is a killer, so nice to see Lillian Leach looking and sounding so well. Doo Wop is just brilliant!
so glad I found this documentary, awsome and then some, love this music and considerate an art form. In my family it was passed on to younger generations. People who have never experienced doo wop missed out the talent and emotion that this music brought!!!!!!
Doowop is my favorite music! So many wonderful memories.
Thanks so much!!! I went to the shows at UGHA a few times and met Ronnie I. What a really good guy...and the shows were a lifetime memory
Thankyou,so much..This is the most wonderful & magical piece of You Tube, I think Ive seen over the years.
Doo wop is for everyone who loves the sound Race is not required just enjoy it
My cousins from the Bronx (5) males taught me how to DoWoop and then lead. 8 years later I auditioned for THE SOCIALITES (from the Bronx) and passed like flying colors!
Wonderful documentary. Thank you
The base formula of music today. Doo wop music is the best purest form of Rock N Roll. I love it...and I was born in 1969.
The Wrens were 1 of my favorite groups i love the whole album RIP Bobby thank you !
I HAD THIS VIDEO MANY YEARS AGO
SOME HOW I LOST IT,
OMG HERE IS THE VIDEO BACK!!
CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
LOVE IT!!
Great segment, every second of it.
I sure do wish I could have transferred to that high school when I was being bullied out of mine in i962. Amazing how a good song can transcend all ages and most races.
Doo Wop, the original Rock ''n Roll. It was either the Chords or the Orioles that began this wonderful music back in the day. Thanks for sharing this great interview 😎
Doowop went right back to the 30's but it wasn't Rock n' Roll until The Crows hit with Gee early in 54 on its second release as it was originally recorded and released in 53 on a blue RAMA label and red RAMA on its second 54 release.
@E. Blaze .......My Man!
@@DoowopJohnnyBoy Listen to the 1950 Ravens recording of "Count every star" and you will hear the first authentic Doo Wop song ever recorded. This is the one.
@@hillcresthiker that my friend is a beautiful Doowop song had on cassette for many years defo one of the first to truly utilise the Doowop rotation progression 🥃👌🏽
Great video of days gone by. I am lucky enough to have been growing up during the hey day of R&B and Vocal Group Harmony. I am internet DJ and play the music every Friday night from 8-10pm pst.
THIS IS THE BEST DOCUMENTARY EVER PUT TOGETHER... I HAVE LISTEN TO THIS OVER & OVER...... SUCH A PART OF MY LIFE...
I LIVED THIS LIFE....... OH YES....... I JUST LOVE THIS... SO MANY MEMORIES..
Cynthia's Channel
Doo Wop forever. Saludos desde Chile
I HAD THIS VIDEO MANY YEARS AGO,
I VIDEO TAPE THIS FROM THE TV
I LOST IT, I CRIED!!
TONIGHT 5-8-12 IT SHOWS BACK ON YT!!
OH I CRIED AGAIN BECAUSE I HAVE IT BACK!!
THANKS SO MUCH!
8:00 that guy put the Rama Lang Lang a ding dong and the bomb a bomb a bomp
Great vid on Bobby and his kids, grandson. Bobby was tremendous.
Wow! This was a great Doc on some of my favorites!!!
their voices are fantastic as they do seem child's play, see how they do with such ease
This is such an excellent documentary!!
THANK YOU. Can never be duplicated. Bobby Thomas is one of the Best.
the Nut mags, The schoolboys and the Crest one of my favorite
Best music ever
Much joy and heart felt memories
The intro song for anyone wonder is, Yesterdays memories by the mellows
I was six years old in 1953 and just starting school. I don't remember hearing my first doowop record until the early 1960's. There was just no such thing as a musically inclined school where I lived in Burnaby, B.C. It was all sports and i was an artist, not an athlete. Now I'm a singer/songwriter longing for those good old days I never knew, How I'd love to sing doowop music with a group but that music is still totally non existent around here.
Great Video. I loved every minute of it.
HOOOOOOO THANK YOU !!!! GREAT SONG
if I didn,t care better than inkspots.wonderful docu.thankyou !!!!!! r.i.p. ronnie i.
Excellent I was riding the emotion of this documentary all the while still learning about the art form of vocal harmony from back in the day.
"If I Didn't Care..." was the song Fred Sanford used to break out singing on "Sanford and Son." 🧡
Many thanks for posting this video! It did to me what has been just been mentioned . I was touched deeply. What great performers!!!!!!**********
Lillian is awesome,I love her❤
I forgot a.smith of Chantel ,s what a voice.!!!!!!
From the Bronx!
please believe they have not been forgotten.!!!!!!!!!
Ahhh...wow...tht was absolutely wonderful...1❤
Doo wop singers are some of the greatest singers from Willie Winfield to Tony Williams to johnny maestro they deserve to be recognized like singers like Freddie Mercury toroy Orbison these doowop singersarejust as good if not better that's why I am working on a TV show that takes place in that era up on Sullivan county during the hotel era
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing
This was the first Rock n' Roll in fact the very first doowop RnR smash hit was Gee by The Crows whom I believe were from Baltimore followed by The Chords Sh-boom However 'Gee' was recorded a year earlier in 53 and released but did better on its second release early in 54 still 2 months before the Chords hit with Sh-Boom.
The first Rock N Roll and pre Doo Wop went further back to the late forties with the Ravens, the Orioles and the Cardinals- the original bird groups. Alan Freed official called the music "Rock N Roll" in 1951. How beautiful to see black and white join together in mutual love and appreciation.
this is great.even though i'm from the midwest,there is nothing like east coast doo-wop.thank you for posting this.
There were groups that came from the left coast too.
styldsteel1
Doo wop lives forever
What an amazing video.... Make a second version of this Documentary of the best of The Dop Wops....
wonderful.ms leach and ruby whitteker.the best !!!!!!!
doo woop is the foundtion of soul music in the 70s
How beautiful... I love to watch and listen to this documentary alot... Love this,
😅5La mejor música que he escuchado.
Great Documentary....." Never stop singing " ❤
My fav decade of pop music, right after 80s and 70s.
this is so cool. thanks for the upload
Doo wop could be colored or mix group like the Del Vikings The crests etc either group is great
Beautiful documentary of doowop si nging
Rayos, nose como llegué aquí , yo solo quería escuchar a Rosie Hamlin cantando Angel Baby pero woww, me encontré una hermosa joya con este genero 😎😎🔥🔥🔥
Amazing video
The pool story from the Chords was relatable. Did you hear them in "Lovecraft Country"? Fittingly, they started the series with the milquetoast yaddadaDAdada of the Crewcuts, with appropriate comments from the cast, and ended with the Chords' version.
I think I was born in the wrong era! hehe..
Doo wop music is the best
There was no race barrier among us. Was egged on by the powers that be, as in today's world. We had love and harmony no hate we were ALL brothers and sisters. And era gone but not in our hearts, the sad things are the generations that missed it.
Love it
Remember it became doo wop coined buy gossert in the 70s a nyc DJ.
The same music with different names- in the 40s it was called race music, then it became Rhythm N Blues, then Freed coined it Rock n Roll...and Gossert made the term Doo Wop popular in the 70s- even though there were references to Doo Wop in the late 60s.
,,,
Fantastic
knew many of these people beautiful.kind,The BEST.
I was at the party for Arthur in the Bronx.
Merci !
Great memoties👍👍👍❤️
When gangs of the 1950s rode to rumble with another gang whether the gang was black or white there was no prejudice to who was singing on the radio, the groups singing could be black, white or latino.
he had oder.love it.what a goof 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😆😆😆😆😆
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!
These guys sounded as good as ever In this “later” years video
Awesome Documentary aired in 1996...
I think my interest in Doo Wop got a huge boost from the "Crazy Eddie" Doo Wop commercial of the mid 70s in the NYC area...a bunch if greasers singing in the boy's room..looking for that elusive echo...BTW... the Crew Cuts (a white group) covered "ShBoom"...so called 'race music' was frowned upon...but the kids accepted it despite their parents objections...same with the Beatles and Stones years later....
best fucking music ever yo . Holy crap . blacks do it BEST , teenage love yo . RIP LEWIS LYMON MY IDOL
ANGRYGREEKMANYO eh dion was better
BARAKA BASHAD MAY THE BLESSINGS BE 👑❤👑1 800 LOVE GOD 😊
It was in the Stairwells Echo Chambers
The Bass
The Harmony
The Falsetto
Be Bop. A Lu La
Shaboom
Great singers
Hmmmnnnn!!!! I heard this song many times sung by the Crewcuts, a Canadian group I learned later. It's possible I heard the Chords as well.
@RomMeers at 2:52 it is "I'm Yours" originally recorded both with and without orchestration by Lillian Leech & the Mellows
clean music. all love no hate
......Yessir Nick.
@@jimjackson4111 I was a stage hand at the RITZ in N.J Iwas 17 seen a lot of great groups I am 69 now and still love the music.
@@nickmad887 ,,,,,,,Yes...I Hear You. I also Love Our Great Music!......I am A Dominant Dj/Music Entertainer...70 yrs. old.....And Agree with you wholeheartedly!