Now they must cry, cry, cry.

One of THE greatest.

Not exactly doo wop, but Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys is in theaters June 20. It's about Frakie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Four Seasons originally were the Four Lovers. Had a hit in '56 with "You're the Apple of My Eye." Great song--early Frankie falsetto.

This group was actually from the Bronx.

^^^^

Good one, Lilo. Some people find "Coney Island baby" a little corny. But I love it .

And Freddy Cannon was actually from Massachusetts, not Palisades Park . And talk about a corny song!

Back on topic. The Dubs had two hits in "Could This Be Magic," and "Don't Ask Me to Be Lonely," and I like both of those songs. But in my opinion, "Chapel of Dreams" was their finest song. I'm sure Turnbull remembers .

Found this song recently. One of my favorite doo-wop songs

Curtis Lee - Pretty Little Angel Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZT__JFMUgU

Jackie Wilson owned THE single greatest voice of the '50s and '60s. The end.

PB, I wouldn't go that far. Lonely Tear Drops is pretty good, but as I posted above, it is easily rivaled by Little Anthony and the Imperials and any number of their hits such as Tears on My Pillow.

Little Anthony is great. I love all those songs. But in my opinion Jackie Wilson had a stronger voice. No way Little Anthony could have pulled off "To Be Loved." Two different styles. Baritone vs. Soprano. Apples and oranges.

But to each his own, pally .

Are we talking artistic talent or songs. On both scores I nominate 16 Candles as the best doo-wop ever and Johnny Maestro as the best doo wop vocalist.

You'll get no argument about Johnny Maestro from me. Like I said in my post above, he sang like an angel until the day he died .

Okay, Oli. This one's for you. It's my personal favorite from Little Anthony and the Imperials.

Jimmy Beaumont's finest hour, TB .

One of my favorites PB. All Little Anthony's songs remind me of Mary Lou, the only redhead that I ever dated.

Would love to have the opportunity to see some of these groups live. Doo Wop shows are few and far between here in my neck of the woods. Really enjoying this thread, I thought I would contribute some of my favorites. The first is Maybe by The Chantels.

[video:youtube]http://youtu.be/1-1JyHLiiTw[/video]

and here is Heaven & Paradise by Don Julian & The Meadowlarks

[video:youtube]http://youtu.be/AA66zUMvn8Q[/video]

Not sure why the videos are not visible in my post, just the youtube links. My apologies.

And speaking of Doo wop, our local paper just ran an article about a local lady who was reflecting upon her late father, Bill Horton, one of the singers in the Silhouettes, the group who gave us "Get a job". Appears that he had died 20 years ago. His daughter is donating some of his belongings to the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame

The Sixties neo-doo wop group, "Sha-Na-Nah," who appeared at Woodstock, took their name from a riff in the Silhouettes' all-time great hit, "Get a Job."

Bowzer had to be the homeliest street corner singer of all time .

What was the name of that tv show back in the 80's that Bowzer was on? I remember the the ending of the show went something like this "Goodnight sweetheart well it's time to go"

The name of the show was "Sha Na Na." Just like the group. But I think it was more like the late '70s. Although the reruns were probably on throughout the '80s.

Thanks. They had some good shows on back then. I used to like watching Uncle Flyod, guy was a straight nut job, funny tho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rFiaBL8Skw The Continentals (feat. Johnny Dee) - Man with a broken heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rFiaBL8Skw

The Continentals (feat. Johnny Dee) - Man with a broken heart

Ok saw the dion concert last night.

The theme was every singer on was in the rock and roll hall of fame.

There were other groups before dion. Black group that sang the song the chain gang. I said good a prison song.

Then the sherriles

Then the Drifters. The lead singer with the great voice can't sing anymore too bad.

Then Dion he sang for apx 1 hour 15 minutes.

He kicked ass he as kept himself in pretty good shape. His wife was at the concert.

Sang his hits, sang the blues brought in his own musicians instead of using the house band. Like the other groups did.

He was great and can still bring it. Get a chance to see him perform do it.

Don't know if true, but I got an e mail today which says that the father of Tom Hanks was the lead singer of the group "The Diamonds" who were famous for the song "Little Darlin" in the 50's

It's bullshit. I've seen that claim before but it's been debunked as an urban legend.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/celebrities/a/Was-Tom-Hanks-Father-In-The-Diamonds.htm