Doo Wop Revival: The R&B Vocal Group Sound 1961-1962 (2014)

Tracklist

01. Dedicated to the One I Love - The 5 Royales
02. I Count the Tears - The Drifters
03. Pony Time - Don Covay & The Goodtimers
04. Wait a Minute - The Coasters
05. Let's Go Again (Where We Went Last Night) - Hank Ballard
06. It's Unbelievable - The Larks
07. The Watusi - The Vibrations
08. Once Upon a Time - Rochell & The Candles
09. To Be Loved (Forever) - The Pentagons
10. Blue Moon - The Marcels
11. Bewildered - James Brown
12. Kokomo - The Flamingos
13. Daddy's Home - Shep & The Limelites
14. Some Kind of Wonderful - The Drifters
15. Ain't It, Baby - The Miracles
16. Rama Lama Ding Dong - The Edsels
17. The Continental Walk - Hank Ballard
18. What Will I Tell My Heart - The Harptones
19. The Girl's a Devil - The Dukays
20. Miss Fine - The New Yorkers
21. I'm so Young - The Students
22. Tonight (Could Be the Night) - The Velvets
23. I Don't Mind - James Brown
24. Heart and Soul - The Cleftones
25. Every Beat of My Heart - Gladys Knight & The Pips
26. Peanut Butter - The Marathons
27. Hold Back the Tears - The Delacardos
28. Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) - The Coasters
29. That's What Girls Are Made For - The Spinners
30. No, No, No - The Chanters
31. Please Stay - The Drifters
32. My True Story - The Jive Five
33. Time Was - The Flamingos
34. Those Oldies but Goodies (Remind Me of You) - Little Caesar & The Romans
35. Ready for Your Love - Shep & The Limelites
36. Nag - The Halos
37. The Switch-a-Roo - Hank Ballard
38. Hully Gully Again - Little Caesar & The Romans
39. I'll Never Smile Again - The Platters
40. Magic Moon (Clair De Lune) - The Rays
41. Music, Music, Music - The Sensations
42. Lover's Island - The Blue Jays
43. Nothing but Good - Hank Ballard
44. A Little Bit of Soap - The Jarmels
45. When We Get Married - The Dreamlovers
46. For Sentimental Reasons - The Cleftones
47. Just You and Me, Darling - James Brown
48. What You Bet - The Cadillacs
49. I Understand (Just How You Feel) - The G-Clefs
50. Three Steps from the Altar - Shep & The Limelites
51. Sweets for My Sweet - The Drifters
52. Foot Stomping, Pt. 1 - The Flares
53. I Really Love You - The Stereos
54. I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong to Me) - The Pentagons
55. It Will Stand - The Showmen
56. Gypsy Woman - The Impressions
57. Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues - The Miracles
58. Heartaches - The Marcels
59. Never, Never - The Jive Five
60. Letter Full of Tears - Gladys Knight & The Pips
61. What's so Good About Good-By - The Miracles
62. Smoky Places - The Corsairs
63. Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler
64. Let Me In - The Sensations
65. My Melancholy Baby - The Marcels
66. Our Anniversary - Shep & The Limelites
67. When My Little Girl Is Smiling - The Drifters
68. I Wish That We Were Married - Ronnie & the Hi-Lites
69. I Found a Love - The Falcons
70. I Found out Too Late - Jackie & The Starlites
71. Dream Come True - The Temptations
72. I'll Take You Home - The Corsairs
73. I Love You - The Volumes
74. That's My Desire - Yvonne Baker
75. I'll Try Something New - The Miracles
76. Woman Is a Man's Best Friend - Teddy & The Twilights
77. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers
78. If I Should Lose You - The Dreamlovers
79. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow - The Rivingtons
80. Lookin' for a Love - The Valentinos
81. Do You Love Me - The Contours
82. There Is No Greater Love - The Wanderers
83. Broken Heart - The Fiestas
84. Twistin' with Linda - The Isley Brothers
85. A Wonderful Dream - The Majors
86. Untie Me - The Tams
87. Up on the Roof - The Drifters
88. These Golden Rings - The Jive Five
89. You've Really Got a Hold on Me - The Miracles
90. Puddin N' Tain (Ask Me Again, I'll Tell You the Same) - The Alley Cats

Rhythm & Blues vocal groups have a unique place in music history and are revered by record collectors and aficionados of the music. When Fantastic Voyage released Doo Wop: The R&B Vocal Group Sound 1950-1960 in 2011, it clearly struck a chord with collectors. Collecting the 89 best-selling R&B vocal group hits from the Fifties, the compilation remains amongst the label's most popular titles. Now Doo Wop Revival continues the story into the early sixties when R&B vocal groups found themselves back in favour, and like it's predecessor it is annotated by Marv Goldberg: The world's leading authority on R&B vocal groups. By the end of the 1950s, according to some music historians, Rock & Roll didn't even exist anymore; it had been absorbed into, and then became, mainstream Pop music. Teen idols were on the ascendant, and, in the opinion of many, American popular music, after the mid-1950s flash of greatness, was dying. And then, some sparks of brilliance flared up. The early '60s saw a string of hits by R&B vocal groups, most shifting down the Soul path, and the Doo Wop Revival was declared. Some of these groups had been around for years (the Platters, the Midnighters, the Coasters, the Wanderers, the Drifters), but most were new to the scene, or at least to the charts. All the selections on the 90-track 3 CD Doo Wop Revival were chart hits in 1961 and 1962 (almost all on the Pop charts and most on the R&B charts as well). Some went to #1. Others barely made the top #100. But they're all worthy tunes, most of which you'll remember (and if you don't, be prepared to meet some new friends).

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