The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need

by Only Doo-wop Collection You'll

Overview

Don't let the title fool you; after listening to The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need, you'll definitely want more. This is a good starting point for the curious, since all the basics are here in the original hit versions: "The Great Pretender," "Earth Angel," "I Only Have Eyes for You," "Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight," and, thrown in for good measure, a few tracks that even vocal group scholars wouldn't mind hearing again by the Marvelows, the Duprees, the Jive Five, and the Earls. While this is an excellent primer, the best representation of vocal group harmonies of the era remains the lavish (and pricey) 101-track Doo Wop Box on Rhino. ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	01/18/2005
Label:	Shout! Factory
UPC:	0826663264920
Rank:	2113

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Why Do Fools Fall in Love  - Frankie Lymon  - Jimmy Merchant  - Herman Santiago  -  Lymon
2. I Wonder Why  - Maxwell Anderson  -  Dion & The Belmonts  - Ricardo Weeks
3. Come Go with Me  -  Del Vikings  - Clarence E. Quick
4. In the Still of the Night  -  Five Satins  - Fred Parris
5. Since I Don't Have You  - James Beaumont  - Wally Lester  - Lenny Martin  - Joseph Rock  -  Skyliners  - Jackie Taylor  - Joe VerScharen  - Janet Vogel  - Lennie Martin
6. Sincerely  - Alan Freed  - Harvey Fuqua  -  Moonglows
7. The Great Pretender  -  Platters  - Buck Ram
8. Trickle, Trickle  - Clarence Bassett  -  Videos
9. 16 Candles  -  Crests  - Luther Dixon  - Allyson R. Khent
10. Earth Angel  - Jesse Belvin  - Gaynel Hodge  -  Penguins  - Curtis "Fitz" Williams
11. When You Dance  - Andrew Jones  -  Turbans
12. Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight  - Calvin Carter  - James Hudson  -  Spaniels
13. Speedoo  -  Cadillacs  - Esther Navarro  -  Powell
14. Get a Job  - Earl Beal  - Raymond Edwards  - William Horton  - Richard Lewis  -  Silhouettes
15. Island of Love  - William Sheppard  -  Sheppards
16. For Your Precious Love  - Arthur Brooks  - Richard Brooks  - Jerry Butler  -  Impressions  -  Butler
17. Little Star  -  Elegants  - Vito Picone  - Arthur Venosa
18. So Fine  -  Fiestas  - Johnny Otis

Disc 2

19. A Teenager in Love  -  Dion & The Belmonts  - Doc Pomus  - Mort Shuman
20. There's a Moon Out Tonight  -  Capris  - Al Gentile  - Joe Luccisano  - Al Striano
21. Remember Then  -  Earls  - Tony Powers  - Beverly "Ruby" Ross  - Stan Vincent
22. Daddy's Home  - William Miller  -  Shep & the Limelites  - James Sheppard
23. I Only Have Eyes for You  - Al Dubin  -  Flamingos  - Harry Warren
24. At My Front Door  - Ewart Abner  -  El Dorados
25. My True Story  - Phil Belmonte  -  Jive Five  - Eugene Pitt  - Joe Rene  - Oscar Waltzer
26. Hushabye  -  Mystics  - Doc Pomus  - Mort Shuman
27. Little Darlin'  -  Diamonds  - Maurice Williams
28. Rama Lama Ding Dong  -  Edsels
29. You Belong to Me  -  Duprees  - Pee Wee King  - Chilton Price  - Redd Stewart
30. Unchained Melody  - Alex North  -  Vito & the Salutations  - Hy Zaret
31. I Do  -  Marvelows  - Melvin Mason  - Frank Paden  - Johnny Paden  - Jesse Smith  - Willie Stephenson
32. Step By Step  -  Crests  - Ollie Jones
33. Blue Moon  - Lorenz Hart  -  Marcels  - Richard Rodgers
34. Denise  - Neil Levenson  -  Randy & the Rainbows
35. Over the Mountain, Cross the Sea  - Rex Garvin  -  Garvin  -  Johnnie & Joe
36. Duke of Earl  - Gene Chandler  - Eugene Dixon  - Bernice Williams
37. Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)  - Nick Curinga  -  Little Caesar & the Romans  - Paul Leo Politi  -  Romans

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lennie Martin   Primary Artist
Rex Garvin   Primary Artist
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers   Primary Artist
Jerry Butler & the Impressions   Primary Artist
The Flamingos   Primary Artist
The Five Satins   Primary Artist
The Impressions   Primary Artist
Jesse Powell Orchestra   Primary Artist
The Diamonds   Primary Artist
The Duprees   Primary Artist
The El Dorados   Primary Artist
The Earls   Primary Artist
The Elegants   Primary Artist
The Edsels   Primary Artist
Gene Chandler   Primary Artist
Vito & the Salutations   Primary Artist
Little Caesar & the Romans   Primary Artist
Dion & the Belmonts   Primary Artist
Jerry Butler   Primary Artist
Randy & the Rainbows   Primary Artist
The Marvelows   Primary Artist
The Cadillacs   Primary Artist
The Fiestas   Primary Artist
The Jive Five   Primary Artist
The Romans   Primary Artist
The Skyliners   Primary Artist
The Mystics   Primary Artist
The Moonglows   Primary Artist
The Sheppards   Primary Artist
The Silhouettes   Primary Artist
The Capris   Primary Artist
The Crests   Primary Artist
Joe Rene   Primary Artist
Johnnie & Joe   Primary Artist
The Penguins   Primary Artist
The Platters   Primary Artist
The Spaniels   Primary Artist
The Turbans   Primary Artist
The Videos   Primary Artist
The Marcels   Primary Artist
Shep & the Limelites   Primary Artist
The Del Vikings   Primary Artist
Rex Garvin & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Lenny Martin   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Jimmy Merchant   Composer
Wally Lester   Composer
William Horton   Composer
William Sheppard   Composer
Earl Beal   Composer
Jesse Smith   Composer
Eugene Dixon   Composer
Ricardo Weeks   Composer
James Beaumont   Composer
Al Gentile   Composer
Al Striano   Composer
Maxwell Anderson   Composer
Joseph Rock   Composer
Richard Lewis   Composer
Frank Paden   Composer
Stan Vincent   Composer
Allyson R. Khent   Composer
Paul Leo Politi   Composer
Beverly "Ruby" Ross   Composer
Billy Vera   Liner Notes
Clarence Bassett   Composer
Clarence E. Quick   Composer
James Hudson   Composer
Frankie Lymon   Composer
Fred Parris   Composer
Ewart Abner   Composer
Doc Pomus   Composer
Vito Picone   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
James Sheppard   Composer
Pee Wee King   Composer
Jerry Butler   Composer
Jesse Belvin   Composer
Richard Foos   Compilation Producer
Redd Stewart   Composer
Phil Belmonte   Composer
Oscar Waltzer   Composer
Jackie Taylor   Composer
Bernice Williams   Composer
Arthur Venosa   Composer
Alan Rubens   Compilation Producer
Alex North   Composer
Calvin Carter   Composer
Harvey Fuqua   Composer
Andrew Jones   Composer
Curtis "Fitz" Williams   Composer
Richard Brooks   Composer
Melvin Mason   Composer
Joe Luccisano   Composer
Johnny Paden   Composer
Joe VerScharen   Composer
Tony Powers   Composer
Janet Vogel   Composer
Nick Curinga   Composer
Willie Stephenson   Composer
Herman Santiago   Composer
Julee Stover   Editorial Supervision
Ollie Jones   Composer
Alan Freed   Composer
Buck Ram   Composer
William Miller   Composer
Mort Shuman   Composer
Arthur Brooks   Composer
Al Dubin   Composer
Chilton Price   Composer
Gaynel Hodge   Composer
Esther Navarro   Composer
Luther Dixon   Composer
Eugene Pitt   Composer
John Roberts   Artwork,Package Supervision
Johnny Otis   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Hy Zaret   Composer
Neil Levenson   Composer
Maurice Williams   Composer
Rex Garvin   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Raymond Edwards   Composer