Doo Wop

"Doo Wop Renaissance" showcases these fabulous contemporary vocal groups performing original group harmony songs. Among the outstanding lead vocalists are Joel Katz, Eddie Brian (who wrote most of the tracks), Dickie Harmon, and Tommy Petillo of The Duprees. Key tracks include "That Lady Of Mine" by The Infernos, "You Took My Heart"by The Autumns and "Take Time" by The Parkway.


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You Took My Heart
written by Edward R Brian
performed by The Autumns
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you took my heart
oh no here we go again

here we go again
I'm falling in love
I said never never never again
let a girl be more than a friend

I guess I was wrong
you came along
you took my heart
and you turned it upside-down

no no no here we go again
I'm falling in love
how did it happen
what could I do

I didn't realize
right before my eyes
you took my heart
and you turned it upside-down

you took my heart
oh no here we go again

here we go again
I'm falling in love
I said never never never again
let a girl be more than a friend

you took my heart
you took my heart
you took my heart
and you turned it upside-down

girl you took my heart
girl you took my heart
girl you took my heart
girl you took my heart
girl you took my heart
girl you took my heart
girl you took my heart
girl you took my heart

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The Autumns - You Took My Heart (ALL IN/1984)

So Lonely

My first attempt at one of my favorite songs. My first attempt ever using this electronic music stuff. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed learning how to make it!

The Way I Am - 3C

Second attempt (not the full song). I was just messing around with my mouth and trying to make something that sounded like a beat. =)

One That Got Away - 3C

Earth Angel

Sh-Boom

Thousand Miles Away

SmoothJazz.com Radio Commercial. Written & voiced by Sandy Shore. Produced by Dave DeAndrea... 2012. 

Street Corner Renaissance : Life Could Be A Dream (SJ.com radio spot)

03 Ding Dong Baby

Java Jived stopped by the 88.1 KDHX studio in St. Louis on March 18, 2007 for a live performance. Discover more great media at http://kdhx.org

Java Jived "Blue Moon" Live at KDHX 3/18/07

Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs were an American doo-wop/R&B 
vocal group, active during the late 1950s and early 1960s. 
Originally "The (Royal) Charms", the band changed its name 
to "The Gladiolas" in 1957 and then "The Excellos" in 1958, 
before finally settling on "The Zodiacs" in 1959. 

Williams was born April 26th, 1938 in Lancaster, South Carolina. 
He had his first experience with music in the church, where his 
mother and sister both performed. By the time he was six, 
Williams was performing regularly there. With his childhood 
friend Earl Gainey, Williams formed the gospel group...
 'The Junior Harmonizers', but as rock 'n' roll and doo-wop 
became their primary interest, the Junior Harmonizers 
changed their name to 'The Royal Charms'. 

The Royal Charms and The Gladiolas... In addition to Williams 
and Gainey, The Royal Charms were made up of Willie Jones 
(baritone), William Massey (tenor, baritone, trumpet), and 
Norman Wade (bass). In the winter of 1956, while still in high 
school, Williams and his band traveled to Nashville, Tennessee 
to record for the Excello record label. At the time they were 
still going by the name 'The Royal Charms,' but the founder 
of Excello Records, Ernie Young, convinced them to change 
their name to 'The Gladiolas.' At the time, there were at least 
two other bands using the same name. 
The song "Little Darlin'" was a #11 hit on the R&B chart in 
1957, but did not break the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40. 
However, when the song was covered by the Canadian 
group 'The Diamonds', it moved up to #2. 

Maurice Williams finished high school and while on the road 
with the band (after their station wagon broke down in 
Bluefield, West Virginia), the band came across a small car 
known as "The Zodiac" and the band changed their name 
-one last time, to, "Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs". 
Shortly thereafter, Henry Gatson replaced Earl Gainey. In the 
spring of 1959, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs performed 
at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. 
Around that time, the group split and reformed. The members 
were then Williams, Gatson, Wiley Bennett, and Charles Thomas. 
Later, Little Willie Morrow along with Albert Hill were added. 
One month later, in the early summer of 1959, the band 
recorded in a Quonset Hut on Shakespeare Road in Columbia... 
The recording engineer, Homer Fesperman, recorded several 
tracks that the band had hoped would fetch them a hit... 

One of the last tracks that they recorded that day was "Stay," 
a song that Williams had written a couple of weeks before. 
After taking the demo of "Stay" to Al Silver at Herald Records 
in New York City, the song was pressed and released in early 1960. 

"Stay" is the shortest recording ever to reach Number One on 
the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States - at 1:39, although 
the label read 1:50. 

Later versions of "Stay" recorded by The Four Seasons (1964), 
and Jackson Browne (1978) also reached the Top 20, each selling 
over one million copies in the United States alone.
At the end of 1963, British band "The Hollies" covered "Stay", which 
gave the group their debut Top Ten hit single in the UK, peaking at #8. 

The inclusion of "Stay" on the soundtrack to the film "Dirty Dancing" 
in 1987 led to the song selling even more records than it had during 
its original release in 1960.  

A 1961 recording by "Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs", "May I", 
also released by Herald Records, eventually became another 
million selling record.  

Maurice Williams continued recording, touring, and releasing 
music through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. 
Maurice still tours, performing at over 150 show-dates per year
and is still very active in the music industry.

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TEARS ON MY
PILLOW (MELODY)

MAURICE WILLIAMS &
THE ZODIACS

GLADYS MUSIC / ASCAP
ELVIS PRESLEY ENTERPRISES / ASCAP

SYLVESTER BRADFORD / ASCAP
AL LEWIS / ASCAP

Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs - Tears On My Pillow (Melody) [Elvis Tribute] (MASTER / 1994)

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Randy & the Rainbows are an American doo wop group from Maspeth, New York.

The group was formed in 1962 in a neighborhood of Queens, and featured two pairs of siblings, along with a fifth member. The Safuto brothers had previously sung in the group The Dialtones. They recorded with the producers of The Tokens, releasing the single "Denise" in 1963. The song hit #18 on the US Black Singles chart and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year.  "Denise" was written by Neil Levenson, and was inspired by his childhood friend, Denice Lefrak.  The song later became a European hit for Blondie, with the title changed to "Denis". Randy & The Rainbows' follow-up single, "Why Do Kids Grow Up", barely scraped the pop charts at #97, and the group never charted again.
 
Randy And The Rainbows with The Earth Angels doo wop band.They continued to perform under several other names (Madison Street, Triangle, Them and Us), and toured in subsequent years with The Spinners, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Tony Orlando, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Freddie Roman, Jay Black, Pat Cooper, The Beach Boys, Dionne Warwick, and The Four Seasons.  They released a new album, entitled Play Ball, in 2001 on producer Jimmy Wisner's label WizWorks.  Two groups now exist; one includes Mike Zero and Sal Zero's replacement Vinny Carella, the other includes Randy and Frank Safuto.

The group appeared on the 2001 PBS special Doo Wop 51; it featured Randy's group plus Mike Zero.


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Denise (Live)
Written by
NEIL LEVENSON / ASCAP
Performed by
Randy and The Rainbows
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Ooo
Ooo

Ooo
Ooo

O Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you

Denise, Denise
O with your eyes so blue
Denise, Denise
I’ve got a crush on you
Denise, Denise
I’m so in love with you

O Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you

O when we walk
It seems like paradise
O when we talk
It always feels so nice
Denise, Denise
I’m so in love with you

(falsetto)
You are my queen
And I’m in heaven
Every time I look at you
When you smile
It’s like a dream
And I’m so lucky because I found a girl like you

O Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you Denise

Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you

Denise, Denise
O won’t you hold me tight
Denise, Denise
O can’t we kiss goodnight
Denise, Denise
I’m so in love with you

O Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you Denise
Skoobydoo
I’m in love with you

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Randy and The Rainbows - Denise (live)(MASTER/1963)

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Randy & the Rainbows are an American doo wop group from Maspeth, New York.

The group was formed in 1962 in a neighborhood of Queens, and featured two pairs of siblings, along with a fifth member. The Safuto brothers had previously sung in the group The Dialtones. They recorded with the producers of The Tokens, releasing the single "Denise" in 1963. The song hit #18 on the US Black Singles chart and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year.  "Denise" was written by Neil Levenson, and was inspired by his childhood friend, Denice Lefrak.  The song later became a European hit for Blondie, with the title changed to "Denis". Randy & The Rainbows' follow-up single, "Why Do Kids Grow Up", barely scraped the pop charts at #97, and the group never charted again.
 
Randy And The Rainbows with The Earth Angels doo wop band.They continued to perform under several other names (Madison Street, Triangle, Them and Us), and toured in subsequent years with The Spinners, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Tony Orlando, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Freddie Roman, Jay Black, Pat Cooper, The Beach Boys, Dionne Warwick, and The Four Seasons.  They released a new album, entitled Play Ball, in 2001 on producer Jimmy Wisner's label WizWorks.  Two groups now exist; one includes Mike Zero and Sal Zero's replacement Vinny Carella, the other includes Randy and Frank Safuto.

The group appeared on the 2001 PBS special Doo Wop 51; it featured Randy's group plus Mike Zero.


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We Love Those Oldies
Written by
DOMINICK SUFATO / BMI
FRANK SAFUTO / BMI
TONY VARA / BMI
CHARLIE ROCCO / BMI
Performed by
Randy and The Rainbows
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We love those oldies
We will never let them fade away
They bring back memories
Like the songs the Crests would play

Step by step
I fell in love with you
Step by step
One kiss and then I knew

The Church bells would ring
And surely then the girls would always sing

Last night we fell in love
Beneath the stars above
That was a lovely summer night
Remember then the Bells would sing “O What A Night”
And the Elegants sang about their twinkling little star so bright
And lets not for get about all those lil Accappella groups
That sang on the corner for you

We’d always cruise around
With all the windows down
Turn our radio up real loud
Songs about boy meets girl
Two people in the world
Lets not forget The Duke of Earle
We danced to the clock
The Chicken and The Hop
And watched American Bandstand with the clock
Those good times we know were made in our hearts
And we will never be alone
We walk hand in hand
Kids playing kick the can
At night we’d go up on the roof
We didn’t know too much
She had that magic touch
Tonight I fell in love with you
Please say you want me to
To be your love
I have always wanted you
To be my love

If I could I would wish upon a star
And take a ride in my super-car
And play those oldies like we use to do
I remember me and you
So keep those good times locked in your heart
Those Oldies we love you
We love you
We do

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Randy and The Rainbows - We Love Those Oldies (ALL IN/1982)

Can't Stop (Singin' That Doo-Wop)

My Love Is
Written by Billy Myles
Performed by Little Willie Johnson
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My love 
My love is a mountainside
So fine
So fine it can calm the tide
My love for you is a mountainside
It stands so fine it can calm a tide
That’s why my love
My love is a mountainside

My love
My love is an ocean roar
So strong, so strong I can’t let you go
My love for you is an ocean’s roar
It grows so strong that I can’t let you go
That’s why my love 
My love is an ocean’s roar

My love is longer than forever
And endless as the gears of time
Till 99 years and forever
In my heart you would still be mine

My love
My love is a deep blue sea
So deep
So deep that I’ll never be free
My love for you is a deep blue sea
It’s grown so strong that I’ll never be free
That’s why my love is a deep blue sea
My love
My love
My love
Is a deep blue sea


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Little Willie John - My Love Is (50% PUBLISHING)

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Chapel of Dreams
Written by Billy Myles
Performed by The Dubs
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In the Chapel of Dreams
every dream will come true
In the Chapel of Dreams
There is a dream there for you

Through the dark of the night
Tho as strange as it seems
Every heart finds delight
In the Chapel of Dreams
It was until I found this Chapel of Dreams
I’ve searched and searched for peace of mind
And now at last
My empty days have passed
Now I worship every smile

It is heaven to know
Just what happiness means
It is found at the door
In the Chapel of Dreams
Chapel of Dreams

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The Dubs are an American doo wop vocal group formed in 1956, best known for their songs "Could This Be Magic", "Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely" and "Chapel of Dreams".

The original members of the Dubs were:

    Richard Blandon (born 16 September 1934 Montgomery, Alabama - died 30 December 1991, New York) (lead)
    Cleveland Still (first tenor)
    Billy Carlisle (second tenor)
    James "Jake" Miller (baritone)
    Thomas Gardner, replaced in 1957 by Tommy Grate (bass)

The Dubs formed from the merging of two short-lived vocal groups in Harlem, New York, The Five Wings and The Scale-Tones. The Five Wings (originally "The 5 Stars") were an up-and-coming group with members Jackie Rue (lead, later of Jackie and the Starlites), Frank Edwards (tenor), Billy Carlisle (second tenor), Melvin Flood (baritone), and Tommy Grate (bass). They recorded for King Records in 1955, but when they were unable to find success, the group began to splinter. Rue, Flood, and Edwards left, Kenny "Butch" Hamilton joined, and, shortly afterwards, Carlisle's cousin Richard Blandon was in following his discharge from the United States Air Force. Meanwhile, The Scale-Tones had been formed by James "Jake" Miller and Thomas Gardner, who had added Cleveland Still (lead), James Montgomery, and Don Archer. They made one record on the Jay-Dee label in early 1956.

After some prompting by Blandon when he showed up at a Scale-Tones' rehearsal, a new group emerged. This included Blandon and Carlisle from the Five Wings, and Still, Miller and Gardner from the Scale-Tones. The Five Wings' manager, Buddy Johnson's brother Hiram, offered to manage the new group. As The Marvels, they recorded an unsuccessful single, "I Won't Have You Breaking My Heart", for ABC-Paramount.

The group then renamed themselves The Dubs, and released Blandon's song "Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely" on the Johnson label set up by their manager. Radio acceptance was almost immediate, and the record was picked up for national release on George Goldner's Gone label. It peaked at #72 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the summer of 1957, although like all their other records it surprisingly failed to make the R&B chart. Gardner then left the

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